Ford Motor $2 Billion Convertible Seen Pricing With 4%-4.5% Coupon-Sources
November 03 2009 - 5:11PM
Dow Jones News
Ford Motor Co. (F) is expected to price $2 billion of seven-year
convertible bonds later Tuesday, according to two people familiar
with the matter.
If there is sufficient demand for the issue, the company will
upsize the deal to $2.3 billion, these people said. The bonds are
expected to price with a coupon of 4% to 4.5%, and a conversion
premium of 22.5% to 27.5%, these people said.
Barclays Capital, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup (C), Deutsche
Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs (GS), JPMorgan (JPM), Morgan Stanley
(MS) and RBS (RBS) are acting as managers of the senior convertible
notes offering
In a statement announcing the convertible sale Monday, Ford also
said it is looking to extend the maturity of its $10.7 billion
revolving-credit facility to 2013 from 2011.
Ford has already secured lender agreements to delay about $6
billion. In addition, the company plans to sell off some of its
shares to raise another $1 billion.
Ford is the only one of the Big Three auto makers that has
dodged a Chapter 11 filing.
The capital raising comes after Ford failed to win more
cost-cutting concessions from the United Auto Workers.
Rank-and-file members soundly defeated the concessions demand after
workers objected to the modifications due to Ford's brightening
financial outlook.
-By Kate Haywood, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2218;
kate.haywood@dowjones.com
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