e424b5
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-141729
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Registration Fee(2) |
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Guarantees by Pfizer Inc. of debt securities issued by
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10,250,000,000 |
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This registration statement relates to the offer by Pfizer Inc. to fully and unconditionally
guarantee certain outstanding debt securities of Wyeth in return for the consent of the
holders of the debt securities to amendments to the indenture under which the debt securities
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The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. For purposes of this calculation, the maximum aggregate offering price,
which is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, is the
aggregate book value of the Wyeth debt securities that would be amended and receive the
guarantees registered hereby, which is $10,250,000,000. |
Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement
(To Prospectus dated March 30, 2007)
Consent Solicitation
and
Offer to Guarantee
by
Pfizer Inc.
for the following series of securities
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American
Home Products
Corporation (as
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Wyeth) |
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6.700% Notes due 2011 |
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026609AM |
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1,497,580,000 |
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American
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Corporation (as
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6.700% Notes due 2011 |
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026609AJ |
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2,420,000 |
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Wyeth |
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5.250% Notes due 2013 |
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983024AA |
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1,500,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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5.500% Notes due 2014 |
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983024AE |
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$ |
1,750,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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5.500% Notes due 2016 |
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983024AJ |
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$ |
1,000,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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5.450% Notes due 2017 |
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983024AM |
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$ |
500,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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7.250% Notes due 2023 |
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026609AC |
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$ |
250,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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6.450% Notes due 2024 |
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983024AF |
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$ |
500,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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6.500% Notes due 2034 |
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983024AG |
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$ |
750,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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6.000% Notes due 2036 |
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983024AL |
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$ |
500,000,000 |
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Wyeth |
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5.950% Notes due 2037 |
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983024AN |
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2,000,000,000 |
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The expiration time for the consent solicitation is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
Thursday, October 29, 2009, unless extended (such time and date, as it may be extended, the
Expiration Time). Consents may be revoked at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the Expiration
Time, and (ii) the time at which the required consents have been received (the Revocation Time).
Any notice of revocation received after the Revocation Time will not be effective.
On October 15, 2009, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25,
2009 (as amended, the Merger Agreement), among Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), Wyeth and Wagner
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer (Merger Sub),
Merger Sub merged with and into Wyeth, with Wyeth surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
(the Merger).
Pfizer is soliciting the consents of the holders of the above-referenced securities of Wyeth
(all such series, collectively, the Securities) to certain proposed amendments to the Indenture
(as defined below). In connection with the consent solicitation, Pfizer is offering to (i) issue an
unconditional and irrevocable guarantee (the Pfizer Guarantee) of the prompt payment, when due,
of any amount owed to the holders of the Securities issued under the indenture, dated April 10,
1992, by and among Wyeth, as successor to American Home Products Corporation and The Bank of New
York Mellon, as successor to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, as trustee (Trustee), as
amended (the Indenture), and any other amounts due pursuant to the Indenture and (ii) make a
payment equal to $1.50 for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held (the Consent Payment)
to record holders of Securities who provide valid and unrevoked consents prior to the Expiration
Time of this consent solicitation, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement (the Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement) and
the related letter of consent (the Letter of Consent). The Pfizer Guarantee will be an unsecured
unsubordinated obligation of Pfizer and will rank pari passu with Pfizers other general unsecured
obligations.
In order for the proposed amendments to be adopted, consents must be received in respect of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding on the Record Date (as
defined below), with all series of the Securities voting as a single class (excluding Securities
held by Pfizer or Wyeth, by any other obligor on the Securities or by any person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with Pfizer,
Wyeth or by any other obligor on the Securities). Promptly upon receipt of the required consents,
Pfizer and Wyeth will enter into a supplemental indenture that will set forth the amendments to the
Indenture. Pfizer will execute and deliver the Pfizer Guarantee concurrently with the execution of
the supplemental indenture. The proposed amendments will become effective upon execution and
delivery of the supplemental indenture and Pfizers execution and delivery of the Pfizer Guarantee.
The Consent Payment will be made as soon as practicable following the Expiration Time.
If the required consents are obtained, all holders of the Securities will be bound by the
amended Indenture and all holders of the Securities will receive the Pfizer Guarantee pursuant to
the terms of the supplemental indenture, even if they have not consented to the proposed
amendments. However, holders who have not provided valid and unrevoked consents prior to the
Expiration Time will not be entitled to receive any Consent Payment. If the required consents are
not obtained, the Pfizer Guarantee will not be provided to the holders of the Securities and no
Consent Payment will be made by Pfizer.
Providing your consent involves risks. For a discussion of factors you should consider before
you decide whether to consent, see Forward Looking Information and Risk Factors on page S-3 of
this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement, Risk Factors under Part I, Item IA in Pfizers
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and Pfizers most recently filed
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and any amendments thereto, and Risk Factors beginning on page 47
of Pfizers Registration Statement on Form S-4, which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on June 17, 2009.
Neither the SEC nor any other securities regulator has approved or disapproved these securities, or
determined if this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement or the accompanying prospectus is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The Solicitation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is
Barclays Capital
October 16, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement
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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying prospectus. No person is authorized to give
any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by
reference in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement or the accompanying Base Prospectus
(as defined). If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not
rely on it. This Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Base Prospectus
are not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction
where such offer is unlawful. None of the delivery of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus
Supplement or the accompanying Base Prospectus, the issuance of the Pfizer Guarantee, or the making
of the Consent Payment under these documents, will, under any circumstances, create any implication
that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus
Supplement or the accompanying Base Prospectus or that the information contained or incorporated by
reference is correct as of any time subsequent to the date of such information. Our business,
financial condition, results of operation and prospects may have changed since those dates.
References in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement to we, us and our are to
Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth, collectively, and their consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise stated or
the context so requires.
The terms of the Pfizer Guarantee are fully set forth in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus
Supplement. The Pfizer Guarantee is not a debt security as described in the Prospectus, dated March
30, 2007, filed with the SEC by Pfizer on March 30, 2007 (the Base Prospectus) and is not being
issued under the Pfizer Indenture (as defined). The Base Prospectus does not set forth any terms of
the Pfizer Guarantee. If information in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement is
inconsistent with that in the Base Prospectus, then the information set forth in, and incorporated
by reference into, this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement shall supersede that which is
set forth in the Base Prospectus.
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FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
The information contained in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement is accurate only
as of the date hereof.
This Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Base Prospectus and
documents incorporated herein by reference contain some forward looking statements that set forth
anticipated results based on managements plans and assumptions. From time to time, we also provide
forward looking statements in other materials we release to the public, as well as oral forward
looking statements. Such statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events;
they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. We have tried, wherever possible, to
identify such statements by using words such as anticipate, estimate, expect, project,
intend, plan, believe, will, target, forecast and similar expressions in connection
with any discussion of future operating or financial performance or business plans or prospects. In
particular, these include statements relating to future actions, business plans and prospects,
prospective products or product approvals, future performance or results of current and anticipated
products, sales efforts, expenses, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, the outcome of
contingencies, such as legal proceedings, and financial results.
We cannot guarantee that any forward looking statement will be realized. Achievement of future
results is subject to risks, uncertainties and potentially inaccurate assumptions. Should known or
unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate,
actual results could differ materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or
projected. You should bear this in mind as you consider forward looking statements.
You should take care not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements, which
represent Pfizers views only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly
update forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects
in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. Also note
that Pfizer provides cautionary discussion of risks, uncertainties and possibly inaccurate
assumptions relevant to our businesses and the Merger in Pfizers Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008, and Pfizers most recently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
and any amendments thereto, and Pfizers Registration Statement on Form S-4, which was declared
effective by the SEC on June 17, 2009. These are factors that, individually or in the aggregate,
may cause our actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results. We note
these factors for investors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors.
Consequently, you should not consider those factors to be a complete discussion of all potential
risks or uncertainties.
IMPORTANT DATES
Holders of Securities should take note of the following important dates in connection with the
consent solicitation:
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Expiration Time
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5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on Thursday,
October 29, 2009, unless
extended by Pfizer in its
sole discretion.
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The last day and time for
holders of Securities to
deliver consents to be
eligible to receive the
Consent Payment. |
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Record Date
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5:00 p.m., New York City
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2009.
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The record date for
determining the holders
of Securities entitled to
deliver consents and
receive the Consent
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Revocation Time
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Earlier of (i) the
Expiration Time and (ii)
the time at which the
required consents have
been received.
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The deadline for holders
of Securities to validly
revoke consents.
Consents delivered after
the Revocation Time may
not be withdrawn. If
consents are validly
revoked, the revoking
holder will no longer be
eligible to receive the
Consent Payment in
respect of such revoked
consents (unless the
holder validly
re-delivers the consent
on or prior to the
Expiration Time). |
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE CONSENT SOLICITATION
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Why is Pfizer making the consent solicitation? |
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Pfizer is soliciting consents to amend the Indenture in connection with the integration of Pfizers and
Wyeths businesses and to allow the integrated company greater flexibility in operations. The proposed
amendments will conform certain covenants in the Indenture to the corresponding covenants in the
existing Pfizer indenture. Once the requisite consents are received, Pfizer will issue an unconditional
and irrevocable guarantee of the prompt payment, when due, of the Securities issued under the Indenture. |
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What will I receive if I consent and the consent solicitation is successful? |
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For each valid consent delivered before the Expiration Time and not properly revoked, you will be
entitled to receive the Consent Payment of $1.50 per $1,000 principal amount of Securities.
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If the required consents are obtained, all Wyeth bondholders will be bound by the amended indenture and
will receive the Pfizer Guarantee, even if they have not consented to the proposed amendments.
Separately from this consent solicitation, as a result of Pfizers acquisition of Wyeth, Wyeth will
deregister the Securities and will no longer be required to file reports with the SEC. Wyeth will also
no longer be required to file reports with the Trustee. The proposed amendments will require Pfizer to
file certain SEC reports with the Trustee. |
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What are the consequences if the requisite consents are not obtained? |
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If the required number of consents are not delivered, the following will occur: first, no Wyeth
bondholders will be eligible to receive the Consent Payment; second, there will be no amendments made to
the Indenture; and third, the Pfizer Guarantee will not be executed or delivered in respect of the
Securities. In addition, separately from this consent solicitation, as a result of Pfizers acquisition
of Wyeth, Wyeth will deregister the Securities and will no longer be required to file reports with the
SEC. Wyeth will also no longer be required to file reports with the Trustee. Pfizer will have no
obligation to file certain SEC reports with the Trustee. |
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What are the consequences if the required consents are obtained but I do not consent? |
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If the requisite consents are obtained, the Indenture will be modified as described in this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and a Pfizer Guarantee will be executed and delivered for all the
Securities and all holders will be bound by the amended indenture and will receive the Pfizer Guarantee,
even if they did not consent to the proposed amendments. Separately from this consent solicitation, as
a result of Pfizers acquisition of Wyeth, Wyeth will deregister the Securities and will no longer be
required to file reports with the SEC. Wyeth will also no longer be required to file reports with the
Trustee. The proposed amendments will require Pfizer to file certain SEC reports with the Trustee.
