Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”)
The Company has filed the Registration Statement, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 13, 2020. Upjohn Inc. is a recently formed corporation organized in the State of Delaware on February 14, 2019 (date of incorporation) and is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pfizer. The Company has not commenced operations, has no significant assets or liabilities and has not conducted any material activities other than those incidental to its formation from February 14, 2019, date of incorporation, through March 29, 2020.
On July 29, 2019, Pfizer, Upjohn, Mylan and certain of their affiliates entered into a series of agreements to combine the Upjohn Business with Mylan in an
all-stock
Reverse Morris Trust transaction, creating a new global pharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the Transaction, Pfizer will contribute the Upjohn Business to the Company and distribute its ownership interest in Upjohn to Pfizer stockholders via either a
spin-off
or a
split-off
(the “Distribution”) and, immediately thereafter, Upjohn will be combined with Mylan. Pfizer stockholders would own 57% of the combined company and former Mylan shareholders would own 43% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis. For more information regarding the Transaction, see the Registration Statement.
The Company will issue $12 billion of debt in connection with its separation from Pfizer and will make a cash payment to Pfizer equal to $12 billion as partial consideration for the contribution of the Upjohn Business from Pfizer to the Company. Immediately thereafter, Upjohn and Mylan will engage in a strategic combination transaction in which Mylan shareholders will receive shares of Upjohn common stock. The Transaction is generally expected to be tax free to Pfizer and Pfizer stockholders and is expected to close in the second half of 2020, subject to approval by Mylan shareholders and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals.
The Company has obtained financing commitments from certain financial institutions that will permit the Company to incur borrowings in an aggregate principal amount of up to $12 billion. The Company may issue debt securities or incur other debt financing in lieu of borrowing under the financing commitments. The Company expects to use the proceeds of such financings to make the cash distribution to Pfizer. The Company will incur such indebtedness prior to the date of the Distribution and would be responsible for the costs of the financing (including cash payments of interest in respect of the financing) from the date of issuance, assuming the Transaction closes.
Analysis of Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
On February 14, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to issue 100 shares of the Company’s common stock to Pfizer for a total price of $1.
Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results
This report and other written or oral statements that the Company makes from time to time contain forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The Company has tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “likely,” “ongoing,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “potential,” “intend,” “continue,” “plan,” “believe,” “assume,” “target,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “goal,” “objective,” “aim,” “seek” and other words and terms of similar meaning or by using future dates in connection with any discussion of, among other things, the Company’s anticipated operating and financial performance, business plans and prospects, expectations for its products, sales efforts, expenses, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings, government regulation, the ability to successfully capitalize on growth opportunities or prospects, manufacturing and product supply and the Company’s expectations regarding the impact of a novel disease caused by a strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) on its business and operations. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, including, among others, the expected timing, benefits, charges and/or costs in connection with the pending combination of the Upjohn Business with Mylan to create a new global pharmaceutical company, Viatris, and the Company’s anticipated liquidity position, the anticipated costs and savings from certain initiatives, and the expected payments to the unfunded
(non-qualified)
pension and postretirement plans and expected funding obligations.
The Company cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized. Achievement of anticipated results is subject to substantial risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or projected. Investors should bear this in mind as they consider forward-looking statements, and are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law or by the rules and regulations of the SEC. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures the Company makes on related subjects.
You should read and consider the risk factors associated with the Upjohn Business because these risk factors may affect the operations and financial results of the new combined company and the Company’s common stock following the closing of the
Transaction. A description of the risks and uncertainties for the Upjohn Business, Mylan and the combined company may be found in the “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” sections of the Registration Statement, which was declared effective on February 13, 2020 and is on file with the SEC. Additional discussion regarding certain risks and uncertainties described above is included under the heading entitled “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
The Company notes these factors for investors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
During the period covered by this report, the Company did not conduct any material activities and therefore did not incur any significant interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other relevant market risks.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them in a timely manner to material information required to be disclosed in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the SEC.
During the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter, there has not been any change in its internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
During the period covered by this report, the Company did not conduct any material activities other than those related to its formation and the matters contemplated by the Transaction. Therefore, the Company did not incur any significant risk. You should also read and consider the risk factors associated with the Upjohn Business because these risk factors may affect the operations and financial results of the new combined company and the Company’s common stock following the closing of the Transaction. The Company refers to the “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results” section of the MD&A of this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
and to the description of the risks and uncertainties for the Upjohn Business, Mylan and the combined company that may be found in the “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” sections of the Registration Statement, which was declared effective on February 13, 2020 and is on file with the SEC.
In December 2019, illnesses associated with COVID-19 were reported and the virus has since caused widespread and significant disruptions to daily life and economies across geographies, with cases of the virus reported in over 180 countries. The World Health Organization has classified the outbreak as a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a number of challenges for the Company and the Upjohn Business, including, among others, potential delays or disruptions related to regulatory approvals in connection with the anticipated combination of the Upjohn Business with Mylan. For the Upjohn Business that is to be contributed to the Company under the terms of the Transaction, its business, operations, financial condition and results have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to varying degrees, which are currently expected to primarily impact the second quarter of 2020. The pandemic presents a number of challenges for the Upjohn Business, including, among others, impacts due to travel limitations, social distancing and government-mandated work-from-home or shelter-in-place orders; potential manufacturing disruptions and delays and supply chain interruptions, including challenges related to reliance on third-party suppliers; impacts on product demand, including due to reduced numbers of in-person meetings with prescribers, patient visits with physicians, as well as increased unemployment resulting in lower new prescriptions or refills of existing prescriptions; costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, including protocols intended to reduce the risk of transmission; potential interruptions or delays in the operations of certain regulatory authorities; and government or regulatory actions to contain the virus or control the supply of medicines. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the volatile global economic conditions stemming from the pandemic, could precipitate or amplify the other risk factors that are identified in the “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” sections of the Company’s Registration Statement.
The Company is continuing to monitor the impact of the latest developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on the Upjohn Business and its operations, financial condition and results. Despite careful tracking and planning, however, the Company cannot accurately predict the extent of the impact of the pandemic on the Upjohn Business and its operations, financial condition and results due to the uncertainty of future developments, including the speed and extent of the continued spread of the coronavirus globally, the duration of the pandemic, new information that may emerge concerning the severity and incidence of COVID-19, the safety, efficacy and availability of a vaccine and treatments for COVID-19, the global macroeconomic impact of the pandemic and governmental or regulatory actions to contain the virus or control supply of medicines.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities