M&A
confidence high
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IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC (IRWD): debt financing — Ironwood completes $1.15B tender offer for VectivBio, acquires ~97.6% of shares
IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC
- Tendered 59.3M shares represent ~94.4% plus 2.0M via guaranteed delivery (~97.6% total).
- Offer price $17/share cash; total consideration ~$1.15B.
- Borrowed $400M under Revolving Credit Agreement to fund portion.
- Plans to delist VectivBio shares from Nasdaq and execute Swiss squeeze-out merger.
- Ironwood appointed new directors to VectivBio board effective immediately.