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Navigating Discounted Debt Repurchases

As markets react to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the trading prices of loans and notes have declined. In light of these developments, borrowers and their affiliates, including private equity sponsors, are considering whether to buy back outstanding debt at a discount. In analyzing the potential benefits and drawbacks of pursuing debt repurchases, borrowers and private equity sponsors should consider the following:

Outstanding Debt Documents

USA, Banking, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Corporate governance, Private equity, Coronavirus
Series of Avoidable Missteps by an Activist Stockholder and the Target Board Led the Court of Chancery to Find Fiduciary Breaches and Stockholder Aiding and Abetting in Connection With the Sale of a Company--PLX Technology

Avago Technologies Wireless (USA) Manufacturing Inc. acquired PLX Technologies, Inc. for $6.50 per share in cash. After the $300 million merger closed, certain former PLX stockholders sued for damages, alleging that the PLX directors had breached their fiduciary breaches, aided and abetted by both Potomac Capital Partners II, L.P. (a hedge fund that is an activist stockholder and had three designees on the PLX board) and the PLX board’s financial advisor (the “Banker”).

USA, Delaware, Banking, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Shareholder, Fiduciary, Judicial review, Non-disclosure agreement, Court of Chancery, Delaware Court of Chancery