Roper Industries Announces Proposed Public Offering of Senior Unsecured Note...( SARASOTA Fla. Aug. 26 /...),Health

SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Roper Industries, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) announced today that it proposes to offer, subject to market and other considerations, senior unsecured notes due 2019. Actual terms of the notes, including interest rate, principal amount and maturity, will depend on market conditions at the time of pricing.

Net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used to repay borrowings under Roper's senior unsecured credit facility and for other general corporate purposes.

Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Full details of the offering, including a description of the notes and certain risk factors related to the notes, are contained in a preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 26, 2009 and related base shelf prospectus dated July 29, 2008 available through Banc of America Securities LLC, Prospectus Department, 100 W. 33rd St., 3rd Floor, New York, New York, 10001, e-mail: dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com, telephone: 1-800-294-1322; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 270 Park Ave. 8(th) Floor, New York, New York, 10017, telephone: 212-834-4533 or fax: 212-834-6081; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Customer Information Center, Attn: Syndicate Operations, 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28262-0675, telephone: 800-326-5897, e-mail: '/>"/>