Express Scripts Launches Senior Notes Offering to Finance Acquisition

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The Company intends to use the net proceedds from this offering ofsenior notes, along with the net proceed s from its previously announced public offerinvg of 23,000,000 shares of its common stock (or 26,450,000 sharese if the underwriters exercise their option to purchased additional shares in full), to pay a portioh of the $4.675 billion purchase price for the previously announced acquisition of WellPoint's pharmacuy benefit management business. The acquisition is expected to close in the late third quarteer or fourth quarterof 2009.
This press releases shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitatioh of an offerto buy, nor shall there be any sale of thesed securities in any state or jurisdictiojn in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawfu l prior to registration or qualification unde r the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Citigroul Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgab Securities Inc. will act as joint bookrunning managersz of the debt The Company has filed a registrationbstatement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offerinb to which this communication relates.
Before you you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and applicable prospectus supplement and other documents the Companyy has filed or will file with the SEC for more completwe information about the Company and this You may get these documentsa for free by visiting EDGARt on the SEC websitrat . Alternatively, the any underwriter or any dealert participating in the offerings will arrange to send you the prospectusa relating to the offering if you requesf it by calling Citigroup GlobalMarketw Inc. at 800-831-9146, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at 212-834-4533.
Express Scripta is one of the largestr full-service pharmacy benefit management companies inNort America, providing healthcare management and administration services to health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsorer benefit plans, workers' compensation plans and government health programs. The Company assistsd plan sponsors in addressing access and affordability concerns resulting from risingg drug costs while helping to improvehealthg outcomes.
The Company's integrated PBM servicex include network claims homedelivery services, patient care and direcrt specialty home delivery to patients, benefi design consultation, drug utilizatioj review, formulary management, drug data analysis services, distributionh of injectable drugs to patients' homese and physicians offices, bio-pharma serviceds and other services. Express Scriptds is headquarteredin St. Louis, More information can be found onExpressx Scripts' website, which includes expanded investot information and resources.
This press release contains forward-lookinfg statements, including, but not limited to, statementsw related to the Company's plans, objectives, expectations (financiapl and otherwise) or intentions. Actual results may differ significantly from those projected or suggested inany forward-lookingg statements. Factors that may impact thesr forward-looking statements can be found in the prospectus relating to the offerin under thecaption "Risk Factors and in "Management's Discussion and Analysisd of Financial Condition and Resulta of Operations" in the Company's Form 10-Q on file with the SEC. A copy of this form can be foundr at the Investor Relations section ofExpress Scripts' website.
The Compangy does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions tosuch forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstancex after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipatecd events. SOURCE Express Scripts, Inc.