BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of December 22, 2014 among MERCK & CO., INC., as Borrower, The LENDERS Party Hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. Joint Lead Arrangers...Bridge Loan Agreement • December 22nd, 2014 • Merck & Co., Inc. • Pharmaceutical preparations • Delaware
WHEREAS, the Borrower has agreed to acquire (the “Acquisition”) Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Target”), pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 8, 2014, by and among the Borrower, Mavec Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower (“Purchaser”), and the Target (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Acquisition Agreement”);
