EX-99.2 3 d403264dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Form of letter to certain Philips customers

We are pleased to announce that Philips has signed an agreement to acquire Spectranetics, as of June 27, 2017. Spectranetics develops, manufactures, markets and distributes medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures within the cardiovascular system. The Company’s products are available in over 65 countries and are used to treat arterial blockages in the heart and legs and to remove and support the removal of pacemaker and defibrillator leads. You can read more about this exciting addition to our Philips Image Guided Therapy (IGT) Devices portfolio in our press release.

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, Spectranetics brings to market a range of Vascular Intervention (VI) technology, including the AngioSculpt® scoring balloon used in both peripheral and coronary procedures, and the Stellarex™ drug-coated balloon (DCB) peripheral angioplasty platform. The combination with our own Philips IGT Devices business, which was formed with the acquisition of Volcano two years ago, will enable us to offer an even stronger and more complete range of solutions to our customers, extending the value we are able to offer.

With this acquisition, Philips and Spectranetics will continue to successfully commercialize innovation, creating more effective procedures that help physicians decide, guide, treat, and confirm and provide procedural solutions that improve workflow, reduce the cost of care and deliver better patient outcomes. The mission of Spectranetics is to “Save every limb, Restore every vessel and Manage every lead”. It’s a wonderful ambition that fully complements Philips own desire to improve the lives of three billion people a year by 2025.

We expect the transaction to close in the third calendar quarter of 2017. In the meantime, it is business as usual, with no change to your contacts with Philips.

I look forward to sharing more about our portfolio of IGT Devices solutions and our combination with Spectranetics in the coming days. We value our relationship with you and we are pleased to serve your image-guided therapy needs with our expanded solutions.

Additional Information

The tender offer described in this communication (the “Offer”) has not yet commenced, and this communication is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of the common stock of Spectranetics or any other securities. On the commencement date of the Offer, a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, including an offer to purchase, a letter of transmittal and related documents, will be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Philips and a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 will be filed with the SEC by Spectranetics. The offer to purchase shares of Spectranetics common stock will only be made pursuant to the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and related documents filed as a part of the Schedule TO. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ BOTH THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT AND THE SOLICITATION/ RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT REGARDING THE OFFER, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. The tender offer statement will be filed with the SEC by HealthTech Merger


Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Philips Holding USA Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Philips, and the solicitation/recommendation statement will be filed with the SEC by Spectranetics. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of these statements (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by directing such requests to the Information Agent for the Offer, which will be named in the tender offer statement.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Philips and certain of the plans and objectives of Philips with respect to these items, including without limitation completion of the Offer and merger and any expected benefits of the merger, and certain forward-looking statements regarding Spectranetics, including without limitation with respect to its business, the Offer and merger, the expected timetable for completing the transaction, and the strategic and other potential benefits of the transaction. Completion of the Offer and merger are subject to conditions, including satisfaction of a minimum tender condition and the need for regulatory approvals, and there can be no assurance that those conditions can be satisfied or that the transactions described in this release (the “Transactions”) will be completed or will be completed when expected. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans,” “expects,” “expected,” “scheduled,” “estimates,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “potential,” “continues” or “believes,” or variations of such words and phrases, or by statements that certain actions, events, conditions, circumstances or results “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, (i) the risk that not all conditions of the Offer or the merger will be satisfied or waived; (ii) uncertainties relating to the anticipated timing of filings and approvals relating to the Transactions; (iii) uncertainties as to the timing of the Offer and merger; (iv) uncertainties as to how many of Spectranetics’ stockholders will tender their stock in the Offer; (v) the possibility that competing offers will be made; (vi) the failure to complete the Offer or the merger in the timeframe expected by the parties or at all; (vii) the outcome of legal proceedings that may be instituted against Spectranetics and/or others relating to the Transactions; (viii) the risk that the Transactions disrupt current plans and operations of Spectranetics and affect its ability to maintain relationships with employees, customers, or suppliers; (ix) the possibility that the parties may be unable to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected time-frames or at all and to successfully integrate Spectranetics’ operations into those of Philips; (x) the successful implementation of Philips’ strategy and the ability to realize the benefits of this strategy; (xi) domestic and global economic and business conditions; (xii) regulatory developments affecting Philips’ and or Spectranetics’ actual or proposed products or technologies; (xiii) political, economic and other developments in countries where Philips operates; (xiv) unpredictability and severity of catastrophic events; (xv) industry consolidation and competition; and (xvi) other risk factors described in Spectranetics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information known to Philips on the date of this announcement. Philips does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.