Merge to offer $200M in senior secured notes for Amicas acquisition

Merge Healthcare is going to offer $200 million in senior secured notes due in 2015 that will used to fund the proposed acquisition of Amicas.

According to Milwaukee-based company, the notes will be senior obligations of Merge and will be guaranteed on a senior basis by all of its domestic restricted subsidiaries. The notes and the related guarantees will be offered in the U.S. to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and outside the U.S. pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

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