Paramount Skydance opens $49B debt sale for Warner Bros. Discovery deal

Bloomberg+1 · 5 hours ago
  • Bankers are reaching out to investors ahead of a $49 billion debt sale financing Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company settled lawsuits that had blocked the $110 billion acquisition.
  • The Hollywood studio will emerge from the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition with net debt of about $80 billion, making the bond market the next test after winning over US states.

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Bankers are reaching out to investors ahead of the sale of $49 billion in financing backing Paramount Skydance Corp.'s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., after the company settled a series of lawsuits that had held up the $110 billion acquisition.Bloomberg
The Hollywood studio will emerge from the WBD acquisition with net debt of about $80bnFinancial Times

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