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However, holders who did not consent will not be eligible to receive the Consent Payment. |
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How do I consent? |
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To consent, you must validly complete, execute, and deliver a Letter of Consent to the Information Agent
and Tabulation Agent or cause the Letter of Consent to be delivered to the Information Agent and
Tabulation Agent. |
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The deadline to consent is 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Thursday, October 29, 2009, unless extended. |
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What is the vote needed for the consent to go through? |
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The receipt of consents representing at least a majority (greater than 50%) in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities outstanding, with all holders of the Securities voting as a single class, is
necessary to adopt the proposed amendments. |
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When will I receive my Consent Payment? |
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Assuming the required consents are obtained, Consent Payments will be paid as soon as practicable
following the Expiration Time. |
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To whom should I direct any questions? |
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Questions concerning the terms of the consent solicitation should be directed to Barclays Capital
toll-free at (800) 438-3242 or collect at (212) 528-7581. Questions concerning consent procedures and
requests for additional copies of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement should be directed to
D.F. King toll-free at (800) 735-3591 or collect at (212) 269-5550. |
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SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in
conjunction with, the information appearing elsewhere in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus
Supplement. Each undefined capitalized term used in this Summary has the meaning set forth
elsewhere in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement
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The Issuer |
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Wyeth |
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American Home Products Corporation
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The Securities |
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6.700% Notes due 2011 |
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6.700% Notes due 2011 |
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5.250% Notes due 2013 |
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5.500% Notes due 2014 |
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5.500% Notes due 2016 |
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5.450% Notes due 2017 |
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7.250% Notes due 2023 |
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6.450% Notes due 2024 |
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6.500% Notes due 2034 |
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6.000% Notes due 2036 |
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5.950% Notes due 2037 |
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Purpose of the Consent Solicitation
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Pfizer is soliciting consents to amend the Indenture in connection with
the integration of Pfizers and Wyeths businesses and to allow the
integrated company greater flexibility in operations. The proposed
amendments will conform certain covenants in the Indenture to the
corresponding covenants in the existing Pfizer indenture. Once the
requisite consents are received, Pfizer will issue an unconditional and
irrevocable guarantee of the prompt payment, when due, of the
Securities issued under the Indenture. |
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The Consent Solicitation
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In connection with the proposed amendments to the Indenture, Pfizer is
seeking valid and unrevoked consents of registered holders representing
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
outstanding on the Record Date, with all series of the Securities
voting as a single class. |
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In return for such consents, Pfizer is offering to (i) issue the
Pfizer Guarantee and (ii) make the Consent Payment to holders of
Securities who provide valid and unrevoked consents prior to the
Expiration Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. |
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The Consent Payment
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A payment equal to $1.50 for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities
will be made to record holders of Securities who provide valid and
unrevoked consents prior to the Expiration Time. |
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Timing of the Consent Payment
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Assuming the required consents are obtained and the supplemental
indenture is executed, the Consent Payment will be made as soon as
practicable following the Expiration Time. |
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Consents Required to Adopt the
Proposed Amendments
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Consents from holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of Securities outstanding on the Record Date, with all series of
the Securities voting as a single class, must be received in order to
adopt the proposed amendments. Pfizer expressly reserves the right, in
its discretion, to waive any condition of the consent solicitation. See
The Consent Solicitation Description of the Proposed Amendments
and Annex A to this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. |
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Record Date
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The record date for determining the holders of Securities entitled to
deliver consents and receive the Consent Payment in connection with
this consent solicitation, is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October
14, 2009. Only holders of Securities as of the Record Date are
eligible to deliver consents. |
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Expiration Time
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The consent solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on Thursday, October 29, 2009, unless extended by Pfizer in its sole
discretion. |
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Revocation of Consents
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Consents delivered may be validly withdrawn at any time at or prior to
the earlier of (i) the Expiration Time and (ii) the time at which the
required consents have been received. See Consent
Procedures Revocation of Consents. |
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Procedures for Consenting
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In order to consent to the proposed amendments, a holder of the
Securities must validly execute and deliver to the Information Agent
and Tabulation Agent a completed and executed Letter of Consent, or
cause the Letter of Consent to be delivered to the Information Agent
and Tabulation Agent on the holders behalf, before the Expiration Time
in accordance with the procedures described below. See Consent
Procedures Procedures for Delivering Consents. |
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Providing your consent involves risks. For a discussion of factors you
should consider before you decide whether to consent, see Risk
Factors. |
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Consequences of Failure to Consent
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If the required consents are obtained and the supplemental indenture is
executed, all holders of the Securities will be bound by the amended
Indenture and all holders of the Securities will receive the Pfizer
Guarantee pursuant to the terms of the supplemental indenture, even if
they have not consented to the proposed amendments.
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However, holders who have not provided valid and unrevoked consents
prior to the Expiration Time (unless extended in accordance with this
Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement), will not be entitled to
receive any Consent Payment. |
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U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
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For a summary of material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the
consent solicitation, see Material U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences. |
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Use of Proceeds
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Pfizer will not receive any cash proceeds from the consent solicitation. |
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Information Agent and Tabulation Agent
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D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the information agent and also is the
tabulation agent for the consent solicitation (the Information Agent
and Tabulation Agent). The address and telephone numbers of D.F. King
& Co., Inc. are listed on the back cover page of this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. |
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Solicitation Agent
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Barclays Capital Inc. is the solicitation agent for the consent
solicitation (the Solicitation Agent). The addresses and telephone
numbers of the Solicitation Agent are listed on the back cover page of
this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. |
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Further Information; Questions
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Questions concerning consent procedures and requests for additional
copies of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the
Letter of Consent should be directed to the Information Agent and
Tabulation Agent at its address or telephone numbers listed on the back
cover page of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. |
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Any questions concerning the terms of the consent solicitation should
be directed to the Solicitation Agent at the telephone numbers listed
on the back cover page of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider each of the risks and uncertainties under the headings Risk
Factors under Part I, Item IA in Pfizers Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008, and Pfizers most recently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and any amendments
thereto, and Risk Factors beginning on page 47 of Pfizers Registration Statement on Form S-4,
which was declared effective by the SEC on June 17, 2009, which are incorporated by reference into
this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement, and all of the other information included or
incorporated by reference in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. The risks below
should be considered along with the other risks described in the reports incorporated by reference
into this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. See Where You Can Find More Information
beginning on page S-23 for the location of information incorporated by reference into this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement.
The Pfizer Guarantee is unsecured and will be effectively junior to secured indebtedness that
Pfizer may incur in the future and will be structurally subordinated to the obligations of Pfizers
subsidiaries.
The Pfizer Guarantee will be an unsecured unsubordinated obligation of Pfizer and rank pari passu
with all of Pfizers unsecured debt obligations. Holders of any secured debt that Pfizer may incur
in the future may foreclose on the assets securing such debt, reducing the cash flow from the
foreclosed property available for payment of unsecured debt, including the Pfizer Guarantee.
Holders of secured debt also would have priority over unsecured creditors in the event of our
bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding. As a result, the Pfizer Guarantee will be
effectively junior to any secured debt that Pfizer may issue in the future. Pfizer currently does
not have any secured debt outstanding. Although Pfizer is subject to certain limitations on liens,
there are exceptions to these limitations which may permit Pfizer to incur secured debt. The
Pfizer Guarantee will also be structurally subordinated to the obligations of Pfizers
subsidiaries. Holders of the Securities will not have any claim as a creditor against subsidiaries
of Pfizer that are not guarantors of the Securities, other than Wyeth (subject to Pfizers right to
substitute itself as obligor).
If the proposed amendments to the Indenture are approved and the supplemental indenture is
executed, Wyeth will be subject to fewer restrictions on its conduct than it is currently subject
to and assets of Wyeth may be transferred to subsidiaries of Pfizer or third parties that are not
parties to the Indenture and are not providing a guarantee of the Securities.
If the proposed amendments to the Indenture become effective, the covenants in the amended
indenture would generally impose fewer restrictions on Wyeths conduct than the covenants currently
in the Indenture. The proposed amendments would allow Wyeth to take actions that would otherwise
have been restricted or conditioned. Specifically, Wyeth will no longer be subject to certain
restrictions on its ability to, among other things, merge or consolidate, sell all or substantially
all of its assets, effect a conversion of its legal status (to the extent not already permitted by
the Indenture), enter into sale and leaseback transactions with respect to certain property and
subject certain property and shares of certain subsidiaries to any mortgage, pledge, security
interest or lien. Therefore, assets
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of Wyeth may be transferred to subsidiaries of Pfizer or third parties that are not parties to the
Indenture and are not providing a guarantee of the Securities, which may result in materially fewer
assets of Wyeth being available to satisfy Wyeths obligations under the Securities. See The
Consent Solicitation Description of the Proposed Amendments and Annex A to this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement for more information about the differences between what actions
are currently restricted by the covenants currently applicable to the Securities and what actions
would be restricted by the covenants following the effectiveness of the proposed amendments.
If the proposed amendments are approved and the supplemental indenture is executed, Pfizer will be
permitted, in Pfizers sole discretion, to succeed to and be substituted as the issuer under the
Indenture and Wyeth will be released from all obligations under the Indenture.
If the proposed amendments become effective, Pfizer or any of its successors, at Pfizers or its
successors sole discretion, will be permitted to succeed to and be substituted as the issuer under
the Indenture and Wyeth will be released from all obligations under the Indenture. If Pfizer
becomes the obligor under the Indenture, then holders of the Securities would have direct recourse
only against Pfizer and its assets and will no longer have direct recourse against Wyeth and its
assets. In this case, the Securities will rank pari passu with all of Pfizers unsecured debt
obligations, including any additional unsecured debt that Pfizer may issue in the future.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
For the purpose of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of
income from continuing operations before provision for taxes on income, minority interests and the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle less minority interests and less
undistributed earnings (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries adjusted for fixed charges,
excluding capitalized interest. Fixed charges consist of interest expense (which includes
amortization of debt discount and expenses), capitalized interest, and one third of rental expense
which Pfizer believes to be a conservative estimate of an interest factor in our leases. It is not
practicable to calculate the interest factor in a material portion of its leases. The ratios were
calculated by dividing the sum of the fixed charges into the sum of the earnings from continuing
operations before taxes and fixed charges. The following ratios do not reflect the Merger.
Pfizers consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2004 through 2008 and the six months ended June 28, 2009 are set forth below:
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Pfizer will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Pfizer Guarantee.
THE CONSENT SOLICITATION
Introduction
In connection with the proposed amendments to the Indenture, Pfizer is seeking valid and
unrevoked consents of registered holders of the majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities outstanding voting as a single class at 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on October 14,
2009, the record date for determining the holders of Securities entitled to deliver consents and
receive the Consent Payment in connection with this consent solicitation
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(the Record Date). In return for such consents, Pfizer is offering to (i) issue the Pfizer
Guarantee and (ii) make the Consent Payment to holders of Securities who provide valid and
unrevoked consents prior to the Expiration Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. As of the Record Date, the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities outstanding was $10,250,000,000. If the required consents are
obtained, all holders of the Securities will be bound by the amended Indenture and all holders of
the Securities will receive the Pfizer Guarantee even if they have not consented to the proposed
amendments. However, holders who have not provided valid and unrevoked consents prior to the
Expiration Time will not be entitled to receive any Consent Payment.
Pfizer reserves the right to establish, from time to time, but in all cases prior to receipt
of the required consents, any new time for the Record Date and, thereupon, any such new time will
be deemed to be the Record Date for purposes of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement.
Promptly upon receipt of the required consents, Pfizer and Wyeth will enter into a
supplemental indenture that will set forth the amendments to the Indenture. Assuming satisfaction
or waiver of all conditions to this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement, Pfizer will execute
and deliver the Pfizer Guarantee concurrently with the execution of the supplemental indenture.
The proposed amendments will become effective upon execution and delivery of the supplemental
indenture and Pfizers execution and delivery of the Pfizer Guarantee. The Consent Payment will be
made as soon as practicable following the Expiration Time.
Separately from this consent solicitation, as a result of the Merger, pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Wyeth will deregister the Securities. As a result of
such deregistration, Wyeth will no longer be required to file reports with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Wyeth will no longer be required to file reports with the
Trustee. The deregistration of the Securities will occur regardless of whether the required
consents are obtained and the proposed amendments are made effective.
Purpose of Amendments
The proposed amendments are intended to allow Pfizer to integrate Pfizers and Wyeths
businesses through certain internal corporate restructurings in a more effective manner than could
be achieved if the amendments are not made. Pfizer would benefit from the flexibility to use
Wyeths assets in combination with Pfizers other assets in order to eliminate redundancies and
overlapping operations and to benefit Pfizer as a whole. In this regard, the proposed amendments
are intended to allow Pfizer to more effectively integrate Wyeths business and have Wyeth and its
subsidiaries engage freely in transactions with Pfizer and Pfizers subsidiaries. Specifically,
Wyeth will no longer be subject to certain restrictions on its ability to, among other things,
merge or consolidate, sell all or substantially all of its assets, effect a conversion of its legal
status (to the extent not already permitted by the Indenture), enter into sale and leaseback
transactions with respect to certain property and subject certain property and shares of certain
subsidiaries to any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien. The proposed amendments are
intended to allow the integrated company greater flexibility in operations as the proposed
amendments will conform certain covenants in the Indenture to the corresponding covenants in the
existing Pfizer indenture. Moreover, if the amendments are approved, the integration of Wyeths
operations will be accomplished in a manner that is expected to have beneficial tax consequences
for Pfizer.
If the required consents are obtained and the proposed amendments are adopted, the holders of
the Securities will be entitled to the Pfizer Guarantee and Pfizer will have an obligation to file
certain SEC reports with the Trustee.
Description of the Proposed Amendments
Pfizer is soliciting the consents of the holders of the Securities to the proposed amendments
to the Indenture. The valid and unrevoked consent of the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding, voting as a single class (excluding
Securities held by Pfizer or Wyeth, by any other obligor on the Securities or by any person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
Pfizer, Wyeth or by any other obligor on the Securities) is required for the proposed amendments to
become effective. The proposed amendments are being presented as one proposal. Consequently, the
delivery of a
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consent by a holder of Securities represents the delivery of a consent to all of the proposed
amendments to the Indenture, and a consent purporting to consent to only some of the proposed
amendments will not be valid.
Pfizer is proposing amendments to the provisions in the Indenture relating to (i) the
consolidation or merger of Wyeth or the sale of all or substantially all of Wyeths assets; (ii)
the limitation on Wyeths incurrence of liens; (iii) the limitation on sale and leaseback
transactions by Wyeth; (iv) Wyeths obligation to publish certain notices in Luxembourg; (v) the
cure period in connection with a default in the payment of interest with respect to the Securities;
(vi) the annual date prior to which Wyeth must deliver a compliance certificate to the Trustee; and
(vii) Wyeths obligation pursuant to the Indenture to file certain SEC reports with the Trustee.
