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confidence high
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materiality 0.55
Bloomin' Brands enters $200M interest rate swaps to fix debt cost
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
- Entered six interest rate swap agreements with aggregate notional of $200M on Dec 5, 2023.
- Swaps convert variable-rate debt to fixed: $100M at 4.92% through Dec 2024, $100M at 4.34% through Dec 2025.
- Post-swap, capital structure expected to be 70%-75% fixed-rate debt.
- Swaps include embedded floor of minus 0.10%, plus term SOFR adjustment and spread of 150-250 bps.