Friday, The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ) announced the closing of its $1 billion underwritten public offering of senior notes and its $950 million senior unsecured credit facility.
The senior notes were issued in two separate series consisting of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% senior notes due 2015 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.55% senior notes due 2020. The new credit facility includes a $700 million funded term loan and a $250 million unfunded revolver.
Nasdaq OMX used net proceeds from the senior notes offering, the funded term loan and cash on hand to repay all amounts outstanding under its existing senior secured credit facilities and terminated the associated credit agreement.
Bank of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC served as joint book-running managers of the notes offering.
NDAQ closed Friday's regular trading session at $20.16, down $0.09 or 0.44%, on the Nasdaq.
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