8-K
CVS HEALTH Corp false 0000064803 0000064803 2024-12-16 2024-12-16

 

 

UNITED STATES

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): December 16, 2024

 

 

 

LOGO

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-01011   05-0494040
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, Rhode Island   02895
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 765-1500

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

 

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   CVS   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01. Other Events

On December 16, 2024, CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued press releases announcing the (A) early results and election of early settlement and (B) pricing, respectively, of its cash tender offer (the “Maximum Tender Offer”) for the maximum principal amount of the following series of Maximum Tender Offer Notes (as defined below) for which the aggregate purchase price, not including accrued interest, payable in respect of such Maximum Tender Offer Notes, does not exceed $1,774,423,242.62 (such maximum purchase price, the “Maximum Tender Offer Amount”): its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2040, its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2047 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”), its 4.250% Senior Notes due 2050, the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Aetna, its 4.125% Senior Notes due 2040, its 2.125% Senior Notes due 2031, its 1.875% Senior Notes due 2031, its 5.050% Senior Notes due 2048, the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Aetna and its 1.750% Senior Notes due 2030 (together, the “Maximum Tender Offer Notes”) validly tendered and accepted for purchase in connection with the Company’s previously announced cash tender offer commenced on December 2, 2024.

Because the Company expects to accept for purchase, subject to proration, the Maximum Tender Offer Amount of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes, no additional Maximum Tender Offer Notes are expected to be purchased pursuant to the Maximum Tender Offer after December 18, 2024, the early settlement date for such Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase by the Company.

Copies of the press releases are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, which are incorporated by reference herein.

Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. By their nature, all forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and/or quantify. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under the heading “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company’s forward-looking statements are and will be based upon management’s then-current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements. The Company does not assume any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise.

 


Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are as follows:

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

99.1    Early Tender Results Press Release of CVS Health Corporation dated December 16, 2024
99.2    Pricing Press Release of CVS Health Corporation dated December 16, 2024
104    Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 


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.

 

      CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
Date: December 16, 2024     By:  

/s/ Thomas F. Cowhey

      Thomas F. Cowhey
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

 

Investor    Larry McGrath    Media    Ethan Slavin
Contact:    Executive Vice President    Contact:    860-273-6095
  

Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Strategic

Advisor to the CEO
[email protected]

      [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CVS Health Corporation Announces Early Results of Maximum Tender Offer and Election of Early Settlement

WOONSOCKET, RI, December 16, 2024– CVS Health Corporation (“CVS Health” or the “Company,” NYSE: CVS) announced today the early results of the previously announced cash tender offer (the “Maximum Tender Offer”) for the maximum principal amount of the following series of Maximum Tender Offer Notes (as defined below) for which the aggregate purchase price, not including Accrued Interest (as defined below), payable in respect of such Maximum Tender Offer Notes, does not exceed $1,774,423,242.62 (such maximum purchase price, the “Maximum Tender Offer Amount”): its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2040, the 3.875% Senior Notes due 2047 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”), its 4.250% Senior Notes due 2050, the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Aetna, its 4.125% Senior Notes due 2040, its 2.125% Senior Notes due 2031, its 1.875% Senior Notes due 2031, its 5.050% Senior Notes due 2048, the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Aetna and its 1.750% Senior Notes due 2030 (together, the “Maximum Tender Offer Notes”).

As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 13, 2024 (the “Early Tender Date”), as reported by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Tender and Information Agent for the Maximum Tender Offer, the principal amounts of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes listed in the tables below have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. The Maximum Tender Offer Withdrawal Deadline of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 13, 2024 has passed and, accordingly, Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered in the Maximum Tender Offer may no longer be withdrawn. The Maximum Tender Offer was made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 2, 2024 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”).

CVS Health announced its election, with respect to the Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date, to accept for purchase and make payment for such Maximum Tender Offer Notes on December 18, 2024 (the “Early Settlement Date”), subject to the acceptance priority levels applicable to the relevant series as described in the Offer to Purchase.

Because CVS Health expects to accept for purchase, subject to proration, the Maximum Tender Offer Amount of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes, no additional Maximum Tender Offer Notes are expected to be purchased pursuant to the Maximum Tender Offer after the Early Settlement Date. As described in the Offer to Purchase, Maximum Tender Offer Notes tendered and not accepted for purchase will be promptly returned to the tendering Holders.