Under the indenture dated as of January 30, 2001 between Pfizer and The Bank of New York Mellon,
formerly known as The Bank of New York, as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly known as The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the Pfizer Indenture), and the supplemental indentures to the
Pfizer Indenture, dated March 24, 2009 and June 2, 2009 (the Applicable Pfizer Supplemental
Indentures), Pfizer is subject to certain similar restrictions. If the required consents are
obtained, the Indenture will be amended, where applicable, to provide for restrictions on Pfizer
and its General Subsidiaries (as defined) that conform to those set forth in the Pfizer Indenture
and the Applicable Pfizer Supplemental Indentures, related to (i) the consolidation or merger of
Pfizer or the sale of all or substantially all of Pfizers assets; (ii) the limitation on liens of
Pfizer and its General Subsidiaries; (iii) the limitation on sale and leaseback transactions by
Pfizer and its General Subsidiaries; and (iv) an obligation pursuant to the Pfizer Indenture to
file certain SEC reports with the Trustee. Additionally, (i) the cure period in connection with a
default in the payment of interest with respect to the Securities and (ii) the annual date prior to
which Wyeth must deliver a compliance certificate to the Trustee will be amended to conform to
those set forth in the Pfizer Indenture. Also, if the required consents are obtained, the Indenture
will be amended to eliminate Wyeths obligation to publish certain notices in Luxembourg as there
is not a similar requirement in the Pfizer Indenture or Applicable Pfizer Supplemental Indentures.
If the proposed amendments are adopted, Pfizer will be a party to the supplemental indenture
adopting such amendments solely with respect to the proposed covenants related to (i) the
limitation on liens of Pfizer and its General Subsidiaries; (ii) the limitation on sale and
leaseback transactions by Pfizer and its General Subsidiaries; (iii) Pfizers obligation to file
certain SEC reports with the Trustee; (iv) the consolidation or merger of Pfizer or the sale of all
or substantially all of Pfizers; assets and (v) Pfizers obligation to execute and deliver the
Pfizer Guarantee.
The following is a summary of the key proposed amendments to the Indenture, which is qualified
by reference to the complete text of the proposed amendments to the Indenture set forth in Annex A
to this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. The following summary of the proposed
amendments is not necessarily presented in the order of importance.
Amendment to Covenant Related to Merger or Consolidation of Wyeth and/or Sale of All or
Substantially All of Wyeths Assets to Remove All Limitations and Restrictions on any Transaction
Involving Wyeth or Wyeths Assets
The Indenture permits (i) any merger or consolidation of Wyeth into any other corporation
(whether or not affiliated with Wyeth), or successive consolidations or mergers to which Wyeth or
any successor is a party and (ii) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property
of Wyeth to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with Wyeth), provided that,
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default (as defined) and no event which, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing and upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, other than a consolidation
or merger in which Wyeth is the continuing corporation, the obligations of Wyeth under the
Indenture must be expressly assumed by the corporation formed by the consolidation, the corporation
into which Wyeth has merged or the corporation which shall have acquired all or substantially all
of Wyeths assets. Additionally, the Indenture requires that any such assuming corporation must be
a corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a State in the United
States of America.
This proposed amendment to the Indenture would have the effect of removing the restrictions
and limitations on Wyeths or any successor obligors ability to enter into any consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance of assets or any other transaction following the Merger. Additionally,
the proposed amendment would permit Wyeth to effect a conversion or enter into any transaction with
a subsidiary or affiliate of Pfizer, the effect of which would be a change in the legal status of
Wyeth, such as to a limited liability company, a partnership or other legal
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entity. The proposed amendment will provide that in the event of any consolidation or merger of
Pfizer with or into any other person or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of
Pfizer as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person, the due and punctual
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Pfizer Guarantee and the
provisions of the Indenture applicable to Pfizer shall be expressly assumed by means of a
supplemental indenture, by the company with which Pfizer shall have been merged, or by the person
which shall have acquired Pfizers properties and assets. This covenant conforms to the
corresponding covenant set forth in the Pfizer Indenture.
Moreover, the proposed amendment would permit Pfizer or any of its successors, at Pfizers
sole discretion, to succeed to and be substituted as the issuer under the Indenture through the
execution of a further supplemental indenture, thereby releasing Wyeth from all obligations under
the Indenture.
Amendment to Covenant Related to Limitation on Liens
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture provides that Wyeth will not create or assume, or
permit any subsidiary that owns Wyeth Principal Property (as defined below) (a Wyeth Restricted
Subsidiary) to create or assume any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien of or upon any
Wyeth Principal Property or any shares of capital stock or indebtedness of any Wyeth Restricted
Subsidiary, unless the Securities are secured by such mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien
equally and ratably with any and all other indebtedness or obligations thereby secured. The
Indenture defines Wyeth Principal Property as Wyeths principal office building and each
manufacturing plant or research facility located within the territorial limits of the States of the
United States of America or Puerto Rico (but not within any other territorial possession of the
United States of America) of Wyeth or a subsidiary of Wyeth except as the Wyeth board of directors
reasonably determines (taking into account, among other things, the importance of such property to
the business, financial condition and earnings of Wyeth and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as
a whole) not to be a principal property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Wyeth and the Wyeth
Restricted Subsidiaries may, without securing any of the Securities, create or assume any mortgage,
pledge, security interest or lien (which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions)
securing indebtedness in an aggregate amount which, together with all other exempted debt of Wyeth
and the Wyeth Restricted Subsidiaries, does not at the time exceed 10% of Wyeths consolidated net
tangible assets (defined in the Indenture as total assets less current liabilities and intangible
assets). Additionally, the Indenture prohibits under certain circumstances the merger,
consolidation and the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Wyeth Restricted
Subsidiary, for any consideration other than the fair value thereof in cash.
We are proposing an amendment to this provision that would become effective upon the earlier
of (i) March 8, 2010, which is the expiration date of the 364-Day Revolving Credit Loan Agreement,
dated as of March 9, 2009 among Pfizer, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Citibank,
N.A. as administrative agent (the Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility), (ii) the termination of the
Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) an amendment to the Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility
that would permit the effectiveness of the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment will amend
this provision to replace the existing covenant in its entirety so that it conforms to the
corresponding covenant set forth in the Applicable Pfizer Supplemental Indentures, and will provide
as follows:
Pfizer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of Pfizer to, create, assume or suffer
to exist any Pfizer Lien (an Initial Lien), other than Permitted Liens, on any Restricted
Property to secure any Debt of Pfizer or any Subsidiary of Pfizer unless it has made or will make
effective provision whereby the Securities will be secured by such Pfizer Lien equally and ratably
with (or prior to) all other Debt secured by such Pfizer Lien. Any Pfizer Lien created for the
benefit of the holders of the Securities shall provide by its terms that such Pfizer Lien will be
automatically released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the applicable Initial
Lien.
Amendment to Covenant Related to Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
The Indenture provides that any arrangement with any person providing for the leasing by Wyeth
or a Wyeth Restricted Subsidiary of any Wyeth Principal Property (except for temporary leases for a
term of three years or less), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by Wyeth or
such Wyeth Restricted Subsidiary to such person (a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) is prohibited
except in the event that (a) Wyeth or such Wyeth Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to incur
indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the Wyeth Principal
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Property to be leased equal in amount to the Attributable Debt (as defined) with respect to such
Sale and Leaseback Transaction without equally or ratably securing the securities issued under the
Indenture; or (b) Wyeth applies an amount equal to the fair value of the property sold to the
purchase of Wyeth Principal Property or to the retirement of long-term indebtedness of Wyeth within
120 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction. In lieu of applying such
amount to such retirement Wyeth may deliver debt securities to the Trustee for cancellation, such
debt securities to be credited at the cost thereof to Wyeth. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Indenture provides that Wyeth or any Wyeth Restricted Subsidiary may enter into any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction (which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions) as long as
the Attributable Debt resulting from such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, together with all other
exempted debt of Wyeth and the Wyeth Restricted Subsidiaries, does not at the time exceed 10% of
Wyeths consolidated net tangible assets. Attributable Debt is defined in the Indenture as of
any particular time, as the lesser of (a) the fair value of the property subject to such
arrangement and (b) the then present value (computed by discounting at the Composite Rate (as
defined)) of the obligation of a lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of any
lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the
lessor, be extended). Net Rental Payments under any lease for any period is defined in the
Indenture as the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the
lessee thereunder, not including, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether
or not designated as rental or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance,
taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or
any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of maintenance
and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.
We are proposing an amendment to this provision that would become effective upon the earlier
of (i) March 8, 2010, which is the expiration date of the Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility, (ii)
the termination of the Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) an amendment to the Pfizer
Revolving Credit Facility that would permit the effectiveness of the proposed amendment. The
proposed amendment will amend this provision to replace the existing covenant in its entirety so
that it conforms to the corresponding covenant set forth in the Applicable Pfizer Supplemental
Indentures, and will provide as follows:
Pfizer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of Pfizer to, enter into any Pfizer Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (as defined below) covering any Restricted Property unless:
(a) pursuant to the proposed covenant described under Amendment to Covenants Related to
Limitation on Liens above, it would be entitled to incur Debt secured by a Lien on such Restricted
Property in a principal amount equal to the Value of such Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction
without equally and ratably securing the Securities; or
(b) Pfizer or any Subsidiary of Pfizer, during the six months following the effective date of
the Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction, applies an amount equal to the Value of such Pfizer Sale
and Leaseback Transaction to the voluntary retirement of long-term Debt of Pfizer or any Subsidiary
of Pfizer or to the acquisition of one or more Restricted Properties.
Because the definition of Restricted Property covers only manufacturing facilities in the
continental United States, Pfizers manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the
world are excluded from the operation of the covenants described above. There are currently no
Pfizer Liens on, or any Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transactions covering, any property that could
potentially qualify as Restricted Property that would require the Securities to be secured equally
and ratably with (or prior to) Debt secured by such Lien. As a result, Pfizer does not keep records
identifying which of our properties, if any, would qualify as Restricted Property and Pfizer
believes that it has few, if any, properties that would qualify as Restricted Property.
Definitions
Set forth below are certain of the defined terms that are included in the proposed amendment
for purposes of the Pfizer Lien and Pfizer Sale and Leaseback covenants set forth above. These
defined terms conform to the defined terms set forth in the Applicable Pfizer Supplemental
Indentures.
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Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves
and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1) all current liabilities (excluding the
amount of those which are by their terms extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a
date more than 12 months after the date as of which the amount is being determined) and (2) all
goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like
intangible assets, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of Pfizer and its consolidated
subsidiaries and determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Debt of any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, or evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (other than any such obligations to the
extent that (i) the liability of such Person is limited solely to the property or asset financed by
such obligations or (ii) such obligations result from the requirement to return collateral posted
to such Person by a counterparty pursuant to one or more hedging contracts or other similar risk
management contracts) and (b) all Debt of others guaranteed by such Person.
Equity Interests means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests
in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or
acquire any such equity interests.
General Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other business entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding shares
of Voting Stock is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or
more of the Subsidiaries of such Person.
Pfizer Lien means, with respect to any property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of
trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge,
easement (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability),
encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any
kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property.
Permitted Liens means
(a) Pfizer Liens existing on the date hereof or Pfizer Liens existing on facilities of any
Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary of Pfizer;
(b) Pfizer Liens existing on manufacturing facilities when acquired, or incurred to finance
the purchase price, construction or improvement thereof;
(c) any Pfizer Lien arising by reason of deposits with, or the giving of any form of security
to, any governmental agency or any body created or approved by law or governmental regulation;
(d) Pfizer Liens securing Debt of a Subsidiary of Pfizer owed to Pfizer or another Subsidiary
of Pfizer;
(e) extensions, renewals or replacements in whole or part of any Pfizer Lien referred to in
clauses (a) through (d); and
(f) Pfizer Liens on any Restricted Property not described in clauses (a) through (e) above
securing Debt that, together with (i) the aggregate amount of all other outstanding Debt secured by
all other Pfizer Liens on Restricted Property not described in clauses (a) through (e) above and
(ii) the aggregate amount of Value in respect of all Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transactions that
would otherwise be prohibited by the proposed covenant described
under Amendment to Covenant
Related to Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions above, do not exceed 15% of Pfizers
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured as of the end of the most recent quarter for which
financial statements are available.
Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to
property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby Pfizer or a Subsidiary of Pfizer transfers such
property to another Person and Pfizer or a Subsidiary of Pfizer leases or rents it from such Person
(other than (1) leases between Pfizer and a Subsidiary of Pfizer or between Subsidiaries of Pfizer
and (2) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more
than 3 years).
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Restricted Property means:
(a) any manufacturing facility (or portion thereof) owned or leased by Pfizer or any
Subsidiary of Pfizer and located within the continental United States that, in the good faith
opinion of Pfizers Board of Directors (or a committee thereof), is of material importance to
Pfizers business taken as a whole, but no such manufacturing facility (or portion thereof) shall
be deemed of material importance if its gross book value of property, plant and equipment (before
deducting accumulated depreciation) is less than 2% of Pfizers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
measured as of the end of the most recent quarter for which financial statements are available; or
(b) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of Pfizer owning a manufacturing facility (or a
portion thereof) covered by clause (a).
As used in this definition, manufacturing facility means property, plant and equipment used
for actual manufacturing and for activities directly related to manufacturing such as quality
assurance, engineering, maintenance, staging areas for work in process administration, employees,
eating and comfort facilities and manufacturing administration, and it excludes sales offices,
research facilities and facilities used only for warehousing, distribution or general
administration.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other business entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding shares
of Voting Stock is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or
more of the Subsidiaries of such Person.
