JPM goes solo with $8.5bn Merck

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JPM goes solo with $8.5bn Merck

JP Morgan has solely underwritten an $8.5bn loan to back US drugs group Merck’s $41bn takeover of Schering-Plough. The deal, which will be launched imminently, pays between 237.5bp and 275bp out of the box. Find out full details of the structure later today at euroweek.com/loans.

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