Carvana Completes Restructuring to Slash $1.3 Billion of Debt
- The used-car retailer announced its debt swap in July
- S&P Global Ratings says exchange is tantamount to default
A Carvana vending machine in Daly City, California.
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Carvana Co. has completed its debt restructuring with a majority of creditors agreeing to participate in the deal, slashing about $1.3 billion of debt and saving the company more than $455 million of interest expense annually over the next two years.
Participating creditors exchanged about $5.5 billion in unsecured bonds with maturities ranging from 2025 through 2030 for roughly $4.2 billion of senior secured notes that come due starting in 2028 through 2031, according to a statement by the used-car retailer.