debt
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.65
Service Properties Trust issues $1.2B notes at 8.375%/8.875% to refinance $1.15B of 2025 maturities
Service Properties Trust
- Issued $700M 8.375% Senior Notes due 2029 and $500M 8.875% Senior Notes due 2032; net proceeds ~$1.16B.
- Used proceeds to purchase $272M of 4.50% 2025 notes via tender and discharge remaining $78M.
- Expects to redeem all $800M of 7.50% notes due 2025 on June 4, 2024 using remaining proceeds and cash.
- Notes and guarantees are senior unsecured; subject to financial covenants limiting debt incurrence.
- Underwriter affiliates held some of the refinanced notes and received pro rata proceeds.