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From: Richard Kahn
To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Western Digital Bonds
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:44:32 +0000
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 10''A 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
10022
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On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:08 AM, jeffrey E. leta@gittn>
wrote:
get a price
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From: Barrett, Paul
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Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:03 AM
Subject: Western Digital Bonds
To: Brad Wechsler
Cc: "Jeffrey Epstein (jeevacation@gmail.com)" leevacation@gmail.com>, Barrett Team
"Nelson, Justin D" <1
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:
Pro Forma
Revenues
EBITDA
EBITDA Margin
Leverage
Free Cash Flow•
Total Debt
$18.98bn
$4.98bn
26%
2.9x
$1.825bn
$14.4bn
"Source: Company Reports, Bloomberg, CreditSights
Company Description:
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WDC is a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of data storage solutions. Their portfolio includes
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), Solid State Drives (SSDs), direct attached storage solutions, personal cloud
network attached storage solutions, and public/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 in flash storage solutions, which allow digital information
to be stored in a durable, compact form that retains data without power. WDC funded the transaction with
cash on hand, newly issued stock (0.2387 shares of WDC for each share of SNDK), plus the new debt.
Paul
Paul Barrett I Managing Director I Global Investment Opportunities Group I ).P. Morgan Securities LLC I J.P. Morgan
Private Bank I J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.
320 Park Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10022 I T:
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