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From: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]>
To: Richard Kahn
Subject: Re: Western Digital Bonds
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:45:51 +0000
2 million gratitude bid 104
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Richard Kahn < > wrote:
Morgan Stanley_
WDC 7.375 of '23...trader offers 1mm at 104.30...bid side is 103.50
WDC 10.5 of '24....trader offers 1mm at 103.80...bid side is 103.25
cash positions as follows:
stc: 100,000
gratitude: 4,700,000
Merrill
WDC 7.375 4/1/23 @ 103.3 x 104.4
WDC 1014 04/01/24 @ 103.3 x 104.0
cast at merrill stc: 8,500,000
please advise if we should put in order / pricing / size and which
account
thank you
Richard Kahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
tel 212-971-1306
fax 646-350-0954
On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Jeffrey E. leevacation®gmail.com> wrote:
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get a price
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From: Barrett, Paul S
Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:03 AM
Subject: Western Digital Bonds
To: Brad Wechsler
Cc: "Jeffrey Epstein ([email protected])" [email protected]>, Barrett Team
"Nelson, Justin D"
Brad
I know Chris showed this to you last week. I think Leon should consider $1-2MM. The bonds are offered at
104 (ytm 9.58%). Currently the spread is around 824bps (BB+ rated) vs 401bps for the BB universe. I think
we play it for +-200bps of tightening (so around 8% upside on a 4yr duration bond plus any carry).
On March 30th, WDC issued $5.225bn of debt to finance their $17B acquisition of SanDisk. They issued
$1.875B of a 7.375% senior secured bond maturing on 4/1/23, and $3.35B of a 10.5% senior unsecured
bond maturing on 4/1/24.
Thesis:
Despite the secular decline in the traditional HDD market, you are being compensated. The combined
company generates -$1.825B in free cash flow with leverage of 2.9x. Management has stated that it is their
intention to achieve investment grade status and reduce leverage to 1.5x over the next 3-5 years. They
expect $1.1B of annual cost synergies by 2020 ($500mm of which they expect within 18 months of the deal
closing — most likely this quarter).
WDC stock is at $5.02. Trades at 8x earnings. 4.45% dividend yield.
Pro Forma Financials:
Revenues $18.98bn
EBITDA $4.98bn
EBITDA Margin 26%
Leverage 2.9x
Free Cash Flow $1.825bn
Total Debt $14.4bn
"Source: Company Reports, Bloomberg, CreditSights
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Company Description:
WDC is a leading developer, manufacturer andprovider ofdata storage solutions. Theirportfolio includes
HardDisk Drives (HDDs), Solid State Drives (SSDs), direct attached storage solutions, personal cloud
network attached storage solutions, andpublic/private cloud data center storage solutions. They have more
than a 40% market share in the HDD market. In October 2015, WDC announced that it would acquire
SanDisk (SNDK), for —$17B. SanDisk is a leader inflash storage solutions, which allow digital information
to be stored in a durable, compactform that retains data without power. WDCfunded the transaction with
cash on hand, newly issued stock (0.2387 shares of WDCfor each share ofSNDK), plus the new debt.
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