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Avaya: messy rescue financing shows an earlier reckoning was in order

US telecom company’s market worth has fallen to under $100mn, squashed by $3bn of debt

What did Avaya’s bosses know and when did they know it? The troubled US telecom company raised $600mn of new debt in June in the form of a new loan plus convertible bonds. These were hairy transactions. Avaya was already struggling with heavy leverage and an underlying business in decline. Then everything got worse.

In late July, the company replaced its chief executive. It also said that its ebitda forecast for the quarter would come in at just a third of its previously weak forecast — a shocking reduction.

Naturally, buyers of the June debt offerings are wondering why Avaya deteriorated so quickly. Some have hired lawyers to advise them on their legal options.

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