UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 4, 2010
CELGENE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware
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0-16132
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22-2711928 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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| 86 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey
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07901 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 673-9000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 4, 2010, Celgene Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an
underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (collectively, the “Underwriters”), providing for its underwritten
public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes
due 2020 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040 (collectively, the “Notes”). The offer
and sale of the Notes is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to an
automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-169731) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2010. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, further development of
the Company’s clinical and pre-clinical programs, expansion of the Company’s international operations,
capital expenditures, strategic transactions and to meet working capital needs.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties.
The Company expects the transaction to close on or about October 7, 2010.
Some of the Underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage
in, financial advisory, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of
business with the Company, or its affiliates. They have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for
these transactions.
The description of the Underwriting Agreement in this Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified
in its entirety by the terms of the Underwriting Agreement. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is
filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 5, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its public
offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes
due 2020 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2010, among the
Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated |
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99.1 |
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Press release of the Company dated October 5, 2010, announcing the pricing of its
underwritten public offering of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2015, 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020 and 5.700% Senior Notes due 2040 |