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A distressed issuer, 'Horizon Corp', undergoes a 'drop-down' transaction. It moves its most valuable patents to a new 'Unrestricted Subsidiary' and issues $300M of new debt secured by those patents.
What is the primary impact on Horizon's existing senior unsecured bondholders?
- Structural subordination increases as existing holders lose direct access to the asset value of the patents.
- Credit spreads will likely tighten in because the patents are now safely 'ringfenced' and protected from claims.
- Recovery prospects improve overall because the new debt provides fresh liquidity to help fund a turnaround.
- There is no real impact since negative covenants typically prohibit this kind of asset transfer outright.
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