Value means, with respect to a Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction, an amount equal to the
present value of the lease payments with respect to the term of the lease remaining on the date as
of which the amount is being determined, without regard to any renewal or extension options
contained in the lease, discounted at the weighted average interest rate of all series of debt
securities issued pursuant to the indenture and having the benefit of the proposed covenants
described above under Amendment to Covenants Related to
Limitation on Liens and Amendment
to Covenant Related to Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions (including the effective
interest rate of any original issue discount debt securities) which are outstanding on the date of
such Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
Voting Stock means Equity Interests of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the
election of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of
such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes
of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of a contingency).
Amendment to Remove Covenant Related to Luxembourg Publications
We are proposing to delete the covenant in the Indenture requiring that in the event a party
provides certain notices pursuant to the Indenture in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York
and London, such party shall also, to the extent such notice is required to be given to holders of
Securities of any series by applicable Luxembourg law or stock exchange regulation, as evidenced by
an Officers Certificate delivered to such party, make a similar publication in Luxembourg. The
Pfizer Indenture and the Applicable Pfizer Supplemental Indentures do not contain a corresponding
covenant.
Amendment to Wyeths Obligations to Provide SEC Reports
The Indenture requires Wyeth to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after Wyeth is required
to file the same with the SEC, copies of annual reports and of the information, documents and other
reports that Wyeth may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
As a result of the Merger, pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Wyeth
will deregister the Securities. As a result of such deregistration, Wyeth will no longer be
required to file reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The
deregistration of the
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Securities will occur regardless of whether the required consents are obtained and proposed
amendments are made effective and as a result of such deregistration, Wyeth will no longer be
required to file SEC reports with the Trustee. Therefore, the proposed amendment to the Indenture
would replace Wyeths obligation to file such reports pursuant to the Indenture and provide that
Pfizer will, as the guarantor of the Securities, file with the Trustee, within 15 days after Pfizer
is required to file the same with the SEC, copies of annual reports and of the information,
documents and other reports that Pfizer may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939. This covenant conforms to the corresponding covenant set forth in the
Pfizer Indenture.
Amendment to Certain Provisions Related to the Annual Written Statement to the Trustee
The Indenture provides that, Wyeth will deliver annually (on or prior to March 31) to the
Trustee a certificate of its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof Wyeth is in
compliance (without regard to periods of grace or notice requirements) with all conditions and
covenants under the Indenture, and if Wyeth shall not be in compliance, specifying such
non-compliance and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. We are
proposing an amendment to allow for the delivery of this certificate to the Trustee on or before
June 1 of each calendar year. This covenant conforms to the corresponding covenant set forth in the
Pfizer Indenture.
Amendment to Certain Provisions Related to the Cure Period With Respect to a Payment Default
The Indenture provides that an event of default occurs if there is any default in the payment
of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities as and when the interest shall become due
and payable, and such default continues for a period of thirty (30) days. We are proposing an
amendment to extend the period in which a default may occur under these circumstances for a period
of sixty (60) days prior to such default being considered an event of default under the Indenture.
This covenant conforms to the corresponding covenant set forth in the Pfizer Indenture.
Addition of Defined Terms and Revision of Other Text
In connection with the proposed amendments described above, certain defined terms would be
added to, and deleted from, the Indenture. Please see Annex A to this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement for a more complete description of those amendments. In
addition, we reserve the right to make certain technical changes to the Indenture pursuant to the
provisions thereof and to include such changes in the supplemental indenture. Any such technical
changes will not affect the substantive rights of the holders of the Securities, other than as
described above.
The proposed amendments would also delete or amend or be deemed to have deleted or amended any
provisions in the Securities corresponding to the provisions in the Indenture that are deleted or
amended by virtue of the proposed amendments.
DESCRIPTION OF PFIZERS GUARANTEE
The following is a summary of the Pfizer Guarantee. The following summary is qualified by
reference to the full text of the form of the guarantee, which has been attached as Annex B to this
Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement.
The Pfizer Guarantee is an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of the prompt payment, when
due, of any amount owed to the holders of the Securities under the Indenture, and any other amounts
due pursuant to the Indenture. The Pfizer Guarantee will be an unsecured unsubordinated obligation
of Pfizer and will rank pari passu with Pfizers other general unsecured obligations. Holders of
any secured debt that Pfizer may incur in the future may foreclose on the assets securing such
debt, reducing the cash flow from the foreclosed property available for payment of unsecured debt,
including the Pfizer Guarantee. Holders of any secured debt of Pfizer also would have priority over
unsecured creditors in the event of its bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding. Pfizer
currently does not have any secured debt outstanding.
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Promptly upon receipt of the required consents, Pfizer and Wyeth will enter into a
supplemental indenture that will set forth the amendments to the Indenture. Pfizer will execute
and deliver the Pfizer Guarantee concurrently with the execution of the supplemental indenture.
The Consent Payment will be made as soon as practicable following the Expiration Time. The
proposed amendments will become effective upon execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture
and Pfizers execution and delivery of the Pfizer Guarantee.
If the required consents are obtained, all holders of the Securities will be bound by the
amended Indenture and all holders of the Securities will receive the Pfizer Guarantee pursuant to
the terms of the supplemental indenture, even if they have not consented to the proposed
amendments. However, holders who have not provided valid and unrevoked consents prior to the
Expiration Time, will not be entitled to receive any Consent Payment. If the required consents are
not obtained, the Pfizer Guarantee will not be provided to the holders of the Securities and no
Consent Payment will be made by Pfizer.
Pfizer will execute the Pfizer Guarantee in favor of the holders of each series of Securities.
It will not be necessary for new certificates to be issued evidencing the Securities to reflect the
benefit of the Pfizer Guarantee, and no separate certificates will be issued to evidence the Pfizer
Guarantee.
Pfizer is not assuming Wyeths obligations under the Indenture. The Pfizer Guarantee will not
make Pfizer or any of its subsidiaries (other than Wyeth or any successor obligor) subject to the
covenants contained in the Indenture and will not otherwise contain any restrictions on Pfizers
operations (other than those that will become effective with respect to Pfizer and its General
Subsidiaries upon effectiveness of the proposed amendments).
CONSENT PROCEDURES
Expiration Time; Extension; Waiver; Amendment; Termination
The consent solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, October
29, 2009, unless Pfizer extends the consent solicitation. Pfizer expressly reserves the right to
extend the consent solicitation from time to time or for such period or periods as it may determine
in its discretion by giving oral (to be confirmed in writing) or written notice of such extension
to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent and by making a public announcement by press release
at or prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day following the previously
scheduled expiration time. During any extension of the consent solicitation, all consents validly
executed and delivered to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent will remain effective unless
validly revoked prior to such extended expiration time.
Pfizer expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time to amend any of the
terms of the consent solicitation. If the terms of the consent solicitation are amended prior to
the Expiration Time in a manner that constitutes a material change, Pfizer will promptly give oral
(to be confirmed in writing) or written notice of such amendment to the Information Agent and
Tabulation Agent and disseminate a Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement in a manner
reasonably designed to give holders of the Securities notice of the change on a timely basis.
Pfizer expressly reserves the right, in its discretion, to waive any condition of the consent
solicitation.
Pfizer expressly reserves the right, in its discretion, to terminate the consent solicitation
for any reason. Any such termination will be followed promptly by public announcement thereof. In
the event Pfizer terminates the consent solicitation, it will give prompt notice thereof to the
Information Agent and Tabulation Agent and the consents previously executed and delivered pursuant
to the consent solicitation will be of no further force and effect.
Procedures for Delivering Consents
In order to consent to the proposed amendments, a holder of the Securities must validly
execute and deliver to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent a copy of the Letter of Consent
relating to the Indenture, or cause the Letter of Consent to be delivered to the Information Agent
and Tabulation Agent on the holders behalf, before the Expiration Time in accordance with the
procedures described below.
Only registered holders of the Securities as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Record
Date may execute and deliver to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent the Letters of Consent.
Pfizer expects that The
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Depository Trust Company, (DTC), will authorize its participants, which include banks,
brokers and other financial institutions, to execute Letters of Consent with respect to the
Securities they hold through DTC as if the participants were the registered holders of those
Securities. Accordingly, for purposes of the consent solicitation, when we use the term registered
holders, we include banks, brokers and other financial institutions that are participants of DTC.
If you are a beneficial owner of Securities held through a bank, broker or other financial
institution, in order to consent to the proposed amendment, you must arrange for the bank, broker
or other financial institution that is the registered holder to either (1) execute the Letter of
Consent and deliver it either to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent on your behalf or to
you for forwarding to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent before the Expiration Time or (2)
forward a duly executed proxy from the registered holder authorizing you to execute and deliver the
Letter of Consent with respect to the Securities on behalf of the registered holder. In the case of
clause (2) of the preceding sentence, you must deliver the executed Letter of Consent, together
with the proxy, to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent before the Expiration Time.
Beneficial owners of Securities are urged to contact the bank, broker or other financial
institution through which they hold their Securities to obtain a valid proxy or to direct that a
Letter of Consent be executed and delivered in respect of their Securities. Holders who hold their
Securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution must submit consents in the manner
prescribed by such bank, broker or other financial institution. Therefore, please follow the
instructions provided by the applicable bank, broker or other financial institution when submitting
consents.
Giving a consent by submitting a Letter of Consent will not affect a holders right to sell or
transfer its Securities. All consents received from the holder of record on the Record Date and not
revoked by that holder before the Expiration Time will be effective notwithstanding any transfer of
those Securities after the Record Date.
Registered holders of Securities as of the Record Date who wish to consent should mail, hand
deliver or send by overnight courier or facsimile a properly completed and executed Letter of
Consent to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent at the address or facsimile number set forth
under Solicitation, Tabulation and Information Agents, in accordance with the instructions set
forth in this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the Letter of Consent. However, Pfizer
reserves the right to accept any Letter of Consent received by Pfizer.
All Letters of Consent that are properly completed, executed and delivered to the Information
Agent and Tabulation Agent, and not revoked before the Expiration Time, will be given effect in
accordance with the terms of those Letters of Consent. Registered holders who desire to consent to
the proposed amendments should complete, sign and date the Letter of Consent and mail, deliver or
send by overnight courier or facsimile the signed Letter of Consent to the Information Agent and
Tabulation Agent at the address or facsimile number set forth under
Solicitation, Tabulation and
Information Agents, all in accordance with the instructions contained in this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the Letter of Consent prior to the Expiration Time.
Letters of Consent delivered by the registered holders of Securities as of the Record Date
must be executed in exactly the same manner as those registered holders names appear on the
certificates representing the Securities or on the position listings of DTC, as applicable. If the
Securities to which a Letter of Consent relate are registered in the names of two or more holders,
all of those holders must sign the Letter of Consent. If a Letter of Consent is signed by a
trustee, partner, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, agent, officer of a
corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, that person must so
indicate when signing, and proper evidence of that persons authority to so act must be submitted
with the Letter of Consent. In addition, if a Letter of Consent relates to less than the total
principal amount of Securities registered in the name of a holder, or a Letter of Consent relates
to only one series of the Securities, the registered holder must list the certificate numbers and
principal amount of Securities registered in the name of that holder and the series of Securities
to which the Letter of Consent relates. If no series or aggregate principal amount of Securities as
to which a consent is delivered is specified, the holder will be deemed to have consented with
respect to all Securities of such holder. If Securities are registered in different names, a
separate Letter of Consent must be signed and delivered with respect to each registered holder. If
a Letter of Consent is executed by a person other than the registered holder, it must be
accompanied by a proxy executed by the registered holder.
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If the Letter of Consent is executed by a person or entity who is not the registered holder,
then the registered holder must sign a valid proxy, with the signature of such registered holder
guaranteed by a participant in a recognized medallion signature program (a Medallion Signature
Guarantor).
No Medallion Signature Guarantor is required (a) if the Letter of Consent is signed by the
registered holder(s) of the Securities with respect to which the Letter of Consent is delivered (or
by a DTC participant) and payment of the Consent Payment is to be paid directly to such holder(s)
and the box entitled Special Payment and Delivery Instructions on the Letter of Consent has not
been completed or (b) if the Letter of Consent is delivered by or for the account of a firm or any
other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, including (as such terms are defined therein): (a) a bank; (b) a broker, dealer,
municipal securities dealer, municipal securities broker, government securities dealer or
government securities broker; (c) a credit union, (d) a national securities exchange, registered
securities association or clearing agency; or (e) a savings association. In all other cases, all
signatures on letters of consent must be guaranteed by a Medallion Signature Guarantor.
In connection with the consent solicitation, Pfizer will pay brokerage houses and other
custodians, nominees and fiduciaries the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in
forwarding copies of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement, the Letter of Consent and
related documents to the beneficial owners of the Securities and in handling or forwarding
deliveries of consents by their customers.
All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of Letters
of Consent and the consent procedures will be determined by Pfizer, in its sole discretion, which
determination will be final and binding. Pfizer also reserves the right to waive any defects or
irregularities as to deliveries of consents.
Revocation of Consents
A consent may be revoked at any time prior to the Revocation Time. Any holder who has
delivered a consent, or who succeeds to ownership of Securities in respect of which a consent has
previously been delivered, may validly revoke such consent prior to the Revocation Time by
delivering a written notice of revocation in accordance with the following procedures. All properly
completed and executed Letters of Consent that are received by the Information Agent and Tabulation
Agent will be counted as consents with respect to the proposed amendments, unless the Information
Agent and Tabulation Agent receives a written notice of revocation prior to the Revocation Time.
