Johnson & Johnson Completes Initial Tender Offer for Mentor Corporation with 92.9% of Share...( - Johnson & Johnson Will Commence...),Health

- Johnson & Johnson Will Commence Subsequent Offering Period

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced that the initial tender offer, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Maple Merger Sub, Inc., for all outstanding shares of common stock of Mentor Corporation (NYSE: MNT) expired at 5:00 PM (Eastern time) on Jan. 16, 2009, and was not extended.

The depositary for the tender offer has advised Johnson & Johnson that, as of the expiration of the initial tender offer, a total of approximately 31,456,557 shares of Mentor common stock were validly tendered and not withdrawn (including approximately 4,632,228 shares subject to guaranteed delivery procedures), representing approximately 92.9% of the outstanding shares of Mentor common stock. All shares that were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn during the initial offering period have been accepted for payment.

Johnson & Johnson also announced that it will commence through Maple Merger Sub, Inc., a subsequent offering period to acquire all remaining shares of Mentor common stock, which will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 and expire at 12:00 midnight (Eastern time) on Jan. 22, 2009, unless extended. Any shares validly tendered during the subsequent offering period will be immediately accepted for payment, and tendering shareholders will promptly thereafter be paid $31.00 per share, less any required withholding taxes, in cash and without interest, which is the same amount per share that was offered and paid in the initial offering period. The subsequent offering period enables holders of shares of Mentor common stock who did not tender during the initial offering period to participate in the of
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