The total consideration (the “Total Consideration”) payable by CVS Health for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes will be a price per $1,000 principal amount calculated as described in the Offer to Purchase in a manner intended to result in a yield to maturity or first par call date, as the case may be, equal to the sum of the yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury reference security specified in the table below as determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 16, 2024 and the fixed spread shown in the table below. Holders of all Maximum Tender Offer Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date and that are accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Total Consideration, which includes the applicable Early Tender Payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date. In addition to the applicable Total Consideration, Holders of Maximum Tender Offer Notes accepted for purchase will receive accrued and unpaid interest (“Accrued Interest”) on those Maximum Tender Offer Notes from the last interest payment date with respect to those Maximum Tender Offer Notes to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date.


Maximum Tender Offer Notes:

 

Title of Notes

  CUSIP
Number
  Original
Issuer
  Principal
Amount
Outstanding
    Maturity
Date
    Acceptance
Priority
Level(1)
  UST
Reference
Security
  Bloomberg
Reference
Page
    Fixed
Spread
(bps)
    Principal
Amount
Tendered
    Percent
Tendered
 

2.700% Senior Notes due 2040

  126650DP2   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 1,250,000,000       8/21/2040     1   4.625% due

11/15/2044

    FIT1       +110 bps     $ 882,639,000       70.61

3.875% Senior Notes due 2047

  00817YAZ1   Aetna Inc.   $ 1,000,000,000       8/15/2047     2   4.625% due
11/15/2044
    FIT1       +121 bps     $ 463,035,000       46.30

4.250% Senior Notes due 2050

  126650DL1   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 750,000,000       4/1/2050     3   4.250% due
8/15/2054
    FIT1       +136 bps     $ 350,530,000       46.74

4.125% Senior Notes due 2042

  00817YAM0   Aetna Inc.   $ 500,000,000       11/15/2042     4   4.625% due
11/15/2044
    FIT1       +122 bps     $ 274,315,000       54.86

4.125% Senior Notes due 2040

  126650DK3   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 1,000,000,000       4/1/2040     5   4.625% due
11/15/2044
    FIT1       +119 bps     $ 692,302,000       69.23

2.125% Senior Notes due 2031

  126650DR8   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 1,000,000,000       9/15/2031     6   4.250% due
11/15/2034
    FIT1       +92 bps     $ 406,793,000       40.68

1.875% Senior Notes due 2031

  126650DQ0   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 1,250,000,000       2/28/2031     7   4.250% due
11/15/2034
    FIT1       +87 bps     $ 514,191,000       41.14

5.050% Senior Notes due 2048

  126650CZ1   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 8,000,000,000       3/25/2048     8   4.250% due
8/15/2054
    FIT1       +156 bps     $ 1,202,676,000       15.03

4.500% Senior Notes due 2042

  00817YAJ7   Aetna Inc.   $ 500,000,000       5/15/2042     9   4.625% due
11/15/2044
    FIT1       +130 bps     $ 93,121,000       18.62

1.750% Senior Notes due 2030

  126650DN7   CVS Health
Corporation
  $ 1,250,000,000       8/21/2030     10   4.125% due
11/30/2029
    FIT1       +106 bps     $ 182,059,000       14.56

 

 

CVS Health expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law, to amend, extend or terminate the Maximum Tender Offer with respect to any or all series of Maximum Tender Offer Notes at any time if any condition to the Maximum Tender Offer is not satisfied. The Maximum Tender Offer is not conditioned on any minimum principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes being tendered but the Maximum Tender Offer is subject to certain other general conditions as described in the Offer to Purchase.

CVS Health has retained Barclays Capital Inc. and Mizuho Securities USA LLC to act as Dealer Managers for the Maximum Tender Offer. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been retained to act as the Tender and Information Agent for the Maximum Tender Offer. The Offer to Purchase may be accessed at the following link: http://www.dfking.com/cvs. Requests for assistance relating to the procedures for tendering Maximum Tender Offer Notes may be directed to the Tender and Information Agent either by email at [email protected], or by phone (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers only) or (800) 487-4870 (for all others toll free). Requests for assistance relating to the terms and conditions of the Maximum Tender Offer may be directed to Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll free) or (212) 528-7581 (collect) or Mizuho Securities USA LLC at (866) 271-7403 (toll-free) or (212) 205-7741. Beneficial owners may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with respect to, any securities, including the Maximum Tender Offer Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The Maximum Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to Holders of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes. None of CVS Health, the Dealer Managers, Tender and Information Agent or the trustees with respect to the Maximum Tender Offer Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion


of their Maximum Tender Offer Notes in response to the Maximum Tender Offer. Holders are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisers and make their own decisions whether to tender Maximum Tender Offer Notes in the Maximum Tender Offer, and, if so, the principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes to tender.

