debt
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.90
BEYOND MEAT, INC. (BYND): debt financing — Beyond Meat exchanges 96.9% of convertible notes for new secured notes and equity
BEYOND MEAT, INC.
- Exchanged $1.115B of 0% convertible notes (96.9% of total) for $208.7M new 7% secured notes due 2030 and 316M shares.
- New notes carry 7% cash interest or 9.5% PIK; secured second lien behind existing loan; $15M liquidity covenant.
- Outstanding existing notes reduced to $35.4M; remaining notes stripped of restrictive covenants via supplemental indenture.
- Board overhaul: three directors resign, three appointed including reappointment of C. James Koch; new committee chairs.