medium · Debt Capital Markets bond-instruments-structures
A portability test threshold is 5.5x Net Leverage. Current Debt is $1.1 billion and EBITDA is $200 million. A sponsor buys the company and adds $100 million of new Senior Notes. The sponsor also injects $50 million of new Cash to the balance sheet.
Does portability succeed?
- No, leverage is 5.75x.
- No, leverage is 6.00x because cash netting is not permitted during a sponsor acquisition.
- Yes, because the 'Net Debt' remained at $1.1 billion after the deal.
- Yes, leverage is 5.50x.
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