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Leggendo questa notizia, sembra che Zlomrex abbia comunque risorse disponibili per fare altre acquisizioni. Quindi, forse, i soldi ci sono per tirare avanti. Il bond è fermo a 33/35 da un pezzo. Come la vedi Imark?
Leggendo questa notizia, sembra che Zlomrex abbia comunque risorse disponibili per fare altre acquisizioni. Quindi, forse, i soldi ci sono per tirare avanti. Il bond è fermo a 33/35 da un pezzo. Come la vedi Imark?
Fra i players minori del settore c'è anche questa società polacca, che pure ai suoi tempi aveva emesso un bond HY, rispetto al quale ha provveduto ad una serie di buyback consistenti a quotazioni distressed, senza lanciare tender offers (che, si sa, fanno rialzare il prezzo... )
Queste manifestazioni di furbettismo corporate (i riacquisti reiterati di bond sul mercato a quotazioni distressed, effettuate senza lanciare una tender offer) sono pure valutate dalle agenzie come forme di distressed exchange ed importano segnalazione al mercato da parte di Moody's mediante un rating Limited Default della durata di 3 giorni...
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Moody's assigns Caa3/LD to Zlomrex following distressed exchange[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Approximately EUR127 million of rated debt securities affected [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Frankfurt, July 06, 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service assigned a Caa3/LD probability of default rating ("PDR") to Zlomrex SA ("Zlomrex") following the company's recent disclosure that it repurchased EUR20 million face value of its senior secured notes issued by Zlomrex International Finance at substantial discounts to par after a number of buy-backs which had been conducted at the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009, bringing the total face amount of bonds bought back to EUR 43 million. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]The open market transactions, considered together, constitute a distressed exchange and a limited default by Moody's definition. The LD designation signifies a limited default and also incorporates Moody's expectation of additional open market transactions at substantial discounts to par over the next twelve months. Moody's expects to remove the LD designation after approximately three business days. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]At the same time Moody's has affirmed the Caa3 corporate family rating with a negative outlook. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]The rating of the bonds remains at Ca which is in line with Moody's LGD (loss given default) methodology and implies a somewhat higher recovery rate going forward than the around 20% rate at which the last bond buy backs have been conducted. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Moody's notes that these transactions help Zlomrex reducing its overall debt load and reduce the repayment risk at the time when the bond comes due. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]It does, however, not solve the immediate liquidity and performance pressure which the company is facing due to a high amount of short term debt and the company's reliance on the willingness of its banks to extend maturing credit lines and the very weak operating performance during the last couple of months. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Therefore, despite the considerable reduction of overall indebtedness, Moody's continues to view Zlomrex' credit risk relatively high reflected in the Caa3 corporate family rating. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Adjustment: [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]..Issuer: Zlomrex S.A. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]....Probability of Default Rating, Adjusted to Caa3/LD from Caa3 [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Moody's last rating action on Zlomrex was to downgrade its corporate family rating to Caa3 on 16 June 2009. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Headquartered in Poraj, Poland, Zlomrex SA is the largest trade of steel scrap and among the leading producers and distributors of high grade long steel products in its domestic market. Founded in 1990 as a pure scrap trader, the company has transformed itself into a fully integrated producer of steel products through a range of acquisitions mainly in the long steel production and distribution business. Zlomrex SA is privately owned; 100% of the company's shares are held by its founder Mr. Przemyslaw Sztuczkowski[/FONT]