American Airlines Plans to Secure $3.5 Billion in New Financing
American Airlines Group Inc, a publicly-traded airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that it is planning to secure $3.5 billion in new financing to enhance the company’s liquidity position as the coronavirus and related travel restrictions have led to a collapse in air travel demand.
American Airlines Group, the largest in the U.S., proposed a private offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of secured senior notes due 2025. The notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by American Airlines Group Inc.
The company also stated that it intends to enter into a new $500 million Term Loan B Facility due 2024 concurrently with the closing of the offering of the Notes, American Airlines Inc reported.
Debt Terms
According to Bloomberg’s June 19 report, the junk bonds were expected to carry a yield of 11%. However, the company said that the final terms and amounts of the notes and the Term Loan are subject to market and other conditions and may be different from expectations.
The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offerings a 30-day option to purchase, in whole or in part, up to $112.5 million of additional shares of Common Stock in the Common Stock Offering and a 30-day option to purchase, in whole or in part, up to $112.5 million aggregate principal amount of additional Convertible Notes in the Convertible Notes Offering, in each case solely to cover over-allotments, if any, the company said.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Common Stock Offering and the Convertible Notes Offering for general corporate purposes and to enhance the Company’s liquidity position. The closing of neither the Common Stock Offering nor the Convertible Notes Offering is conditioned upon the closing of the other offering, the airline added.
Goldman Sachs & Company LLC, Citigroup, BofA Securities and J.P. Morgan will act as the joint active book-runners and as representatives of the underwriters for the Common Stock Offering and the Convertible Notes Offering.
Stock Outlook
American Airlines Group closed nearly 3% lower at $16 on Friday. It has plunged about 45% so far this year, still outperforming every peer. Fourteen analysts forecast the average price in 12 months at $13.78 with a high of $27.00 and a low of $7.00.
The average price target represents a -13.88% decrease from the last price of $16.00, according to Tipranks.
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