---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-284299"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IQV"
cik: "0001478242"
company_name: "IQVIA HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T20:58:58.538221+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IQVIA issues $1.25B 6.250% senior secured notes due 2029 and $1.5B incremental term loans

## Summary
- Issued $1.25B of 6.250% senior secured notes maturing February 1, 2029; interest payable semiannually.
- Borrowed $1.5B of incremental Term B-4 Dollar Loans under its existing credit agreement on November 28, 2023.
- Proceeds together with the notes will repay Euro-denominated TLB due 2024 and USD-denominated TLBs due 2025.
- Entered cross-currency swaps to convert notes and loans into euro borrowings at effective rates of 4.8555% and 4.9015%.
- Notes redeemable prior to January 1, 2029 with make-whole premium; thereafter at par plus accrued interest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-284299
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IQV
- cik: 0001478242
- company_name: IQVIA HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000119312523284299/0001193125-23-284299-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000119312523284299/d560118d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. incurred senior notes of $1.25 billion with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 6.250% maturing February 1, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $1.25 billion
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 6.250%
  - Maturity: February 1, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On November 28, 2023, IQVIA Inc. (the “Issuer” or “Borrower”), a wholly owned subsidiary of IQVIA Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), completed the issuance and sale of $1.25 billion in gross proceeds of the Issuer’s 6.250% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000119312523284299/0001193125-23-284299-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. incurred term loan of $1.5 billion with Bank of America, N.A..
  - Instrument: term loan
  - Principal: $1.5 billion
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A.
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company borrowed $1.5 billion in incremental Term B-4 Dollar Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000119312523284299/0001193125-23-284299-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $1.25 billion (effective 2023-11-28).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $1.25 billion
  - Effective: 2023-11-28
  source text: completed the issuance and sale of $1.25 billion in gross proceeds of the Issuer’s 6.250% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated November 28, 2023 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee of the Notes and as collateral agent, and the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Issuer as guarantors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000119312523284299/0001193125-23-284299-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. amended Amendment with Bank of America, N.A. valued at $1.5 billion (effective 2023-11-28).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A.
  - Value: $1.5 billion
  - Effective: 2023-11-28
  source text: On November 28, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Company, IQVIA RDS Inc., the other guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company borrowed $1.5 billion in incremental Term B-4 Dollar Loans
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000119312523284299/0001193125-23-284299-index.htm

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