由于X糟糕的財務表現,馬斯克目前在與銀行的談判中略占上風。不過據《財富》獲悉,有知情人士透露,在7家資助馬斯克收購推特的銀行中,有3家已經聯合了起來,試圖避免此次交易有可能帶來的混亂。
據該消息人士稱,自從馬斯克2022年10月接手X以來,X的財務狀況每況愈下,已經到了令人震驚的地步。債權人也無法按計劃將債務賣給給投資者,因此差額部分只能卡在X的資產負債表上。目前他們唯一的辦法,就是接受對沖基金和其他一些潛在買家的折價收購。該消息人士還告訴《財富》,替X融資近七成的三大投行(摩根士丹利、巴克萊銀行和美國銀行)已同意簽署一份“拋售函”,該文件的到期日是明年的1月15日。雖然三大投行都拒絕發表評論,而且具體安排細節也不得而知,但以以往經驗來看,“拋售函”通常會要求,如果一家銀行收到貸款要約,如除非其他聯署成員獲得同等權利,否則該行不能擅自接受要約。
因此,這種結構可以防止債權人被人“各個擊破”,以免挑動三大銀行的內部分裂。
《財富》的報道還顯示,據消息人士爆料,由于X提供的財務信息嚴重不足,這三家銀行對此都非常不滿。不過X的新任CEO琳達·亞卡里諾正在物色一位新的財務總監,以便讓公司的財務報表變得好看一些。但從目前來看,由于數據匱乏,這幾家銀行還無法向潛在買家提供一攬子的解決方案。
在最近的一篇報道中,筆者曾猜測,雖然債務問題嚴重困擾了X的發展,但是馬斯克本人是有能力吃下X的一大筆債務的,他也完全有能力讓這幾家銀行大筆一揮,直接讓X的部分貸款歸零。此舉將有助于鞏固X的地位,并讓他們安全地打包剩下的債務。
我們不知道馬斯克下一步將采取哪些行動。我們只知道,缺乏信息將使馬斯克的債權人很難將這部分債務轉賣給其他人。(財富中文網)
譯者:樸成奎
一度支持馬斯克的幾家銀行,現在已經站在了他的對立面。
由于X糟糕的財務表現,馬斯克目前在與銀行的談判中略占上風。不過據《財富》獲悉,有知情人士透露,在7家資助馬斯克收購推特的銀行中,有3家已經聯合了起來,試圖避免此次交易有可能帶來的混亂。
據該消息人士稱,自從馬斯克2022年10月接手X以來,X的財務狀況每況愈下,已經到了令人震驚的地步。債權人也無法按計劃將債務賣給給投資者,因此差額部分只能卡在X的資產負債表上。目前他們唯一的辦法,就是接受對沖基金和其他一些潛在買家的折價收購。該消息人士還告訴《財富》,替X融資近七成的三大投行(摩根士丹利、巴克萊銀行和美國銀行)已同意簽署一份“拋售函”,該文件的到期日是明年的1月15日。雖然三大投行都拒絕發表評論,而且具體安排細節也不得而知,但以以往經驗來看,“拋售函”通常會要求,如果一家銀行收到貸款要約,如除非其他聯署成員獲得同等權利,否則該行不能擅自接受要約。
因此,這種結構可以防止債權人被人“各個擊破”,以免挑動三大銀行的內部分裂。
《財富》的報道還顯示,據消息人士爆料,由于X提供的財務信息嚴重不足,這三家銀行對此都非常不滿。不過X的新任CEO琳達·亞卡里諾正在物色一位新的財務總監,以便讓公司的財務報表變得好看一些。但從目前來看,由于數據匱乏,這幾家銀行還無法向潛在買家提供一攬子的解決方案。
在最近的一篇報道中,筆者曾猜測,雖然債務問題嚴重困擾了X的發展,但是馬斯克本人是有能力吃下X的一大筆債務的,他也完全有能力讓這幾家銀行大筆一揮,直接讓X的部分貸款歸零。此舉將有助于鞏固X的地位,并讓他們安全地打包剩下的債務。
我們不知道馬斯克下一步將采取哪些行動。我們只知道,缺乏信息將使馬斯克的債權人很難將這部分債務轉賣給其他人。(財富中文網)
譯者:樸成奎
Due to X’s terrible financial performance, Elon Musk now has an upper hand negotiating with the banks. But Fortune has learned that that three of the seven lenders that funded Musk’s deal to buy Twitter may have formed a group designed to protect themselves from the chaos that would be associated with a fire sale, according to a source familiar with the deal.
Because of the shocking deterioration in X’s finances since Musk took over in October of 2022, the lenders haven’t been able to sell the debt to investors as planned, and are stuck holding all of it on their balance sheets, this person explained. The only way they’ll unload the loans is by accepting deep discounts from such possible buyers as hedge funds and other customers for distressed assets. To fortify their position, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Bank of America, lenders that combined furnished almost 70% of the financing, have agreed to what’s known as a joint “sell-down letter” that expires on Jan. 15, the source told Fortune. Though all three banks declined to comment, and the exact details of the arrangement aren’t known, sell-down letters typically require that if one bank receives an offer for its loans, it can’t accept without giving the other members the right to the same deal on a pro rata basis.
That structure prevents the lenders from falling prey to a “divide and conquer” approach where shoppers set the banks against one another in an auction to the bottom.
Fortune‘s reporting also found that the banks are extremely frustrated by the poor flow of financial information supplied by X. The banks are encouraged that new CEO Linda Yaccarino is looking for a CFO who will hopefully give them a much better look at the books. But for now, the dearth of data prevents the lenders from presenting full a full package to potential purchasers, according to the source that spoke to Fortune.
In a recent story, this writer speculated that Elon Musk himself is in a powerful position to purchase a big chunk of the debt pile that’s haunting X at a sharp markdown, or securing a solution where the banks simply write off some of the loans, a move that would improve X’s standing, enabling them to safely syndicate the rest.
We don’t know Musk’s next move. We do know that the information drought makes it tough for his lenders to sell to anyone else.