Thursday, October 13, 2016

Venezuela PDVSA bond prices slip after debt swap deadline again extended


PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] on Wednesday night moved the date for both the early deadline and the expiration to Oct. 17, from Oct. 12 and Oct. 14, respectively.The company did not mention participation, unlike in the previous extension when it said considerably fewer than half of outstanding bonds had been tendered. The swap requires more than 50 percent participation to go through. "It's illogical that PDVSA extends again the deadline without improving the terms and will eventually have to make a decision to go ahead with less than 50 percent participation or suspend the transaction," said Siobhan Morden with Nomura Securities International. More…

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