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Leveraged Loans

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  • Chinese oil and gas company MIE Holdings Corp has missed interest payment on a dollar bond during the grace period, triggering cross-defaults on its loan facilities. The firm has been hit hard by tumbling oil prices this year, putting pressure on its liquidity.
  • With leveraged companies largely shut out of central bank bond buying and price support schemes, sponsors are mulling government-backed lending schemes in several European countries, as they seek to show other creditors that they have abundant access to liquidity. But the schemes often come with strings attached, which could do nearly as much damage to a sponsor's investment thesis as a restructuring.
  • Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur has sent out a request for proposals for a loan to back its acquisition of instant noodle maker Pinehill Company.
  • The merger of the UK’s largest mobile phone operator, O2, with cable company Virgin Media, agreed on Thursday, will generate a £6bn financing need which the parties want to complete before the deal closes, expected to be in 2021 — and later on, it could lead to an IPO, say sources close to the deal.
  • Macau casino operator SJM Holdings is in talks with lenders for covenant waivers on a HK$25bn ($3.2bn) facility, as it faces delays over opening a new resort in Asia’s gambling hub.
  • Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has missed yet another payment, this time of $750m, on a loan it raised in 2016 to acquire Ingram Micro, a US information technology and products distributor.