Cigna Corporation Announces Pricing Terms of Tender Offers for up to $1.45 billion in Aggregate Principal Amount of Outstanding Notes

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) announced today the pricing terms of its previously announced offers to purchase for cash (1) up to $500,000,000 of Cigna Holding Company's 4.000% Senior Notes due 2022, Cigna Corporation's 4.000% Senior Notes due 2022, Express Scripts Holding Company's 3.900% Senior Notes due 2022 and Cigna Corporation's 3.900% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively, the "2022 Existing Notes," and such tender offer, the "2022 Notes Tender Offer") and (2) up to $950,000,000 of Cigna Holding Company's 7.650% Senior Notes due 2023, Cigna Corporation's 7.650% Senior Notes due 2023 and 3.750% Senior Notes due 2023, Express Scripts Holding Company's 3.000% Senior Notes due 2023 and Cigna Corporation's 3.000% Senior Notes due 2023 (collectively, the "2023 Existing Notes," and such tender offer, the "2023 Notes Tender Offer"), in each case, validly tendered and accepted by Cigna, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated March 4, 2020 and the related Letter of Transmittal (collectively, the "Offer to Purchase"). The 2022 Existing Notes and the 2023 Existing Notes are referred to collectively as the "Securities" and the 2022 Notes Tender Offer and the 2023 Notes Tender Offer are referred to collectively as the "Tender Offers."

As previously announced in the Company's press release dated March 17, 2020, in accordance with the acceptance priority levels and the proration procedures described in the Offer to Purchase, the Company accepted for purchase the amounts set forth below in the tables of each series of Securities that had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 17, 2020 (the "Early Tender Date").

The "Total Consideration" payable per $1,000 principal amount of each series of Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase was determined by the Dealer Managers (as named below) based on a spread over a reference U.S. Treasury Security, as set forth in the tables below, in accordance with standard market practice as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 18, 2020 (the "Price Determination Time") and, as set forth in the tables below, includes an Early Tender Payment of $30. However, as previously announced, because the Tender Offers have been fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date, the Company does not expect to accept any of Cigna Corporation's 3.900% Senior Notes due 2022, Express Scripts Holding Company's 3.000% Senior Notes due 2023 and Cigna Corporation's 3.000% Senior Notes due 2023 for purchase.

The following table summarizes the material pricing terms for the Tender Offers:

2022 Notes Tender Offer

2023 Notes Tender Offer

As previously announced, it is anticipated that payment for the Securities that were validly tendered and accepted for purchase as of the Early Tender Date will be made on March 19, 2020.

The Tender Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City Time, on March 31, 2020. As previously announced, because the Tender Offers have been fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date, the Company does not expect to accept for purchase any Securities tendered by holders after the Early Tender Date.

Additional Information

BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are the Dealer Managers for the Tender Offers.  D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as the tender agent and information agent for the Tender Offers.

Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offers should contact BofA Securities at (980) 387-3907 (collect) or (888) 292-0070 (toll-free), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at (917) 343-9660 (collect) or (800) 828-3182 (toll-free) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at (212) 761-1057 (collect) or (800) 624-1808 (toll-free).  The Offer to Purchase will be distributed to holders of Securities promptly.  Holders who would like additional copies of the Offer to Purchase may contact the information agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc. by calling toll-free at (800) 499-8541 (banks and brokers may call collect at (212) 269-5550) or email [email protected].

This press release is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The Tender Offers are being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

The Tender Offers do not constitute, and the Offer to Purchase may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not permitted by law or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.

About Cigna

Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. Cigna delivers choice, predictability, affordability and access to quality care through integrated capabilities and connected, personalized solutions that advance whole person health. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Express Scripts companies or their affiliates, and Life Insurance Company of North America. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products including group life, accident and disability insurance.

Cigna maintains sales capability in over 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has more than 170 million customer relationships throughout the world.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future trends, events and uncertainties. These statements are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may include, among others, statements concerning an anticipated financing and other statements regarding our future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or performance.  You may identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "plan," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "may," "should," "will" or other words or expressions of similar meaning, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements.  The discussions in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, including the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections therein, as such discussions may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission incorporated by reference in the Offer to Purchase, include both expanded discussion of these factors and additional risk factors and uncertainties that could affect the matters discussed in the forward-looking statements.  You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date they are made, are not guarantees of future performance or results, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict or quantify. Cigna undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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