Obbligazioni societarie HIGH YIELD e oltre, verso frontiere inesplorate - Vol. 2 (12 lettori)

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Announcement:
Moody's says Frontier's sale of operations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana does not impact rating or stable outlook

30 May 2019
New York, May 30, 2019 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) said Frontier Communications Corp.'s (Frontier) definitive agreement to sell its operations and all associated assets in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana for $1.352 billion does not immediately impact its B3 corporate family rating or stable outlook. The sale price represents a company-adjusted EBITDA valuation multiple of about 5x for the sold operations, which is about the same level as Frontier's debt/EBITDA (Moody's adjusted) of 5.2x as of March 31, 2019. While the use of proceeds is currently uncertain, the all cash sale proceeds will enhance liquidity and are expected to be used for debt reduction given the company's recent financial policy actions. Given Frontier's difficult path to deleveraging with organic growth by this transaction's close in 2020, any debt reduction with sale proceeds would likely be credit neutral. However, if Frontier were to utilize these proceeds for anything other than debt reduction, rating pressure could ensue. The closing of the sale to WaveDivision Capital, LLC (WaveDivision) in partnership with Searchlight Capital Partners, LLC (Searchlight) is subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.



Frontier is an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) headquartered in Norwalk, CT and the fourth largest wireline telecommunications company in the US. In April of 2016, Frontier finalized the acquisition of Verizon's wireline assets in California, Texas and Florida (CTF). Frontier generated $8.5 billion of revenue in the last 12 months ended March 31, 2019.



For additional details please refer to the issuer comment posted on www.Moodys.com.







This publication does not announce a credit rating action. For any credit ratings referenced in this publication, please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com for the most updated credit rating action information and rating history.
 

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