BCR C.R. Bard, Inc. (delisted)

C. R. Bard, Inc. today announced that it has priced a public offering of 10-year senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million and with an interest rate of 3.000 percent per year. Bard intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including repayment of commercial paper.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are joint book-running managers for this offering, which is expected to close on May 9, 2016. Interested parties may obtain a written prospectus relating to the senior notes offering from any of the following: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Attn: Prospectus Department, 222 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10038, telephone: 1-800-294-1322 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Barclays Capital Inc., Attn: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: 1-888-603-5847, or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attn: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, or by calling collect at 1-212-834-4533.

This current report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.