Hasbro bid for Peppa Pig owner may reward bondholders
US toymaker Hasbro is to take up on $3.6bn new debt to buy media company Entertainment One, acquiring porcine superstar Peppa Pig, among other brands, if rival bidders don’t scupper the deal. Hasbro may choose to pay a make-whole price to Entertainment One’s bondholders, who bought the company's issue less than three months ago, a research company predicts.
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