Deals
Comcast Sells $27 Billion of Bonds in Year's Second-Biggest Deal
- U.S. cable giant’s offering will be used to fund Sky purchase
- Joins club of borrowers with more than $100 billion in debt
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Comcast Corp. sold bonds to finance its $39 billion acquisition of Sky Plc in one of the biggest corporate debt sales ever in the U.S.
The Philadelphia-based cable giant sold $27 billion of unsecured bonds in 12 parts. The longest portion of the offering, a 40-year security, yields 1.75 percentage points above Treasuries, less than an initially discussed range of between 1.95 percentage points and 2 percentage points, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified as the details are private.