FYBR Quick Hit: ABS debt priced
Frontier announced pricing for its latest ABS debt this afternoon, raising $750MM. The offering consists of $530MM Class A-2 notes at 6.2%, $73MM Class B notes at 7.0%, and $147MM Class C notes at 11.2%. The average cost of debt is 7.4%, which is in-line with our expectation, and ~140bps lower than their last ABS debt issuance. These new tranches of debt have an anticipated repayment period of 7 years (vs. 5 years on the last issuance).Frontier Communications is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of communications services. The company conducts business with both consumer and commercial customers. For consumer customers, the company provides broadband, video, voice and other services and products. The company delivers these services over a combination of fiber and copper-based networks. The company's commercial customers consist of: small, medium and larger enterprise customers, whereby the company provides services including broadband service, Ethernet service, circuit-based services, SD-WAN, and managed Wi-Fi; and wholesale customers, which buy both voice and data services to supplement their own network infrastructure.
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