Takko Fashion Bonds Fall to Record Amid Sluggish German Economy
Takko Fashion Bonds Fall to Record Amid Sluggish German Economy - Bloomberg
Takko Fashion GmbH’s bonds plummeted to the lowest on record as the German clothing retailer struggles to grow in a stagnant economy.
The company’s 380 million euros ($482 million) of 9.875 percent notes fell for a fifth day to 74.8 cents on the euro at 12:56 p.m. in London, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with 88.1 cents on Sept. 24, when the retailer owned by private-equity firm Apax Partners LLC
reported earnings growth stalled in the last fiscal quarter.
Retailers are feeling the pinch as
Germany struggles to rebound from a contraction in the second quarter, with factory orders and industrial production in August declining by the most since January 2009, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said this week. Takko operates in the value segment of the apparel market which faces “fierce competition,” according to a document marketing the company’s first bond sale last year.
Officials at Telgte, Germany-based Takko declined to comment on the company’s earnings and bond performance.
Takko reported 35 million euros of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization for the three months to July, unchanged from the same period in 2013, according to the company’s website. Like-for-like sales, a measure of growth, dropped 0.4 percent.
The retailer debuted the 380 million euros of fixed-rate notes along with 145 million euros of floating-rate securities in March 2013 to repay loans, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The floating-rate bonds fell to a record 81 cents yesterday.
Apax Partners raised 850 million euros of leveraged loans to fund its buyout of Takko in December 2010, according to a statement from lenders at the time.
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