Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior unsecured notes under a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The interest rate, the maturity dates and other key terms of the offering are to be determined at the time of pricing.
Celgene expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, further development of Celgene's clinical and preclinical programs, expansion of Celgene's international operations, capital expenditures, strategic transactions and to meet working capital needs.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated are acting as joint book-running managers. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, which is filed as part of Celgene's effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, may be obtained from any of the joint book-running managers.