About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading health solutions company building a world of health around every consumer it serves and connecting care so that it works for people wherever they are. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had more than 9,000 retail locations, more than 900 walk-in medical clinics, more than 225 primary care medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with approximately 90 million plan members and expanding specialty pharmacy solutions, and a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than 800,000 patients per year. The Company also serves an estimated more than 36 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. The Company is creating new sources of value through its integrated model allowing it to expand into personalized, technology driven care delivery and health services, increasing access to quality care, delivering better health outcomes and lowering overall health care costs.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of CVS Health. By their nature, all forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and/or quantify. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under the heading “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on CVS Health’s forward-looking statements. CVS Health’s forward-looking statements are and will be based upon management’s then-current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements. CVS Health does not assume any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise.

Exhibit 99.2

 

LOGO

 

Investor    Larry McGrath    Media    Ethan Slavin
Contact:    Executive Vice President    Contact:    860-273-6095
  

Chief Strategy Officer &
Chief Strategic Advisor to the CEO

[email protected]

      [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CVS Health Corporation Announces Pricing of Maximum Tender Offer

WOONSOCKET, RI, December 16, 2024 – CVS Health Corporation (“CVS Health” or the “Company,” NYSE: CVS) announced today the applicable Reference Yields and Total Consideration (each as summarized in the tables below) to be paid in connection with the previously announced cash tender offer (the “Maximum Tender Offer” ) for the maximum principal amount of the following series of Maximum Tender Offer Notes (as defined below) for which the aggregate purchase price, not including Accrued Interest (as defined below), payable in respect of such Maximum Tender Offer Notes, does not exceed $1,774,423,242.62 (such maximum purchase price, the “Maximum Tender Offer Amount”): its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2040, the 3.875% Senior Notes due 2047 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”), its 4.250% Senior Notes due 2050, the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Aetna, its 4.125% Senior Notes due 2040, its 2.125% Senior Notes due 2031, its 1.875% Senior Notes due 2031, its 5.050% Senior Notes due 2048, the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Aetna and its 1.750% Senior Notes due 2030 (together, the “Maximum Tender Offer Notes”).

The applicable Reference Yield for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes and the Total Consideration for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes are summarized in the table below:

Maximum Tender Offer Notes:

 

Title of Notes

  CUSIP
Number
  Original
Issuer
  Principal
Amount
Outstanding
  Maturity
Date
  Acceptance 
Priority
   Level(1)
  UST
Reference
Security
  Bloomberg
Reference
Page
  Fixed
Spread
(bps)
  Early 
Tender 
Payment(2)
  Reference 
Yield(3)
  Total
Consideration(2)(3)
 

 Approximate 

Proration
Factor(4)

2.700% Senior

Notes due 2040

  126650DP2    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $1,250,000,000    8/21/2040    1   4.625% due 
11/15/2044 
  FIT1   +110 bps    $30   4.676%    $685.54    100%

3.875% Senior

Notes due 2047

  00817YAZ1    Aetna Inc.    $1,000,000,000    8/15/2047    2   4.625% due 
11/15/2044 
  FIT1   +121 bps    $30   4.676%    $750.06    100%

4.250% Senior

Notes due 2050

  126650DL1    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $750,000,000    4/1/2050    3   4.250% due 
8/15/2054 
  FIT1   +136 bps    $30   4.611%    $776.80    100%

4.125% Senior

Notes due 2042

  00817YAM0    Aetna Inc.    $500,000,000    11/15/2042    4   4.625% due 
11/15/2044 
  FIT1   +122 bps    $30   4.676%    $805.69    100%

4.125% Senior

Notes due 2040

  126650DK3    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $1,000,000,000    4/1/2040    5   4.625% due 
11/15/2044 
  FIT1   +119 bps    $30   4.676%    $825.77    57.5%

2.125% Senior

Notes due 2031

  126650DR8    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $1,000,000,000    9/15/2031    6   4.250% due 
11/15/2034 
  FIT1   +92 bps    $30   N/A   N/A   0%

1.875% Senior

Notes due 2031

  126650DQ0    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $1,250,000,000    2/28/2031    7   4.250% due 
11/15/2034 
  FIT1   +87 bps    $30   N/A   N/A   0%

5.050% Senior

Notes due 2048

  126650CZ1    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $8,000,000,000   3/25/2048    8   4.250% due 
8/15/2054 
  FIT1   +156 bps    $30   N/A   N/A   0%

4.500% Senior

Notes due 2042

  00817YAJ7    Aetna Inc.    $500,000,000    5/15/2042    9   4.625% due 
11/15/2044 
  FIT1   +130 bps    $30   N/A   N/A   0%

1.750% Senior

Notes due 2030

  126650DN7    CVS Health 
Corporation 
  $1,250,000,000    8/21/2030    10   4.125% due 
11/30/2029 
  FIT1   +106 bps    $30   N/A   N/A   0%

 

(1)

Subject to each of the Maximum Tender Offer Amount and proration, the principal amount of each series of Maximum Tender Offer Notes that is purchased in the Maximum Tender Offer will be determined in accordance with the applicable acceptance priority level (in numerical priority order) specified in this column.