In order to be valid, a notice of revocation of consent must contain the name of the person
who delivered the consent, the name of the holder and the description of the Securities to which it
relates, the certificate numbers of such Securities (if held in certificated form) and the
aggregate principal amount represented by such Securities. The revocation of consent must be signed
by the holder thereof in the same manner as the original signature on the Letter of Consent
(including any required Medallion Signature Guarantor) or be accompanied by evidence satisfactory
to Pfizer and the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent that the person revoking the consent has
the legal authority to revoke such consent on behalf of the holder. If the Letter of Consent was
executed by a person other than the registered holder of the Securities, the notice of revocation
of consent must be accompanied by a valid proxy signed by such registered holder and authorizing
the revocation of the registered holders consent. To be effective, a revocation of consent must be
received prior to the Revocation Time by the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent, at the address
set forth below. A purported notice of revocation that lacks any of the required information or is
sent to an improper address will not validly revoke a consent previously given. Holders who hold
their Securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution may only revoke consents in
the manner prescribed by such bank, broker or other financial institution. Therefore, please
follow the instructions provided by the applicable bank, broker or other financial institution if
revoking consents.
Solicitation, Information and Tabulation Agents
Pfizer has retained Barclays Capital Inc. (Barclays Capital) to act as the Solicitation
Agent for the consent solicitation. Pfizer has agreed to pay the Solicitation Agent customary fees
and reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Pfizer has agreed to indemnify the
Solicitation Agent against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the federal
securities laws. Questions regarding the consent solicitation may be directed to the Solicitation
Agent at the following address and telephone numbers:
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Barclays Capital
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Liability Management Group
Toll Free: (800) 438-3242
Collect: (212) 528-7581
Pfizer has retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to act as the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent
for the consent solicitation. Pfizer has agreed to pay the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent
customary fees and reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Pfizer has agreed to
indemnify the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent for certain liabilities. Requests for
additional copies of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement or the Letter of Consent may
be directed to the Information Agent and Tabulation Agent at the following address and telephone
numbers:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Banks and Brokers Call Collect: 212-269-5550
All Others Call Toll Free: 800-735-3591
By Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attn: Elton Bagley
By Facsimile (for Eligible Institutions only):
212-809-8838
(Please provide callback telephone number on fax coversheet for confirmation)
Confirmation:
212-493-6996
Elton Bagley
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the
implementation of the proposed amendments to the Indenture, the provision of the Pfizer Guarantee
and the payment of the Consent Payment (collectively, the Transactions). This summary is based
upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder (the Treasury Regulations), and currently effective
administrative rulings and judicial decisions. Any of these authorities may be changed, perhaps
with retroactive effect, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from
those described below. No ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) has been (or will
be) sought with respect to the statements made herein, and there can be no assurance that the IRS
will not take a position contrary to such statements or that a court will not sustain any such
contrary position taken by the IRS. This summary assumes that the Securities are held as capital
assets. In addition, this summary is not a complete analysis of all the potential tax
considerations relating to the Transactions, including those considerations applicable to holders
based on their particular circumstances, and does not address the tax consequences applicable to
holders that are subject to special tax rules, including holders subject to the alternative minimum
tax; banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions; tax-exempt organizations; dealers
in securities or commodities; expatriates; traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market
method of accounting for their securities holdings; U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose
functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; persons that hold Securities as part of a hedge,
straddle, or conversion transaction; regulated investment companies; real estate investment trusts;
persons deemed to sell Securities under the constructive sale provisions of the Code; or
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partnerships or other pass-through entities. This summary does not address any foreign, state
or local tax consequences of the Transactions. If a partnership (or entity treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is the beneficial owner of Securities, the tax
treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and
the activities of the partnership. A partner of a partnership holding Securities is urged to
consult its own tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the Transactions.
For purposes of this summary, a holder of a Security is a U.S. Holder if such holder is the
beneficial owner of a Security and is: (1) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United
States, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or
meets the substantial presence test under section 7701(b) of the Code; (2) a corporation (or entity
treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized, or treated as
created or organized, in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia; (3) an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of
its source; or (4) a trust (a) if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trusts
administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial
decisions of the trust or (b) that has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury
Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. The term Non-U.S. Holder means a beneficial owner of
a Security that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
THIS SUMMARY OF MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSACTIONS IS INCLUDED
HEREIN FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR,
PROFESSIONAL TAX ADVICE. HOLDERS OF SECURITIES ARE URGED TO CONTACT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS
REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSACTIONS TO THE
APPLICABLE HOLDER.
U.S. Holders
Generally. The modification of the terms of a debt instrument generally is treated as a
deemed exchange of an old debt instrument for a new debt instrument if such modification is
significant as specially determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For these purposes, a
modification of the terms of a debt instrument is generally significant if, based on all the
facts and circumstances (and, subject to certain exceptions, taking into account all modifications
collectively), the legal rights or obligations that are altered and the degree to which they are
altered are economically significant. Pfizer believes that the adoption of the proposed amendments
to the Indenture generally should not constitute such an economically significant change in the
terms of the Securities. Upon adoption of the proposed amendments, Pfizer will guarantee Wyeths
payment obligations with respect to the Securities. The Treasury Regulations provide that the
addition of a guarantor on a debt instrument is a significant modification if the addition of the
guarantor results in a change in payment expectations (as specifically defined pursuant to such
Treasury Regulations) with respect to the instrument. Pfizer believes that the Pfizer Guarantee
generally should not result in a change in payment expectations with respect to the Securities. In
addition, if the supplemental indenture becomes operative, Pfizer will make the Consent Payment to
holders that provided valid and unrevoked consents to the proposed amendments. The Treasury
Regulations provide that a change in the yield of a debt instrument is a significant modification
if the yield of the modified instrument (determined by taking into account any payments made by the
issuer to the holders as consideration for the modification) varies from the yield on the
unmodified instrument (determined as of the date of the modification) by more than the greater of
25 basis points or 5 percent of the annual yield of the unmodified instrument. The Consent Payment
is not expected to change the yield of any Security in an amount sufficient to cause a significant
modification of such Security for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, U.S. Holders of
Securities generally should continue to have the same tax basis and holding period with respect to
the Securities as they had before the Transactions. Holders are urged to consult their own tax
advisors to determine whether the Transactions result in a significant modification for purposes of
the applicable holders Securities.
If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Transactions result in a significant modification of
some Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a holder of such Securities generally would
be treated as having exchanged its old Securities for new Securities for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, and generally would recognize gain or loss at the time of such deemed exchange,
unless such deemed exchange constitutes a recapitalization. A deemed exchange generally would
constitute a recapitalization and would not be taxable to holders of the Securities if the
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instruments, as originally issued and as amended, constitute securities for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. There is no precise definition of what constitutes a security under U.S.
federal income tax law, and the determination requires an overall evaluation of the nature of the
debt instrument, with the term of the debt instrument regarded as one of the more important
factors. Although the matter is not free from doubt, given the terms of the Securities, these
instruments generally should constitute securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and a
deemed exchange generally should constitute a recapitalization for such purposes. In such event, a
holder of a Security generally would not recognize any income, gain or loss with respect to the
Transactions, except with respect to the receipt of the Consent Payment, as discussed below.
Assuming a deemed exchange constitutes a recapitalization, a holder generally would receive a tax
basis in the new Security equal to its tax basis in the old Security immediately prior to the
deemed exchange, and the holders holding period for the new Security generally would include
the period during which the holder held the old Security.
Additionally, if there is a deemed exchange, regardless of whether such exchange qualifies as
a recapitalization, the new Securities generally would be treated as issued with original issue
discount (OID) in an amount equal to the excess, if any (subject to a statutorily defined de
minimis exception), of the stated redemption price at maturity of the new Securities over their
issue price. A holder that is deemed to hold new Securities with OID generally would be required
to include the OID in gross income under a constant yield method in advance of the receipt of cash
attributable to that income, regardless of the holders method of tax accounting. OID accruals may
be reduced by a portion of the acquisition premium, if any, that a holder has in the new
Securities. A holder has acquisition premium in the new Securities if the holders adjusted
tax basis in the new Securities is greater than the issue price of the new Securities, but less
than or equal to their stated redemption price at maturity. If a holders adjusted tax basis in
the new Securities exceeds their stated redemption price at maturity, the holder will be
considered to have acquired the new Securities with amortizable bond premium and such holder
will not be required to include any OID in income. A holder generally may elect to amortize any
amortizable bond premium over the remaining term of the new Securities on a constant yield method
as an offset to interest otherwise includible in income under the holders regular accounting
method. If the holder does not elect to amortize any amortizable bond premium, that amortizable
bond premium will decrease the gain or increase the loss a holder otherwise would recognize on
disposition of the new Securities.
Consent Payment. The tax treatment of the receipt of a Consent Payment is uncertain because
no authorities directly address the treatment of such payment. The Consent Payment may be treated
as (1) a separate fee or interest that, in either case, would be subject to tax as ordinary income
in an amount equal to the Consent Payment received, or (2) consideration received upon a deemed
exchange of new Securities for old Securities, in which case, the Consent Payment would
constitute part of the applicable holders amount realized in the deemed exchange. Pfizer intends
to treat the Consent Payment as a fee paid to consenting holders of Securities for their consent to
the proposed amendments. Assuming such treatment, a consenting U.S. Holder will recognize ordinary
income equal to the amount of the Consent Payment received. There can be no assurance, however,
that the IRS will not successfully challenge Pfizers position in this regard. Accordingly,
holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment
of the receipt of a Consent Payment.
Non-U.S. Holders
Generally. Even if the Transactions result in a deemed exchange of old Securities for new
Securities that is taxable to U.S. Holders, subject to the following discussion regarding Consent
Payments, a Non-U.S. Holder generally would not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect
to income or gain recognized in the Transactions, unless (1) such income or gain is effectively
connected with the holders conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, in the
case of an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment
maintained by the holder), or (2) in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a non-resident alien
individual, such holder is present in the United States for at least 183 days in the year of the
deemed exchange, and certain other conditions are met. A corporate Non-U.S. Holders income or
gain that is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States
may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate (or a lower rate if specified by
an applicable income tax treaty).
Consent Payment. As stated above, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the receipt of a
Consent Payment is uncertain. Accordingly, Pfizer intends to subject Consent Payments made to
Non-U.S. Holders to U.S. federal income tax withholding at a 30% rate unless an exemption from
withholding is applicable, such as if the Consent Payment is effectively connected with the
Non-U.S. Holders conduct of a trade or business within the United States
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(and, in the case of an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent
establishment maintained by the holder) or a reduced rate of withholding or exemption is available
pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty. To claim an exemption from withholding or a reduced
rate of withholding, the Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to us a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI
(for effectively connected payments) or IRS Form W-8BEN (to claim treaty benefits), as applicable,
claiming such exemption or reduced rate. A Non-U.S. Holder generally may obtain a refund of any
excess amounts withheld by filing an appropriate refund claim with the IRS.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Except with respect to exempt holders, Pfizer generally will provide information statements to
the IRS reporting the payment of consideration in the Transactions. A U.S. Holder may be subject
to backup withholding with respect to its consideration received in the Transactions, unless the
holder provides a correct Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and certifies that the holder is a
U.S. person, the TIN is correct (or the holder is awaiting a TIN), and the holder (1) is exempt
from backup withholding, (2) has not been informed by the IRS that backup withholding is required
due to underreporting of interest and dividends paid to the U.S. Holder or (3) has been informed by
the IRS that backup withholding is no longer required. A Non-U.S. Holder may be subject to backup
withholding with respect to its consideration received in the Transactions, unless the holder
certifies as to its non-U.S. status (which may be done by providing a properly executed IRS Form
W-8BEN). Exempt holders (including corporations) are not subject to these backup withholding
requirements provided that they properly demonstrate their eligibility for exemption. Backup
withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount paid as backup withholding generally would be
allowed as a credit against the holders federal income tax liability and may entitle the holder to
a refund, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.
LEGAL MATTERS
Gene Capello, Pfizers Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, will pass upon the
validity of the Pfizer Guarantee.
EXPERTS
The audited historical financial statements of Wyeth included in Exhibit 99.1 of Pfizers
Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 13, 2009 for the year ended December 31, 2008 have been
incorporated by reference herein in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
The consolidated financial statements of Pfizer as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and managements assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, have been
incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the reports of
KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon
the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Pfizer files and Wyeth has filed annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and
other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information
on file at the SECs public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., 20549. Please
call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC
filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and are
available at the Internet website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. These reports and
other information filed by Pfizer with the SEC are also available free of charge at Pfizers
website at www.pfizer.com. These reports and other information filed by Wyeth with the SEC are also
available free of charge at Wyeths website at www.wyeth.com.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION/PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE
NOT PRESENTED IN OR DELIVERED WITH THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION/PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. YOU SHOULD RELY
ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION/PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND IN THE
DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION/PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OR
IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE DOCUMENTS AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS
CONSENT SOLICITATION/PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
We incorporate information into this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the
accompanying Base Prospectus by reference, which means that we disclose important information to
you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information
incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement
and the accompanying Base Prospectus, except to the extent superseded by information contained
herein or by information contained in documents filed with the SEC after the date of this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement. This Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the
accompanying Base Prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that have been
previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about Pfizer and the
financial condition of Pfizer.
