amedes readies launch of €740 million term loan B for Thursday

By Sara Rosenberg

New York, Sept. 29 – amedes (Aragon BidCo GmbH) is scheduled to hold a lender call at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday to launch a €740 million seven-year first-lien term loan B, according to a market source.

Barclays and JPMorgan are the physical bookrunners on the deal. Credit Agricole, Natixis and UBS are bookrunners.

The term loan has a 0% floor and 101 soft call protection for six months, the source said.

Commitments are due at noon ET on Oct. 11.

Proceeds will be used to fund the acquisition of the company by a consortium of infrastructure investors comprising OMERS Infrastructure, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and AXA Investment Managers, to refinance certain existing debt and to pay related transaction costs.

amedes is a Germany-based integrated diagnostics provider.

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