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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 5, 2024, Cencora, Inc. (the “Company” or “Cencora”) issued a news release announcing that it priced $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.125% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten registered public offering. The news release is being furnished with this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On February 5, 2024, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”). The Underwriting Agreement provides for the issuance and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, of the Notes. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Underwriting Agreement contains representations, warranties, conditions and covenants of the parties thereto and provides for indemnification by each of the Company and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities. The Company expects to consummate the sale of the Notes to the Underwriters, which is subject to the closing conditions specified in the Underwriting Agreement, on February 7, 2024.
The offer and sale of the Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-261306) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2021.
If the sale of the Notes is consummated pursuant to the terms set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, the Company estimates that it will receive net proceeds of approximately $494.6 million (after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses) from the sale of the Notes. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to redeem all of its 3.400% Senior Notes due May 15, 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) with any remaining net proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes. Pending application of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for the foregoing purposes, the Company expects to invest such proceeds in high-quality, short-term debt securities (although the Company is not required to do so by the terms of the Notes).
Certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have in the past provided, and may in the future provide, investment banking, commercial banking, derivative transactions and financial advisory services to the Company and the Company’s affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions. Specifically, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC or their affiliates and certain other underwriters have served as underwriters in connection with past senior note offerings by the Company and may serve similar roles in future securities offerings by the Company. Additionally, the underwriters or their affiliates also serve various roles in the Company’s multi-currency revolving credit facility dated as of October 6, 2023: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, serves as administrative agent, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. serve as a joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; and Bank of America, N.A., an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and BNP Paribas, an affiliate of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., serve as syndication agents; and U.S. Bank National Association, an affiliate of U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, an affiliate of Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., and MUFG Bank, Ltd., an affiliate of MUFG Securities Americas Inc., serve as documentation agents. As of December 31, 2023, there were no borrowings outstanding under the Company’s multi-currency revolving credit facility. The underwriters or their affiliates also serve various roles in the Company’s commercial paper program: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC serves as a dealer. Under the Company’s receivables securitization facility, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, serves as uncommitted purchaser, purchaser agent and related committed purchaser, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, an affiliate of TD Securities (USA) LLC, serves as purchaser agent and related committed purchaser, The Bank of Nova Scotia serves as purchaser agent and related committed purchaser and MUFG Bank, Ltd. serves as administrator, purchaser agent and related committed purchaser. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s subsidiary, Amerisource Receivables Financial Corporation, had an aggregate principal amount of $350 million outstanding under the receivables securitization facility. In addition, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of the Trustee. Lastly, certain of the underwriters or their affiliates also serve as lenders, agents and in other capacities under the Company’s credit facilities. Certain of the underwriters or their affiliates hold 2024 Notes and, upon application of the net proceeds of this offering to redeem the 2024 Notes, such underwriters or their affiliates will receive a portion of the net proceeds of this offering.
The foregoing is a brief description of certain terms of the Underwriting Agreement and, by its nature, is incomplete. It is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference. The Underwriting Agreement is also filed with reference to, and is hereby made an exhibit to, the Shelf Registration Statement.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain of the statements contained in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act”). Words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,”, “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “on track,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strive,” “sustain,” “synergy,” “target,” “will,” “would”and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances and speak only as of the date hereof. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are based on assumptions and estimates that could prove incorrect or could cause actual results to vary materially from those indicated. A more detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated is included in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis” sections in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September, 30, 2023 and elsewhere in that report and (ii) other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by the federal securities laws.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement for 5.125% Senior Notes due 2034, dated as of February 5, 2024. | |
| 99.1 | News release of Cencora, Inc., dated February 5, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Cencora, Inc. | |||
| February 6, 2024 | By: | /s/ James F. Cleary | |
| Name: | James F. Cleary | ||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||