SiriusXM to Raise $1.5 Billion Through Sale of Notes

SiriusXM will raise $1.5 senior notes due 2030 in a sale expected to close on or around June 11, the company announced Monday (June 8).

Billboard reports the notes will have an annual rate of 4.125% and will be due 2030. They will pay off off two existing debts: $500 million of 4.625% senior notes that are due 2023 (at a redemption price of 100.771% plus accrued and unpaid interest) and $1 billion of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025, (at a redemption price of 102.688% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest).

➤Why It Matters

• SiriusXM won’t need to worry about $1.5 billion of debt for nearly a decade. Now, its earliest due dates are August 2022 for $1 billion of notes and December 2023 for $193 million of convertible notes.
• Given the uncertainty in the U.S. economy in the coming years, later redemption dates give SiriusXM financial breathing room it may require in couple years.

➤What It Doesn't Mean

• The money will not be used to fill a financial shortfall.
• The coronavirus pandemic has caused many music companies to improve their liquidity to weather the current storm. This isn’t one of those cases.

➤But Keep In Mind That...

• On May 13, David Frear, senior executive vp and CFO of SiriusXM, said he expects satellite subscriptions to falter in late 2020 on weak auto sales.
• On April 28, SiriusXM pulled its 2020 guidance (total revenue of approximately $8.1 billion, adjusted EBITDA of about $2.5 billion and 900,000 (net) new self-pay subscribers) and will issue new guidance when it has greater certainty of COVID-19’s impact.

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