Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced the pricing of a debt offering consisting of five tranches of notes:

$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.800% notes due 2022
$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.950% notes due 2024
$1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.450% notes due 2029
$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.900% notes due 2039
$1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.000% notes due 2049

Pfizer intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including to refinance, redeem or repurchase existing debt and to repay a portion of its outstanding commercial paper.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on March 11, 2019, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The offering of these securities is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies may be obtained by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at (888) 603-5847, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at (800) 503-4611, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at (866) 471-2526 and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 834-4533.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the notes, nor will there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

About Pfizer

At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of healthcare products. Our global portfolio includes medicines and vaccines as well as many of the world's best-known consumer health care products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, we have worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. We routinely post information that may be important to investors on our website at www.pfizer.com. In addition, to learn more, please visit us on http://www.pfizer.com/ and follow us on Twitter at @Pfizer(link is external) and @Pfizer_News(link is external), LinkedIn(link is external), YouTube, and like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/Pfizer(link is external).

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