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Thermo Fisher Prices $2.2B in Senior Notes

Feb 15, 2011

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Thermo Fisher Scientific has priced three series of senior notes totaling $2.2 billion in aggregate.

The firm is offering $300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.05 percent senior notes due 2014; $900 million aggregate principal amount of 3.2 percent senior notes due 2016; and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.5 percent senior notes due 2021.

It expects to close the offering on Feb. 22, and said that the notes will pay interest on a semi-annual basis.

Thermo Fisher will use the proceeds to pay for its $2.1 billion acquisition of Dionex, which was announced in December.

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