Citi, Barclays Among Banks Leading Hologic $12 Billion Debt (1)

Citigroup Inc., Barclays Plc, Bank of America Corp. and RBC Capital Marketsare among banks providing $12.25 billion of debt financing to support Blackstone Inc. and TPG Inc.’s acquisition of medical device-maker Hologic Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The private equity firms are lining up $9.5 billion of first-lien term loans, $2 billion of second-lien debt and a $750 million revolving credit facility to help fund the acquisition, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. Blackstone and TPG agreed to acquire Hologic for as much as $18.3 billion on Tuesday.

Citigroup will ...