đź“° Zambia Creditor Group Challenges $1.36 Billion Bond Buyback
🗓️ Jun 01 2026 08:22 UTC - Constantine Courcoulas and Matthew Hill
A group of holders of Zambian dollar bonds maturing 2053 is opposing the government’s tender to buy back the securities, saying it was conducted without negotiation and would harm investors’ interests. The group considers the terms of the tender offer for the $1.36 billion bond “materially adverse” to the interest of noteholders, and warns that if 75% of the notes are tendered, it would trigger a clean-up call provision. The government has secured a $600 million loan from the African Development...
➤ A group of holders of Zambian dollar bonds is opposing the government's tender to buy back the securities, citing "materially adverse" terms and a lack of negotiation.
➤ The creditors warn that a successful buyback could trigger a clean-up call, allowing Zambia to redeem all remaining bonds and potentially harming investors' future upside.
➤ The government plans to use a $600 million loan from the African Development Bank for the buyback, framing it as a debt-for-energy swap to invest savings in the national power grid.
#zambia #bondbuyback #creditorgroup #tenderoffer #investorinterests #debtrestructuring #africandevelopmentbank #debtforenergyswap #couponstepup #sovereigndebt
đź”— Read more at: https://rwatimes.io/articles/bloomberg-zambia-creditor-group-challenges-1-36-billion-bond-buyback-2384429850
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