 BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | reply to sandman_1
Re: might stay but cost more said by sandman_1:You really think that Softbank isn't going to put anything into the infrastructure? I beg to differ especially if spending 20 billion +.
They already said $12 bil is going straight to Sprint shareholders and the other $8 bil is going to balance the books. |
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openbox9Premium
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kudos:2 | It's a tender offer. How else do you propose a company buy another? |
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BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | said by openbox9:It's a tender offer. How else do you propose a company buy another?
Point is the article states Sprint is going to spend $5 bil on LTE expansion. So if none of this money is going to that were is this money going to come from? |
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openbox9Premium
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kudos:2 | The same place it was coming from before this deal. Also, as you mention, $8B is going to fix Sprint's messy balance sheet, which makes future debt discussions much more tenable. said by Forbes.com :The $8 billion cash infusion provides Sprint with a significant cushion as it undertakes its expensive 4G LTE network rollout and network modernization project. It will also reduce the company’s net debt (long-term debt, excluding operating leases, minus cash) to $6.5 billion from $14.5 billion. As a result, its net leverage – the ratio of net debt to EBITDA – would decline from about 3x to 1.3x. This could lead to credit rating upgrades, and as a result lower borrowing costs for the company. |
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BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | said by openbox9:The same place it was coming from before this deal. before this deal they were in debt up to their eyeballs. |
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openbox9Premium
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kudos:2 | And the $8B cash infusion alleviates that. |
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