Pfizer SEC Filings (SEC File No. 001-3619; CIK No. 0000078003)
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reports were filed on that date), January 29, 2009, February 20, 2009, March 12, 2009,
March 13, 2009, April 7, 2009, April 27, 2009, April 28, 2009, June 3, 2009, July 17,
2009, July 22, 2009, September 2, 2009, September 25, 2009 and October 15, 2009. |
We also incorporate by reference into this Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the
accompanying Base Prospectus additional documents that Pfizer may file with the SEC under Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from the date of this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement to the end of the offering of the Securities. These documents
may include Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form
8-K, as well as proxy statements. We are not incorporating by reference any information furnished
under items 2.02 or 7.01 (or corresponding information furnished under item 9.01 or included as an
exhibit) in any past or future Current Report on Form 8-K that we may file with the SEC, unless
otherwise specified in such Current Report.
You may obtain copies of any of these filings through Pfizer as described below, through the
SEC or through the SECs Internet website as described above or through Pfizers website as
described above. Documents incorporated by reference are available without charge, excluding all
exhibits unless an exhibit has been specifically incorporated by reference into this Consent
Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Base Prospectus, by requesting them in
writing or by telephone at:
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Pfizer Inc.
Corporate Secretary
Pfizer Inc.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
(212) 733 2323
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN PFIZERS WEBSITE IS NOT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE AND DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION/PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
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ANNEX A
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE
I. The following provisions of the Indenture would be amended as follows (capitalized terms
used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture, as amended by the
proposed amendments; amended provisions shown in strikethrough and underlined text):
A. Section 3.5 (Written Statement to Trustee)
The
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee annually, commencing March 31, 1993,on or before
June 1 of each calendar year a certificate of its principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of
the signer thereof the Issuer is in compliance (without regard to periods of grace or notice
requirements) with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture, and if the Issuer shall not
be in compliance, specifying such non-compliance and the nature and status thereof of which such
signer may have knowledge.
B. Section 3.6 (Limitation of Liens)
The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series unless specifically
otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto
provided pursuant to Section 2.3.
(a) The Issuer will not create or assume, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to
create or assume, any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien (any such mortgage, pledge,
security interest or lien being hereinafter in this Article Three referred to as a mortgage or
mortgages) of or upon any Principal Property or shares of capital stock or indebtedness of any
Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned at the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, without
making effective provision, and the Issuer in such case will make or cause to be made effective
provision, whereby the Securities of such series (together with, if the Issuer shall so determine,
any other indebtedness or liability issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary, whether then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured by such a mortgage
equally and ratably with any and all other indebtedness or obligations thereby secured, so long as
such indebtedness or obligations shall be so secured; provided, however, that the foregoing shall
not apply to any of the following:
(1) mortgages on any Principal Property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any corporation
existing at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) mortgages on any Principal Property acquired, constructed or improved by the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture which are created or assumed
contemporaneously with such acquisition, construction or improvement or within 120 days after the
latest of the acquisition, completion of construction (including any improvement on an existing
property) or commencement of commercial operation of such property, to secure or provide for the
payment of all or any substantial part of the purchase price of such property or the cost of such
construction or improvement incurred after the date of this Indenture, or, in addition to mortgages
contemplated by clause (3) below, mortgages on any Principal Property existing at the time of
acquisition thereof; provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or
improvement the mortgage shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement, any
theretofore unimproved or substantially unimproved real property on which the property so
constructed, or the improvement, is located;
(3) mortgages on any Principal Property or shares of stock or indebtedness acquired from a
corporation which is merged with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) mortgages on any Principal Property to secure indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to
the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) mortgages on any Principal Property in favor of the United States of America or any State
thereof or The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any department, agency or instrumentality or
political subdivision of the
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United States of America or any State thereof or The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to secure
partial, progress, advance or other payments, or other obligations pursuant to any contract or
statute or to secure any indebtedness or obligations incurred for the purpose of financing all or
any part of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving the Principal Property subject to such
mortgages (including mortgages incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue,
Title XI maritime financings or similar financings);
(6) mortgages existing on the date hereof; and
(7) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to
(6), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby shall
not be in excess of the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or
a part of the property which secured the mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus
improvements on such property).
(b) The Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge or consolidate
with or into another corporation, or sell all or substantially all of its assets to another
corporation for a consideration other than the fair value thereof in cash, if such other
corporation has outstanding obligations secured by a mortgage which, after such merger,
consolidation or sale, would extend to any Principal Property owned by the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale unless prior to such
merger, consolidation or sale the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have effectively
provided that the Securities then outstanding (together with, if the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary shall so determine, any other indebtedness or liability issued, assumed or guaranteed by
the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, whether then existing or thereafter created) shall be
secured by a mortgage, the lien of which, upon completion of said merger, consolidation or sale,
will rank prior to the lien of such mortgage of such other corporation on any Principal Property
owned by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation
or sale, which, upon completion of such merger, consolidation or sale, will be subjected to the
lien of such mortgage of such other corporation.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 3.6, the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary may create or assume mortgages in addition to those permitted by paragraph
(a) of this Section 3.6, and renew, extend or replace such mortgages, provided that at the time of
such creation, assumption, renewal or replacement, and after giving effect thereto, Exempted Debt
does not exceed 10% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section
3.6, from and after the earlier of (i) March 8, 2010, (ii) the termination of the 364-Day Revolving
Credit Loan Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2009 among Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), the lenders party
thereto from time to time and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent (the Pfizer Revolving Credit
Facility) and (iii) an amendment to the Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility that would permit the
effectiveness of the following provision, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 3.6 shall be
null and void and the following provision shall become effective:
(i) Pfizer shall not, and shall not permit any General Subsidiary of Pfizer to,
create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (an Initial Lien), other than Permitted Liens, on any
Restricted Property to secure any Debt of Pfizer or any General Subsidiary of Pfizer unless it has
made or will make effective provision whereby the Securities and the Pfizer Guarantee of any series
issued pursuant to the Indenture and having the benefit of this covenant, will be secured by such
Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) all other Debt secured by such Lien; provided that such
Lien will be automatically released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the applicable
Initial Lien.
C. Section 3.7 (Limitation on Sale and Leaseback)
The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series unless specifically
otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto
provided pursuant to Section 2.3.
(a) The Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement with any person (other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) providing for the
leasing by the Issuer or a
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Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property (except for temporary leases for a term of not
more than three years), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or
such Restricted Subsidiary to such person (herein referred to as a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction), unless either (1) the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to
incur indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the Principal Property to be leased equal in amount to
the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, without equally and
ratably securing the Securities of such series, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.6(a) or (2)
the proceeds of such sale or transfer are at least equal to the fair value (as determined by the
Board of Directors) of such property and the Issuer shall, and in any such case the Issuer
covenants that it will, apply an amount equal to the fair value (as determined by the Board of
Directors) of the property so leased to the purchase of Principal Property or to the retirement
(other than any mandatory retirement), within 120 days of the effective date of any such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, of Long-Term Indebtedness, to the extent the redemption thereof is not
prohibited by the terms of such Long-Term Indebtedness, or any other indebtedness for borrowed
money incurred or assumed by the Issuer which by its terms matures at, or is extendible or
renewable at the option of the obligor to, a date more than 12 months after the date of the
creation of such debt; provided that, in lieu of applying all or any part of such proceeds to such
retirement, the Issuer may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation, the Securities so
delivered to be credited at the cost thereof to the Issuer as certified to the Trustee by an
Officers Certificate, which need not comply with Section 11.5, at the time of such delivery to the
Trustee.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 3.7, the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction in addition to those
permitted by paragraph (a) of this Section 3.7 and without any obligation to retire any Securities
or other indebtedness referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 3.7, provided that at the time
of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and after giving effect thereto, Attributable
Debt resulting from such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, together with all other Exempted Debt,
does not exceed 10% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 3.7,
from and after the earlier of (i) March 8, 2010, (ii) the termination of the Pfizer Revolving
Credit Facility and (iii) an amendment to the Pfizer Revolving Credit Facility that would permit
the effectiveness of the following provision, paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 3.7 shall be
null and void and the following provision shall become effective:
(i) Pfizer shall not, and shall not permit any General Subsidiary of Pfizer to, enter into
any Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction covering any Restricted Property unless:
(1) pursuant to Section 3.6 herein, Pfizer would be entitled to incur Debt secured by a
Lien on such Restricted Property in a principal amount equal to the Value of such Pfizer Sale and
Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities of any series issued
pursuant to the Indenture and having the benefit of this covenant; or
(2) Pfizer or any General Subsidiary of Pfizer, during the six months following
the effective date of the Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction, applies an amount equal to the
Value of such Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction to the voluntary retirement of long-term Debt
of Pfizer or any General Subsidiary of Pfizer or to the acquisition of one or more Restricted
Properties.
D. Section 3.8 (Luxembourg Publications)
[RESERVED]
Section 3.8 Luxembourg Publications. In the event of the publication of any notice pursuant
to Section 5.11, 6.10(a), 6.11, 6.13, 8.2, 10.4, 12.2 or 12.5, the party making such publication in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and London shall also, to the extent that notice is
required to be given to Holders of Securities of any series by applicable Luxembourg law or stock
exchange regulation, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate delivered to such party, make a
similar publication in Luxembourg.
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E. Section 4.2 (Reports by the Issuer.)
Section 4.2. Reports by the Issuer Pfizer. Pfizer or its successor
shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer Pfizer or its
successor is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports that the Issuer Pfizer or its
successor may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939.
F. Section 5.1(a) (Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default.)
Section 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default.
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of
the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such
series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30sixty (60) days; or
G. Section 9.1 (Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.)
Section 9.1. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 3.6, nothing contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with
or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Issuer or its successor or successors shall be a
party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property
of the Issuer to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer) authorized to
acquire and operate the same; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities and no event which, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing; and provided, further, that upon any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, other than a consolidation or merger in which the Issuer
is the continuing corporation, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all
of the Securities and Coupons, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Issuer,
shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed
and delivered to the Trustee by the corporation (if other than the Issuer) formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Issuer shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall
have acquired such property, and provided, further, that such corporation shall be incorporated
under the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Indenture, from and after
the receipt by the Trustee of an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of the prompt payment,
when due, of any amount owed to the holders of the Securities under this Indenture and any other
amounts due pursuant to this Indenture by Pfizer or any of its successors, nothing in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or any supplemental indenture shall be deemed to prohibit or
in any way limit any transaction (or conversion of legal status to a limited liability company)
involving the Issuer, including without limitation any consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
At any time, Pfizer or any of its successors, may succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer by
supplemental indenture, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Issuer, and the
predecessor Issuer shall thereupon be released from all obligations under the Indenture and under
the Securities.
(b) Nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any consolidation or merger of
Pfizer with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with Pfizer), or successive
consolidations or mergers in which Pfizer or its successor shall be a party or parties, or shall
prevent any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of Pfizer as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with Pfizer) lawfully
entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, Pfizer covenants and agrees that upon any such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, the due and punctual performance and observance of
all of the covenants and
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conditions of the Pfizer Guarantee to be performed by Pfizer or any obligations of Pfizer
under this Indenture, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by the Person (if other than
Pfizer) formed by such consolidation, or into which Pfizer shall have been merged, or by the Person
which shall have acquired such properties and assets.
II. The following definitions would be added to Section 1.1 (Certain Terms Defined)
(capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture):
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves
and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1) all current liabilities (excluding the
amount of those which are by their terms extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a
date more than 12 months after the date as of which the amount is being determined) and (2) all
goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like
intangible assets, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of Pfizer and its consolidated
subsidiaries and determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Debt of any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, or evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (other than any such obligations to the
extent that (i) the liability of such Person is limited solely to the property or asset financed by
such obligations or (ii) such obligations result from the requirement to return collateral posted
to such Person by a counterparty pursuant to one or more hedging contracts or other similar risk
management contracts) and (b) all Debt of others guaranteed by such Person.
Equity Interests means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests
in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or
acquire any such equity interests.
General Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other business entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding shares
of Voting Stock is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or
more of the Subsidiaries of such Person.
Manufacturing Facility means property, plant and equipment used for actual manufacturing and
for activities directly related to manufacturing such as quality assurance, engineering,
maintenance, staging areas for work in process administration, employees, eating and comfort
facilities and manufacturing administration, and excludes sales offices, research facilities and
facilities used only for warehousing, distribution or general administration.
Permitted Liens means:
(a) Pfizer Liens existing on the date hereof or Pfizer Liens existing on Manufacturing
Facilities of any Person at the time it becomes a General Subsidiary of Pfizer;
(b) Pfizer Liens existing on Manufacturing Facilities when acquired, or incurred to finance
the purchase price, construction or improvement thereof;
(c) any Pfizer Lien arising by reason of deposits with, or the giving of any form of security
to, any governmental agency or any body created or approved by law or governmental regulation;
(d) Pfizer Liens securing Debt of a General Subsidiary of Pfizer owed to Pfizer or another
General Subsidiary of Pfizer;
(e) extensions, renewals or replacements in whole or part of any Pfizer Lien referred to in
clauses (a) through (d); and
(f) Pfizer Liens on any Restricted Property not described in clauses (a) through (e) above
securing Debt that, together with (i) the aggregate amount of all other outstanding Debt secured by
all other Pfizer Liens on Restricted Property not described in clauses (a) through (e) above and
(ii) the aggregate amount of Value in respect of all Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transactions that
would otherwise be prohibited by Section 3.6 hereof, do
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not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured as of the end of the most recent
quarter for which financial statements are available.
