PKI PerkinElmer Inc

On July 12, 2016, PerkinElmer, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Barclays Bank PLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, for the issuance and sale by the Company of €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.875% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-210279) and a related preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Offering”).

The Company expects that the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be approximately €491 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to reduce amounts outstanding under the Company’s senior unsecured revolving credit facility. To the extent that any net proceeds of the Offering remain, the Company intends to use such proceeds for general corporate purposes.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of October 25, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a Third Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of July 19, 2016, between the Company, the Trustee and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as the paying agent (the “London Paying Agent”) and will be subject to a paying agency agreement, to be dated as of July 19, 2016, by and between the Company, the Trustee, the London Paying Agent and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as transfer agent and registrar.

The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.