Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has today assigned a B1 corporate family rating (CFR) and B1-PD probability of default rating (PDR) to Connect Bidco Limited (‘Connect Bidco’), the top-entity of the ring-fenced group that will acquire and ultimately own Inmarsat plc (‘Inmarsat’) (Connect Bidco Limited is a joint venture company formed by private equity groups Apax and Warburg Pincus alongside Canada’s CPPIB and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board). The agency has also assigned B1 ratings to the USD2.7 billion term loan B (due 2026) and USD700 million of revolving Credit Facility (RCF, due 2024) being issued by Connect Finco Sarl and Connect U.S. Finco LLC (a newly formed entity to be a subsidiary of Connect Bidco) in order to pre-fund the acquisition transaction expected to be completed before year-end 2019.
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