Investor Presentaiton
Leveraged Finance Issuance Driven by Refinancing and M&A
Activity in 1H 2021
Uses of Funds from USD High Yield Bonds and Bank Loans¹
% of Mentions
Debt Refinancing
M&A
■Capital Spending
Shareholder Payments
Liquidity / Working Capital
5%
9%
8%
8%
7%
9%
6%
16%
13%
17%
15%
13%
9%
12%
3%
5%
5%
5%
5%
4%
6%
39%
34%
29%
35%
54%
41%
49%
71%
70%
70%
64%
64%
62%
54%
2015
Source: Moody's Analytics.
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2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
1H 2021
1. Percent of mentions for each respective period in bond issue or bank loan program tranche documents. Excludes issues of less than $25 million and general corporate purposes. An issue can have multiple purposes and, as a result,
percentages do not sum to 100%. Data through June 30, 2021.
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