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Agilent Increases Credit Facility to $700M

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Agilent Technologies said that the aggregate commitments under a credit facility forged last year have been increased to $700 million from $400 million. 

In a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Agilent added that under the agreement reached in September 2014 with BNP Paribas as the administrative agent, it will retain the rights to further increase commitments under the five-year unsecured credit facility on one or more occasions by up to an aggregate of $300 million. 

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