Xerox trying to sell loan it used to buy out Icahn
Bloomberg News is reporting that Xerox is selling a $500 million loan to help fund its repurchase of stock shares formerly held by corporate raider, Carl Icahn (who previously prevented Fujifilm from acquiring Xerox)
- New debt will replace a $550 million bridge loan Xerox just took on
- Xerox is offering:
- Pay down 5% of debt in first 2 years
- 7.5% in year 3
- 10% afterward
- Moody’s Investor Service downgraded Xerox’s unsecured bonds one step to Ba3 – three notches into junk status