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30/04/24 12:55
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Comentario de Moodys sobre la refinanciación:" On 23 April, Grifols S.A. (B2 review for downgrade) announced it is raising €1.0 billion of new senior secured debt due 2030 through a private offering. The Spain-based global healthcare company will use the issuance proceeds to repay its existing €1.0 billion senior unsecured notes due May 2025 and extend its debt maturity profile, a credit positive, but its liquidity remains weak and its leverage high. The new senior secured debt bears a coupon of 7.5%, substantially higher than the coupon of 3.2% on the senior unsecured debt it will repay, resulting in €43 million incremental annual interest costs. Because Grifols intends to use the proceeds to fully repay the 1 May 2025 senior unsecured bond maturity, its leverage will remain unchanged at 10x as of 31 December 2023. Grifols still needs to address its outstanding €838 million backed senior secured notes maturing on 15 February 2025. It is in the process of selling a 20% stake in Shanghai RAAS (SRAAS) for RMB12.5 billion (about €1.6 billion) and intends to use the proceeds to repay senior secured debt. The transaction is still subject to regulatory approval and Grifols expects it to close towards the end of the first half of 2024. Because Grifols has several senior secured debt instruments (term loans and notes) maturing in 2025 and 2027, and its debt documentation prioritizes repayment of senior secured debt on a pro rata basis, it may not cover the full repayment of the February 2025 senior secured bond. It would, therefore, have to repay the remaining portion of this bond with other funds. The company's liquidity remains weak, even including the expected proceeds from the sale of the stake in SRAAS. Grifols had a cash balance of €530 million as of 31 December 2023 and about €560 million was still available under its revolving credit facility, which matures in November 2025. We expect free cash flow to remain negative in 2024, and as of 31 December 2023 the company also faced about €700 million of current loans, €80 million of current debt with Singapore's GIC and €100 million of current leases, which we include in its liquidity assessment. Taking into account the €1.6 billion debt reduction from the asset sale proceeds, Grifols' proforma 2023 leverage (Moody's-adjusted gross debt/EBITDA) would be 8.6x against 10.0x on a reported basis, a still high level for the current rating.