QVC exits bankruptcy with $1.2B debt issue at 10% yield
What's the deal? QVC GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has issued $1.2 billion in so-called take-back debt as part of its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The TV shopping network is turning to the raise as it looks to grow its digital footprint.
Why now? The debt carries a 10% yield, a sign of the risk investors attach to the company as it exits bankruptcy protection.
What's the endgame? QVC is betting on its digital operations to offset the long decline of traditional TV shopping.
The signal: The $1.2 billion figure sits in the 99th percentile of debt rounds tracked for US marketing companies, out of a sample of 1,124. Legacy retailers are increasingly leaning on large, high-yield financings to fund the pivot from broadcast to digital.
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