The bond market is getting better. As we saw with the Hornbeck bond last month, spreads and trends are improving. The economy seems to be bottoming out and with an improving economy and inflation fears increasing interest rates should follow. The timing for an offering seemed propitious then as it does now.
It was therefore no surprise that Seacor Holdings Inc. (“Seacor”) became one of the first NY-listed “shipping” companies to issue bonds this week when it priced and sold $250 million of 7.375% Senior Notes due in 2019. The issue was priced at 99.239% to yield 7.471%, reflective
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Tags: · Deutsche Bank, DnB NOR, Fitch, Fortis, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Moody, S&P, Seabulk, Seacor Holdings Inc, UniCredit
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