---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-064518"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GILD"
cik: "0000882095"
company_name: "GILEAD SCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:15:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:25:19.522647+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gilead Sciences issues $3.0B in senior notes across four tranches (4.250%-4.900%)

## Summary
- $500M 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028, $1B 4.400% due 2029, $1B 4.600% due 2031, $500M 4.900% due 2034.
- Notes sold in public offering under Form S-3 shelf; proceeds for general corporate purposes incl. M&A.
- Underwriting agreement dated May 14, 2026, with Barclays, BofA Securities, and Citigroup as reps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-064518
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GILD
- cik: 0000882095
- company_name: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:15:36+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465926064518/0001104659-26-064518-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465926064518/tm2615045d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. incurred senior notes of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principa with Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee at 4.250% per annum until May 20, 2028; 4.400% per annum until May 20, 2029; 4.600% maturing May 20, 2028; May 20, 2029; May 20, 2031; May 20, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principa
  - Counterparty: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee
  - Rate: 4.250% per annum until May 20, 2028; 4.400% per annum until May 20, 2029; 4.600%
  - Maturity: May 20, 2028; May 20, 2029; May 20, 2031; May 20, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: Supplemental Indenture On May 20, 2026, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”), entered into an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture between the Parties, dated as of March 30, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”). The Eleventh Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company’s issuance of (a) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), (b) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), (c) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.600% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”) and (d) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.900% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the 202
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465926064518/0001104659-26-064518-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. entered into Eleventh Supplemental Indenture with Computershare Trust Company, National Association valued at $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028, $1,000,000,00 (effective 2026-05-20).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Computershare Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028, $1,000,000,00
  - Effective: 2026-05-20
  source text: On May 20, 2026, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”), entered into an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture between the Parties, dated as of March 30, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000110465926064518/0001104659-26-064518-index.htm

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