NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Sigma-Aldrich announced last night that it has priced an aggregate principal amount of $300 million of senior notes due 2020 through a public offering.
The St. Louis-based research products and chemicals firm said that it would use proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
The notes have a 10-year maturity, an issue price of 99.915 percent, and a fixed rate coupon of 3.375 percent, payable semi-annually.
Sigma-Aldrich expects to complete the offering on Oct. 28.