Barbados set to complete restructuring on strong creditor support

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By Oliver West
25 Nov 2019

Barbados is on the brink of completing an 18 month long debt restructuring after bondholders supported an exchange offer that the government said will cancel $200m of debt.

Some 94% of eligible bondholders agreed to participate in an exchange for $667m of the island nation’s dollar debt by Friday’s deadline, agreeing to swap into a new 6.5% bond maturing in 2029 and take some cash. 

Collective action clauses meant Barbados required the approval of just 75% of ...

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