Visteon Expects to Increase the Size of Its 18-Month Secured Term Loan
04 January 2006 - 8:56AM
PR Newswire (US)
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In
response to strong market interest, Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC)
expects to increase the size of its planned 18-month secured term
loan credit facility to $350 million, up from the previously
announced intended amount of up to $300 million. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Visteon
announced Dec. 8 it intends to replace an existing $300 million
short-term secured revolving credit facility, which expired Dec.
15, 2005, with a new 18-month secured term-loan. The new
transaction is expected to close early next week. Visteon has
appointed JPMorgan Securities and Citigroup Inc. as lead arrangers.
As previously announced, Visteon also intends to seek amendments to
the financial and other covenants contained in its existing $775
million multi- year revolving credit facility and its $250 million
delayed draw term loan, both of which expire in June 2007, to
provide flexibility as the company implements its restructuring
plans. Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier
that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative climate,
interior, electronic and lighting products for vehicle
manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and services
to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van Buren
Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany; the
company has more than 170 facilities in 24 countries and employs
approximately 50,000 people. This press release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward- looking
statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but
rather are subject to various factors, risks and uncertainties that
could cause our actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in these forward-looking statements, including the
automotive vehicle production volumes and schedules of our
customers, and in particular Ford's North American vehicle
production volumes; our ability to satisfy our future capital and
liquidity requirements and comply with the terms of our existing
credit agreements or obtain any necessary waivers or amendments
thereto; the financial distress of our suppliers; our ability to
implement, and realize the anticipated benefits of, restructuring
and other cost-reduction initiatives and our successful execution
of internal performance plans and other productivity efforts;
charges resulting from restructurings, employee reductions,
acquisitions or dispositions; our ability to offset or recover
significant material surcharges; the effect of pension and other
post- employment benefit obligations; as well as those factors
identified in our filings with the SEC (including our Annual Report
on Form 10-K/A for the year- ended December 31, 2004). We assume no
obligation to update these forward- looking statements.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO DATASOURCE:
Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Jim Fisher,
+1-734-710-5557, , or Investor Inquiries: Derek Fiebig,
+1-734-710-5800, , both of Visteon Corporation Web site:
http://www.visteon.com/
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