Medicis Announces Pricing of $450 Million of Convertible Notes

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicis (NYSE:MRX) (the "Company") today announced the pricing of its public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2017 (the "Convertible Notes") in an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The public offering was upsized from the previously announced $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes. The Company granted an option to the underwriters for up to an additional $50 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes solely to cover overallotments.