Pfizer Lien means, with respect to any property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of
trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge,
easement (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability),
encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any
kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property.
Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to
property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby Pfizer or a General Subsidiary of Pfizer transfers
such property to another Person and Pfizer or a General Subsidiary of Pfizer leases or rents it
from such Person (other than (1) leases between Pfizer and a General Subsidiary of Pfizer or
between General Subsidiaries and (2) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option
of the lessee, of not more than three years).
Restricted Property means:
(a) any Manufacturing Facility (or portion thereof) owned or leased by Pfizer or any General
Subsidiary of Pfizer and located within the continental United States that, in the good faith
opinion of Pfizers Board of Directors (or a committee thereof), is of material importance to
Pfizers business taken as a whole, but no such Manufacturing Facility (or portion thereof) shall
be deemed of material importance if its gross book value of property, plant and equipment (before
deducting accumulated depreciation) is less than 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured as
of the end of the most recent quarter for which financial statements are available, or
(b) any Equity Interests of any General Subsidiary of Pfizer owning a Manufacturing Facility
(or a portion thereof) covered by clause (a).
Value means, with respect to a Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction, an amount equal to the
present value of the lease payments with respect to the term of the lease remaining on the date as
of which the amount is being determined, without regard to any renewal or extension options
contained in the lease, discounted at the weighted average interest rate of all series of
Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture and having the benefit of the covenants set forth in
Sections 3. 6 and 3.7 herein (including the effective interest rate of any original issue discount
Securities) which are outstanding on the date of such Pfizer Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
Voting Stock means Equity Interests of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the
election of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of
such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes
of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of a contingency).
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ANNEX B
FORM OF GUARANTEE OF PFIZER INC.
GUARANTEE,
dated as of [·], 2009, by Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Guarantor), in respect of Wyeth, a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted
assigns, Wyeth).
1. Guarantee. With respect to the 6.700% Notes due 2011; 5.250% Notes due 2013;
5.500% Notes due 2014; 5.500% Notes due 2016; 5.450% Notes due 2017; 7.250% Notes due 2023; 6.450%
Notes due 2024; 6.500% Notes due 2034; 6.000% Notes due 2036; and 5.950% Notes due 2037
(collectively called the Notes), all issued by Wyeth pursuant to an indenture dated April
10, 1992 (the Indenture), by and among Wyeth, as successor to American Home Products
Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company,
Trustee (Trustee), the Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt
payment, when due, of any amount owed to the holders of the Notes under the Indenture and any other
amounts due pursuant to the Indenture (the Obligations).
2. Nature of Guarantee. The Guarantors obligations hereunder shall not be affected
by any circumstance relating to the Obligations that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge of or defense to the Guarantor. The Guarantor agrees that Trustee or the
holders of the Notes may resort to the Guarantor for payment of any of the Obligations whether or
not Trustee or the holders of the Notes shall have first proceeded against Wyeth or any other
obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to the Obligations. Trustee or the
holders of the Notes shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the
event that Wyeth becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the
failure of Trustee or the holders of the Notes to so file shall not affect the Guarantors
obligations hereunder. In the event that any payment to Trustee or the holders of the Notes in
respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever,
the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to such Obligations as if such payment had
not been made.
3. Changes in Obligations, and Agreements Relating thereto; Waiver of Certain Notices.
The Guarantor agrees that Trustee or the holders of the Notes may at any time and from time to
time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the
Guarantor, extend the time of payment of, or renew all or any part of the Obligations, and may also
make any agreement with Wyeth for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release
thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement
between Trustee or the holders of the Notes and Wyeth, without in any way impairing or affecting
this Guarantee. The Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this Guarantee and of the
Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest.
4. Expenses. The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all reasonable fees and
out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of one firm of counsel
representing Trustee or the holders of the Notes) in any way relating to the enforcement or
protection of the rights of Trustee or the holders of the Notes hereunder, provided that the
Guarantor shall not be liable for any expenses of Trustee or the holders of the Notes if no payment
under this Guarantee is due.
5. Subrogation. Upon payment of the Obligations to Trustee or the holders of the
Notes in full, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of Trustee or the holders of the
Notes against Wyeth with respect to the Obligations, and Trustee or the holders of the Notes agrees
to take at the Guarantors expense such steps as the Guarantor may reasonably request to implement
such subrogation.
6. No Waiver; Cumulative Rights. No failure on the part of Trustee or the holders of
the Notes to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by Trustee or the holders of
the Notes of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise of any
right, remedy or power. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to Trustee and the
holders of the Notes or allowed it or them by law or in equity or other agreement shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by Trustee or the holders of the
Notes at any time or from time to time.
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7. Assignment. Nothing contained in this Guarantee shall prevent any consolidation or
merger of Guarantor with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor),
or successive consolidations or mergers in which Guarantor or its successor shall be a party or
parties, or shall prevent any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of Guarantor as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with
Guarantor) lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, that upon any such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, the due and punctual performance and observance of
all of the covenants and conditions of the Guarantee to be performed by Guarantor, shall be
expressly assumed, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the
Trustee by the Person (if other than the Guarantor) formed by such consolidation, or into which
Guarantor shall have been merged, or by the Person which shall have acquired such properties and
assets.
8. Notices. All notices to or demands on the Guarantor shall be deemed effective when
received, shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or by registered mail (or similar type
mail), or by facsimile transmission promptly confirmed by registered mail (or similar type mail),
addressed to the Guarantor at:
Pfizer Inc.
Director of Treasury Planning
235 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017-5755
Tel: (212) 573-3930
Fax: (212) 573-1133
or to such other address or fax number as the Guarantor shall have notified Trustee in a written
notice delivered to Trustee at the address or facsimile number specified in the indenture.
9. Continuing Guarantee. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
shall be binding on the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have
been satisfied in full.
10. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor represents and warrants that: (i)
this Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, (ii) no
consent or approval of any Person, entity or governmental or regulatory authority, or of any
securities exchange or self-regulatory organization, was or is necessary in connection with this
Guarantee and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Guarantee by the Guarantor and the
performance by the Guarantor of its obligations hereunder do not violate or conflict with any law
applicable to it, any provision of its constitutive documents, any order or judgment of any court
or other agency of government applicable to it or any of its assets or any contractual provision
binding on or affecting it or any of its assets, in any manner that could reasonably be expected to
impair its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
11. Governing
Law. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor as of
the date first above written.
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PROSPECTUS
PFIZER INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
WARRANTS
DEPOSITARY SHARES
PURCHASE CONTRACTS
UNITS
We may from time to time offer to sell debt securities, common stock, preferred stock,
warrants, depositary shares, purchase contracts, guarantees or units. Each time we sell securities
pursuant to this prospectus, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific
information about the offering and the specific terms of the securities offered. You should read
this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplements carefully before you invest.
Our Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PFE.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR
COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is March 30, 2007
If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to sell, or solicitations of offers to purchase, the
securities offered by this document are unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to
direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this document does not extend to you.
The information contained in this document speaks only as of the date of this document, unless the
information specifically indicates that another date applies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC using a shelf
registration process. We may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus
from time to time.
The types of securities that we may offer and sell from time to time pursuant to this
prospectus are:
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common stock; |
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preferred stock; |
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units consisting of any of the securities listed above. |
Each time we sell securities pursuant to this prospectus, we will describe in a prospectus
supplement, which will be delivered with this prospectus, specific information about the offering
and the terms of the particular securities offered. In each prospectus supplement we will include
the following information, if applicable:
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the type and amount of securities that we propose to sell; |
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the initial public offering price of the securities; |
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the names of any underwriters or agents through or to which we will sell the
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any compensation of those underwriters or agents; and |
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information about any securities exchanges or automated quotations systems on which the
securities will be listed or traded. |
In addition, the prospectus supplement may also add, update or change the information
contained in this prospectus.
Wherever references are made in this prospectus to information that will be included in a
prospectus supplement, to the extent permitted by applicable law, rules or regulations, we may
instead include such information or add, update or change the information contained in this
prospectus by means of a post effective amendment to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part, through filings we make with the SEC that are incorporated by reference into
this prospectus or by any other method as may then be permitted under applicable law, rules or
regulations.
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THE COMPANY
We are a research based global pharmaceutical company. We discover, develop, manufacture and
market leading prescription medicines for humans and animals.
We operate in one business segment, pharmaceuticals, which includes:
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Prescription pharmaceuticals for treating cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases,
central nervous system disorders, diabetes, urogenital conditions, allergies, arthritis
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Products for food animals and companion animals; and |
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All references to us in this prospectus include Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
Our principal executive offices are located at 235 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 and
our telephone number is (212) 573 2323.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2002 through 2006 is set forth below. For the purpose of computing these ratios,
earnings consists of income from continuing operations before provision for taxes on income,
minority interests and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle less minority
interests adjusted for fixed charges, excluding capitalized interest. Fixed charges consists of
interest expense (which includes amortization of debt discount and expenses) capitalized interest
and one third of rental expense which we believe to be a conservative estimate of an interest
factor in our leases. It is not practicable to calculate the interest factor in a material portion
of our leases. The ratio was calculated by dividing the sum of the fixed charges into the sum of
the earnings from continuing operations before taxes and fixed charges.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless the applicable prospectus supplement indicates otherwise, we intend to use net proceeds
from the sale of the debt securities for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of
existing debt. We may temporarily invest funds that are not immediately needed for these purposes
in short term marketable securities.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The debt securities covered by this prospectus will be our direct unsecured obligations. The
debt securities will be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of January 30,
2001, between us and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank
(formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee.
This prospectus briefly outlines some of the indenture provisions. The indenture has been
filed as an exhibit to the registration statement and you should read the indenture carefully for
provisions that may be important to you.
We may issue the debt securities as original issue discount securities, which will be offered
and sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. A prospectus supplement
relating to original issue discount securities will describe Federal income tax consequences and
other special considerations applicable to them. The debt securities may also be issued as indexed
securities or securities denominated in foreign currencies or currency
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units, as described in more detail in a prospectus supplement relating to any of these types
of debt securities. A prospectus supplement relating to indexed debt securities or foreign currency
debt securities will also describe any additional tax consequences or other special considerations
applicable to these types of debt securities.
In addition, the material specific financial, legal and other terms particular to debt
securities of each series will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the debt
securities of that series.
General
The debt securities will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt.
The indenture does not limit the amount of debt we may issue under the indenture or otherwise. We
may issue the debt securities in one or more series with the same or various maturities, at par or
a premium or with original issue discount. We may reopen a previous issue of debt securities and
issue additional debt securities of the series.
The prospectus supplement relating to any debt securities being offered will include specific
terms relating to the offering. These terms will include some or all of the following:
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the title and type of the debt securities; |
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the total principal amount of the debt securities; |
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the percentage of the principal amount at which the debt securities will be issued and
any payments due if the maturity of the debt securities is accelerated; |
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the date or dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable; |
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whether the debt securities will be denominated in, and whether the principal of and
any premium and any interest on the debt securities will be payable in, U.S. dollars or
any foreign currency or foreign currency units; |
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the interest rate or rates, if any, which the debt securities will bear, the date or
dates from which any interest will accrue, the interest payment dates for the debt
securities and the regular record date for any interest payable on any interest payment
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any index or other special method we will use to determine the amount of principal or
any premium or interest we will pay on the debt securities of the series; |
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any optional or mandatory redemption periods; |
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any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to repurchase or otherwise
redeem the debt securities; |
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whether the debt securities are to be issued in individual certificates to each holder
or in the form of global securities held by a depositary on behalf of holders; |
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any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any event of default or any covenant
specified in the indenture; |
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any special tax implications of the debt securities, including provisions for original
issue discount securities, if offered; |
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any terms upon which the debt securities may be convertible into or exchanged for other
debt securities or indebtedness or other securities of any other issuer or obligor; and |
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The prospectus supplement relating to the debt securities of the series will be attached to
the front of this prospectus.
We may issue debt securities other than the debt securities described in this prospectus.
There is no requirement that any other debt securities that we issue be issued under the indenture.
Thus, any other debt securities that we issue may be issued under other indentures or
documentation, containing provisions different from those included in the indenture or applicable
to one or more issues of the debt securities described in this prospectus.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
We have agreed not to consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or
transfer or lease substantially all of our properties and assets to any person, unless:
(a) the successor corporation expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium or any interest on all the debt securities
and the performance of every covenant in the indenture that we would otherwise have to perform
as if it were an original party to the indenture; and
(b) we deliver to the trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each
stating that the consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and the supplemental indenture
comply with these provisions.
The successor corporation will assume all our obligations under the indenture as if it were an
original party to the indenture. After assuming such obligations, the successor corporation will
have all our rights and powers under the indenture.
Modification of Indenture
Under the indenture our rights and obligations and the rights of the holders may be modified
if the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
each series affected by the modification consent to it. No modification of the maturity date or
principal or interest payment terms, no modification of the currency for payment, no impairment of
the right to sue for the enforcement of payment at the maturity of the debt security, no
modification of any conversion rights and no modification reducing the percentage required for
modifications or modifying the foregoing requirements or redoing the percentage required to waive
certain specified covenants, is effective against any holder without its consent.
