据Brian Smith和Gowri Gurumurthy报道，派拉蒙Skydance公司将于周一召开投资者会议，讨论发行总额约444亿美元的债券，以筹集资金用于收购华纳兄弟Discovery公司。这笔资金将用于收购华纳兄弟Discovery公司。
By Brian Smith and Gowri Gurumurthy Paramount Skydance Corp is holding investor calls for about $44.4 billion-equivalent of bonds on Monday to fund its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
根据知情人士透露，此次债券发行将分为两部分：一部分为欧元债券，期限分别为5年和8年；另一部分为美元债券，期限分别为5年、8年和10年。其中，10年期美元债券的收益率预计在9%左右。
The $12.4 billion-equivalent junk-bond sale will consist of a two-part euro tranche, with maturities in five and eight years, and three tranches of US dollar notes maturing in five, eight and 10 years, according to people familiar with the deal, asking not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak publicly. Price talk on the 10-year US dollar notes are for a yield in the low 9% area, one of the people said.
据另一位人士称，美国银行（Bank of America Corp.）和花旗集团（Citigroup Inc.）将负责主持这些投资者会议。
Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. will host the calls, a separate person said.
随后，派拉蒙还可能发行8期美元债券，期限从2年到40年不等。
An eight-part US dollar bond sale, with maturities ranging from two to 40 years, may follow.
派拉蒙在周一发布的声明中表示，计划总共发行约444亿美元的美元计价优先级债券以及美元和欧元计价的次级担保债券。
In total, Paramount is planning to sell about $44.4 billion US dollar-denominated first-lien notes and US dollar- and euro-denominated senior secured second-lien notes, the company said in a Monday statement.
上周，该公司已开始推销75亿美元的贷款，这是该债务融资计划的第一部分。信用投资者们已经期待这一重大交易数月之久。
Last week, the firm began marketing a $7.5 billion loan sale, the first part of the debt financing to reach the market. Credit investors have been awaiting Paramount’s mega-deal for months.
原本这些债券和贷款计划定于年中推出，但由于公司需处理12位州总检察长和编剧工会提起的诉讼而推迟。上周双方达成和解协议，使得交易得以继续进行。
The bonds and loans were initially expected to be launched around midyear, but those plans were scuttled as it dealt with lawsuits brought by 12 state attorneys general and the Writers Guild trade union. Agreements to settle both cases were reached last week, allowing the deal to proceed.