Avantor Announces Offering of Senior First Lien Notes

Avantor Announces Offering of Senior First Lien Notes

RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 28, 2020 - Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) ( Avantor ), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services

to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, announced today the commencement of a private offering of euro-denominated senior first lien notes (the Notes ) to be issued by its wholly-owned

subsidiary, Avantor Funding, Inc. (the Issuer ). The Notes will be guaranteed on a joint and several basis by Vail Holdco Sub LLC, the Issuer s direct parent and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Avantor ( Holdco ), and

by each of Holdco s wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantees obligations under the Issuer s senior secured credit facilities. The Notes will be secured on a first priority basis by substantially all of the tangible and intangible

assets of the Issuer and the guarantors that secure obligations under the Issuer s senior secured credit facilities.

The Issuer intends to use the

net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, along with the net proceeds from an incremental term loan financing, borrowings under Avantor s existing A/R facility and cash on hand, to redeem all of its 6.000% Senior First Lien Notes due 2024 and

4.750% Senior First Lien Notes due 2024 and to pay all fees and expenses related thereto.

The offering of the Notes will be made in a private transaction

in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers,

as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other

jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or

qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Avantor Avantor , a

Fortune 500 company, is a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. Our portfolio

is used in virtually every stage of the most important research, development and production activities in the industries we serve. One of our greatest strengths comes from having a global infrastructure that is strategically located to support the

needs of our customers. Our global footprint enables us to serve more than 225,000 customer locations and gives us extensive access to research laboratories and scientists in more than 180 countries. We set science in motion to create a better

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This press release contains, and oral statements made from time to time by Avantor s representatives may contain, forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the proposed public offerings and other statements identified by words such as could, may, might, will, likely,

anticipates, intends, plans, seeks, believes, estimates, expects, continues, projects and similar references to future periods, or by the

inclusion of forecasts or projections. Forward-looking statements are based on Avantor s current expectations and assumptions regarding capital market conditions, Avantor s business, the economy and other future conditions. Because

forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, Avantor s actual results may differ materially from

those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the scale and scope of the

COVID-19 pandemic, regional, national or global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions, Avantor s ability to anticipate consumer demand; changes in consumer

confidence and spending; Avantor s competitive environment and other factors set forth under Risk Factors in Avantor s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form

10-Q. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Avantor undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement,

whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Senior Vice President, Global Communications

Investor Relations Contact

Tommy J. Thomas, CPA

Vice President, Investor Relations