Bridge Financing
TermLoan · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Reference: Bridge Financing
- Original principal
- USD 4,500,000,000
- Outstanding
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- Commitment
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- Availability
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- Maturity
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Reported commitment: USD 4,500,000,000 Reported 2026-07-07 Disclosed facility capacity; the amount drawn and capacity available today are not established.
Covenant terms for this agreement are not yet verified.
Documents and filing history
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Issuance
· 2026-07-06
Original principal USD 4,500,000,000 Commitment USD 4,500,000,000 Exact source document
Parent 8-K filing · 2026-07-07
Parent expects to finance the Merger with a combination of cash on hand and new debt financing. In connection with, and concurrently with entry into, the Merger Agreement, Parent entered into a debt commitment letter dated July 6, 2026 (the "Debt Commitment Letter") with Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (collectively, the "Banks") pursuant to which the Banks have agreed to provide Parent with an unsecured 364-day bridge loan facility (the "Bridge Financing") in an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter for the purposes of financing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Issuer evidence: On July 6, 2026, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a Massachusetts corporation ("Parent"), Clark Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"). Subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.
Supporting evidence: Parent expects to finance the Merger with a combination of cash on hand and new debt financing. In connection with, and concurrently with entry into, the Merger Agreement, Parent entered into a debt commitment letter dated July 6, 2026 (the "Debt Commitment Letter") with Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (collectively, the "Banks") pursuant to which the Banks have agreed to provide Parent with an unsecured 364-day bridge loan facility (the "Bridge Financing") in an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter for the purposes of financing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Supporting evidence: Parent expects to finance the Merger with a combination of cash on hand and new debt financing. In connection with, and concurrently with entry into, the Merger Agreement, Parent entered into a debt commitment letter dated July 6, 2026 (the "Debt Commitment Letter") with Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (collectively, the "Banks") pursuant to which the Banks have agreed to provide Parent with an unsecured 364-day bridge loan facility (the "Bridge Financing") in an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter for the purposes of financing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.