(2)

Per $1,000 principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date (as defined below) and accepted for purchase.

(3)

Pricing information has only been provided for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes that are expected to be fully or partially accepted for tender.

(4)

The proration factor has been rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage point for presentation purposes.

The Maximum Tender Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 2, 2024 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), which sets forth a more detailed description of the Maximum Tender Offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase are available at www.dfking.com/cvs. The Maximum Tender Offer is open to all registered holders (individually, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes.


The Total Consideration payable by CVS Health for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes is a price per $1,000 principal amount calculated as described in the Offer to Purchase in a manner intended to result in a yield to maturity or first par call date, as the case may be, equal to the sum of the yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury reference security specified in the table above as determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 16, 2024 and the applicable fixed spread shown in the table above.

Maximum Tender Offer Notes that were tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 13, 2024 (the “Early Tender Date”) and that are accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Total Consideration, which includes the Early Tender Payment (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). Maximum Tender Offer Notes that are tendered after the Early Tender Date but at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 31, 2024 (the “Maximum Tender Offer Expiration Date”) (unless earlier terminated by CVS Health as described in the Offer to Purchase) and that are not validly withdrawn and that are accepted for purchase will receive only the applicable Tender Offer Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), which is the applicable Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment.

The Maximum Tender Offer Withdrawal Deadline of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 13, 2024 has passed and, accordingly, Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered in the Maximum Tender Offer may no longer be withdrawn. The settlement date for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase is expected to be December 18, 2024, the third business day after the Early Tender Date (the “Early Settlement Date”). Although the Maximum Tender Offers is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 31, 2024, unless extended or terminated, because the aggregate purchase price of Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the Early Tender Date exceeded the Maximum Tender Offer Amount, there is not expected to be a Final Settlement Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), and no Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date are expected to be accepted for purchase.

In addition to the Total Consideration for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes, Holders of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes accepted for purchase on the Early Settlement Date will receive accrued and unpaid interest (“Accrued Interest”) on those Maximum Tender Offer Notes from the last interest payment date with respect to those Maximum Tender Offer Notes to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date.

CVS Health expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law, to amend, extend or terminate the Maximum Tender Offer with respect to any or all series of Maximum Tender Offer Notes at any time if any condition to the Maximum Tender Offer is not satisfied. The Maximum Tender Offer is not conditioned on any minimum principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes being tendered but the Maximum Tender Offer is subject to certain other general conditions as described in the Offer to Purchase.

CVS Health has retained Barclays Capital Inc. and Mizuho Securities USA LLC to act as Dealer Managers for the Maximum Tender Offer. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been retained to act as the Tender and Information Agent for the Maximum Tender Offer. The Offer to Purchase may be accessed at the following link: http://www.dfking.com/cvs. Requests for assistance relating to the procedures for tendering Maximum Tender Notes may be directed to the Tender and Information Agent either by email at [email protected], or by phone (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers only) or (800) 487-4870 (for all others toll free). Requests for assistance relating to the terms and conditions of the Maximum Tender Offer may be directed to Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll free) or (212) 528-7581 (collect) or Mizuho Securities USA LLC at (866) 271-7403 (toll-free) or (212) 205-7741. Beneficial owners may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with respect to, any securities, including the Maximum Tender Offer Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The Maximum Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to Holders of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes. None of CVS Health, the Dealer Managers, Tender and Information Agent or the trustees with respect to the Maximum Tender Offer Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Maximum Tender Offer Notes in response to the Maximum Tender Offer. Holders are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisers and make their own decisions whether to tender Maximum Tender Offer Notes in the Maximum Tender Offer, and, if so, the principal amount of Maximum Tender Offer Notes to tender.


About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading health solutions company building a world of health around every consumer it serves and connecting care so that it works for people wherever they are. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had more than 9,000 retail locations, more than 900 walk-in medical clinics, more than 225 primary care medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with approximately 90 million plan members and expanding specialty pharmacy solutions, and a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than 800,000 patients per year. The Company also serves an estimated more than 36 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. The Company is creating new sources of value through its integrated model allowing it to expand into personalized, technology driven care delivery and health services, increasing access to quality care, delivering better health outcomes and lowering overall health care costs.

Forward-Looking Statements

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