- Current report filing (8-K)
October 26 2010 - 5:25PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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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): October 25, 2010
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SIGMA-ALDRICH CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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000-8135
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43-1050617
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission File
Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
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3050 Spruce Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (314) 771-5765
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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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 1.01. Entry into a
Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 25, 2010, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (the Company) entered into an Underwriting
Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the Underwriters), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to issue and sell to the Underwriters $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Senior Notes due November 1, 2020 (the Notes). The public offering price of the Notes was 99.915% of the principal amount. The Company
expects net proceeds (before expenses) of approximately $297.8 million and to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes.
This offering
is being made pursuant to the Companys automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-170109) and a
related prospectus supplement, each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Underwriting Agreement includes customary
representations, warranties and covenants by the Company. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.1.
From time to time in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in and may in the future engage in commercial banking, derivatives
and/or financial advisory, investment banking and other commercial transactions and services with the Company and its affiliates for which they have received or will receive customary fees and commissions.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On October 25, 2010, the Company issued separate press releases announcing commencement and the pricing of the offering, copies of which are
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
See
Exhibit Index.
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: October 26, 2010
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SIGMA-ALDRICH CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ George L. Miller
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George L. Miller
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Description
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1.1
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Underwriting Agreement dated October 25, 2010
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99.1.
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Press Release dated October 25, 2010 announcing commencement of offering
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99.2.
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Press Release dated October 25, 2010 announcing pricing of offering
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