UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 13, 2016

 

 

 

CELGENE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34912   22-2711928

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

86 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey   07901
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 673-9000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Celgene Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment dated April 18, 2016 (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated April 17, 2015, with the financial institutions parties thereto (the “Lenders”), and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders.

 

Among other things, the Amendment (i) modifies the Company’s existing senior unsecured revolving credit facility, which is governed by the Credit Agreement, by extending the term of the credit facility to April 17, 2021 from April 17, 2020, and (ii) confirms the increase in the amount of the Lenders’ total credit commitment under the credit facility to $2.0 billion from $1.75 billion.

 

Certain of the Lenders and their respective affiliates have engaged in, and in the future may engage in, commercial banking, investment banking and advisory services for the Company. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and reimbursement of expenses in connection with these transactions.

 

The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2016.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On April 13, 2016 the Board of Directors of the Company authorized an increase in the maximum amount of commercial paper issuable under the Company’s commercial paper program to $2,000,000,000 from $1,750,000,000.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CELGENE CORPORATION
     
Date: April 18, 2016   By: /s/ Peter N. Kellogg
      Peter N. Kellogg
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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