Events of Default
When we use the term Event of Default in the indenture, here are some examples of what we
mean.
An Event of Default occurs if:
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we fail to make the principal or any premium payment on any debt security when due; |
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we fail to make any sinking fund payment for 60 days after payment was due; |
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we fail to pay interest on any debt security for 60 days after payment was due; |
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we fail to perform any other covenant in the indenture and this failure continues for
90 days after we receive written notice of it; or |
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we or a court take certain actions relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of our company. |
The supplemental indenture or the form of security for a particular series of debt securities
may include additional Events of Default or changes to the Events of Default described above. The
Events of Default applicable to a particular series of debt securities will be discussed in the
prospectus supplement relating to such series. A default under our other indebtedness will not be a
default under the indenture for the debt securities covered by this prospectus, and a default under
one series of debt securities will not necessarily be a default under another series.
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The trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any default (except for
defaults that involve our failure to pay principal or interest) if it considers such withholding of
notice to be in the best interests of the holders.
If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding debt securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, then the trustee or the holders of at least 33% in principal amount of outstanding debt
securities of that series may declare, in a written notice, the principal amount (or specified
amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest on all debt securities of that series to be immediately
due and payable. At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of
any series has been made, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities may rescind and annul the acceleration if:
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the holders act before the trustee has obtained a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due; |
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we have paid or deposited with the trustee a sum sufficient to pay overdue interest and
overdue principal other than the accelerated interest and principal; and |
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we have cured or the holders have waived all Events of Default, other than the non
payment of accelerated principal and interest with respect to debt securities of that
series, as provided in the indenture. |
We refer you to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities that are
discount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of the
principal amount of the discount securities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
If a default in the performance or breach of the indenture shall have occurred and be
continuing, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
securities of all series, by notice to the trustee, may waive any past Event of Default or its
consequences under the indenture. However, an Event of Default cannot be waived with respect to any
series of securities in the following two circumstances:
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a failure to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on any security or
in the payment of any sinking fund installment; or |
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a covenant or provision that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each
holder of outstanding securities of that series. |
Other than its duties in case of a default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of
its rights or powers under the indenture at the request, order or direction of any holders, unless
the holders offer the trustee reasonable indemnity. If they provide this reasonable indemnity, the
holders of a majority in principal amount outstanding of any series of debt securities may, subject
to certain limitations, direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any
remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any power conferred upon the trustee, for any series
of debt securities.
We are required to deliver to the trustee an annual statement as to our fulfillment of all of
our obligations under the indenture.
Payment and Transfer
We will pay principal, interest and any premium on fully registered securities at the place or
places designated by us for such purposes. We will make payment to the persons in whose names the
debt securities are registered on the close of business on the day or days specified by us. Any
other payments will be made as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Holders may
transfer or exchange fully registered securities at the corporate trust office of the trustee or at
any other office or agency maintained by us for such purposes, without the payment of any service
charge except for any tax or governmental charge.
Global Securities
We may issue the securities in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities
that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary identified in the applicable prospectus
supplement. We may issue the global securities in either registered or bearer form in either
temporary or permanent form. We will describe the
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specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of securities in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
You may transfer or exchange certificated securities at any office we maintain for this
purpose in accordance with the terms of the indenture. We will not charge a service fee for any
transfer or exchange of certificated securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge we are required to pay in connection with a transfer or
exchange.
You may effect the transfer of certificated securities and the right to receive the principal,
premium and interest on certificated securities only by surrendering the certificate representing
those certificated securities and either reissuance by us or the trustee of the certificate to the
new holder or the issuance by us or the trustee of a new certificate to the new holder.
We are not required to:
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register, transfer or exchange securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day we transmit a notice of redemption of
securities of the series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on
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to register, transfer or exchange any security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any security being redeemed in part. |
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of the depositary
arrangement with respect to the applicable securities of that series. We anticipate that the
following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements.
Once a global security is issued, the depositary will credit on its book entry system the
respective principal amounts of the individual securities represented by that global security to
the accounts of institutions that have accounts with the depositary. These institutions are known
as participants. The underwriters for the securities will designate the accounts to be credited.
However, if we have offered or sold the securities either directly or through agents, we or the
agents will designate the appropriate accounts to be credited.
Ownership of beneficial interest in a global security will be limited to participants or
persons that may hold beneficial interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interest
in a global security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only
through, records maintained by the depositarys participants or persons that hold through
participants. The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of securities. Such limits and such laws may limit the market for beneficial interests in
a global security.
So long as the depositary for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a
global security, the depositary or nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the
securities represented by the global security for all purposes under the indenture. Except as
provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, owners of beneficial interests in a global
security:
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will not be entitled to have securities represented by global securities registered in
their names; |
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will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of securities in
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will not be considered owners or holders of these securities under the indenture. |
Payments of principal, any premium and interest on the individual securities registered in the
name of the depositary or its nominee will be made to the depositary or its nominee as the holder
of that global security. Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for
any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests
of a global security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
beneficial ownership interests and each of us and the trustee may act or refrain from acting
without liability on any information provided by the depositary.
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We expect that the depositary, after receiving any payment of principal, any premium or
interest in respect of a global security, will immediately credit the accounts of the participants
with payment in amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in principal amount of
beneficial interest in a global security as shown on the records of the depositary. We also expect
that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global security will be
governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in street name, and
will be the responsibility of such participants.
Debt securities represented by a global security will be exchangeable for debt securities in
definitive form of like tenor in authorized denominations only if the depositary notifies us that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as the depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed
by us within 90 days or we, in our discretion, determine not to require all of the debt securities
of a series to be represented by a global security and notify the trustee of our decision.
Defeasance
When we use the term defeasance, we mean discharge from some or all of our obligations under
the indenture. If we deposit with the trustee sufficient cash or government securities to pay the
principal, interest, any premium and any other sums due to the stated maturity date or a redemption
date of the debt securities of a particular series, then at our option:
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we will be discharged from our obligations with respect to the debt securities of such
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we will no longer be under any obligation to comply with certain restrictive covenants
under the indenture, and certain Events of Default will no longer apply to us. |
If this happens, the holders of the debt securities of the affected series will not be
entitled to the benefits of the indenture except for registration of transfer and exchange of debt
securities and replacement of lost, stolen or mutilated debt securities. Such holders may look only
to such deposited funds or obligations for payment.
To exercise our defeasance option, we must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the
effect that the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the holders of the debt securities
to recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes.
Concerning the Trustee
The trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, has provided banking and investment services to us in the
past and may do so in the future as a part of its regular business.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
Common Stock
Under Pfizers restated certificate of incorporation (the certificate of incorporation),
Pfizer is authorized to issue up to 12 billion shares of common stock. The common stock is not
redeemable, does not have any conversion rights and is not subject to call. Holders of shares of
common stock have no preemptive rights to maintain their percentage of ownership in future
offerings or sales of stock of Pfizer. Holders of shares of common stock have one vote per share in
all elections of directors and on all other matters submitted to vote of stockholders of Pfizer.
The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as and when declared from
time to time by the board of directors of Pfizer out of funds legally available therefore. Upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of Pfizer, the holders of common stock will
be entitled to participate equally and ratably, in proportion to the number of shares held, in the
net assets of Pfizer available for distribution to holders of common stock. The shares of common
stock currently outstanding are fully paid and nonassessable. As of February 20, 2007, there were
approximately 7,086,916,026 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
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Preferred Stock
Under the certificate of incorporation, Pfizer is authorized to issue up to 27 million shares
of preferred stock. The preferred stock my be issued in one or more series, and the board of
directors of Pfizer is expressly authorized (i) to fix the descriptions, powers, preferences,
rights, qualifications, limitations, and restrictions with respect to any series of preferred stock
and (ii) to specify the number of shares of any series of preferred stock. As of February 20, 2007,
there were 7,500 shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
DESCRIPTION OF OTHER SECURITIES
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement a description of any warrants,
depositary shares, purchase contracts, guarantees or units that may be offered pursuant to this
prospectus.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the offered securities
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through a number of direct sales or auctions performed by utilizing the Internet or a
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We may distribute the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed
price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
Sale Through Underwriters
If we use underwriters in the sale, such underwriters will acquire the debt securities for
their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions,
including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined
at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject
to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities of the
series offered if any of the securities are purchased. The underwriters may change from time to
time any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re allowed or
paid to dealers.
Sale Through Agents
We may sell offered debt securities through agents designated by us. Unless indicated in the
prospectus supplement, the agents have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit
purchases for the period of their appointment.
Direct Sales
We may also sell offered debt securities directly. In this case, no underwriters or agents
would be involved.
Sale Through the Internet
We may from time to time offer debt securities directly to the public, with or without the
involvement of agents, underwriters or dealers, and may utilize the Internet or another electronic
bidding or ordering system for the pricing and allocation of such debt securities. Such a system
may allow bidders to directly participate, through electronic access to an auction site, by
submitting conditional offers to buy that are subject to acceptance by us, and which may directly
affect the price or other terms at which such securities are sold.
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Such a bidding or ordering system may present to each bidder, on a real time basis, relevant
information to assist you in making a bid, such as the clearing spread at which the offering would
be sold, based on the bids submitted, and whether a bidders individual bids would be accepted,
prorated or rejected. Typically the clearing spread will be indicated as a number of basis points
above an index treasury note. Other pricing methods may also be used. Upon completion of such an
auction process securities will be allocated based on prices bid, terms of bid or other factors.
The final offering price at which debt securities would be sold and the allocation of debt
securities among bidders, would be based in whole or in part on the results of the Internet bidding
process or auction. Many variations of Internet auction or pricing and allocation systems are
likely to be developed in the future, and we may utilize such systems in connection with the sale
of debt securities. The specific rules of such an auction would be distributed to potential bidders
in an applicable prospectus supplement.
If an offering is made using such bidding or ordering system you should review the auction
rules, as described in the prospectus supplement, for a more detailed description of such offering
procedures.
General Information
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the offered
securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933, and any discounts or
commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the offered securities by them
may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We will identify
any underwriters or agents, and describe their compensation, in a prospectus supplement.
We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against
certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with
respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or
our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their businesses.
VALIDITY OF SECURITIES
Margaret M. Foran, our Senior Vice President Corporate Governance, Associate General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary, will pass upon the validity of the securities for us.
EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets of Pfizer Inc. and Subsidiary Companies as of December 31,
2006 and 2005 and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2006, have been
incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent accountants,
also incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and upon the authority of said firm as experts
in auditing and accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the
SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information on file at the SECs public
reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20549. Please call the SEC at 1 800 SEC
0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC filings are also available to
the public from commercial document retrieval services. These filings are also available at the
Internet website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
THIS PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED IN OR DELIVERED
WITH THIS PROSPECTUS. YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND IN
THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PROSPECTUS. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED
ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OR IN ADDITION
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TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS
PROSPECTUS.
We incorporate information into this prospectus by reference, which means that we disclose
important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC.
The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except to the
extent superseded by information contained herein or by information contained in documents filed
with or furnished to the SEC after the date of this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by
reference the documents set forth below that have been previously filed with the SEC. These
documents contain important information about us and our financial condition.
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Pfizers Annual report on Form 10 K (including the portions of our proxy statement for
our 2006 annual meeting of stockholders incorporated by reference therein) for the year
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Pfizers Current reports on Form 8 K filed January 22, 2007 and February 27, 2007. |
We also incorporate by reference into this prospectus additional documents that we may file
with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this
prospectus to the end of the offering of the securities. These documents may include annual reports
on Form 10 K, quarterly reports on Form 10 Q and current reports on Form 8 K, as well as proxy
statements. We are not incorporating by reference any information furnished under items 2.02 or
7.01 (or corresponding information furnished under item 9.01 or included as an exhibit) in any past
or future current report on Form 8 K that we may file with the SEC, unless otherwise specified in
such current report.
You may obtain copies of any of these filings through Pfizer as described below, through the
SEC or through the SECs Internet website as described above. Documents incorporated by reference
are available without charge, excluding all exhibits unless an exhibit has been specifically
incorporated by reference into this prospectus, by requesting them in writing, by telephone or via
the Internet at:
Corporate Secretary
Pfizer Inc.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 573 2323
www.pfizer.com
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OUR WEBSITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
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Questions regarding the consent solicitation may be directed to the Solicitation Agent at its
telephone number or address listed below. Any requests for assistance or additional copies of this
Consent Solicitation/Prospectus Supplement may be directed to the Information Agent and Tabulation
Agent, at its telephone number or address set forth below. A holder may also contact such holders
broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the
consent solicitation.
The Solicitation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is:
Barclays Capital
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
U.S. Toll-Free (800) 438-3242
Call Collect (212) 528-7581
Attention: Liability Management Group
The Information Agent and Tabulation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Banks and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 269-5550
All Others Call Toll Free: 800-735-3591
By Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attn: Elton Bagley
By Facsimile (for Eligible Institutions only):
212-809-8838
(Please provide callback telephone number on fax coversheet for confirmation)
Confirmation:
212-493-6996
Elton Bagley
All Others Call Toll Free: 800-735-3591