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Sigma-Aldrich Prices Senior Notes

Oct 26, 2010

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter

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.

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