Qualcomm investors frustrated by move to appease activists
New York
TWO months after lending US$10 billion to Qualcomm Inc, bondholders are getting a lesson in the risks of buying the debt of companies with activist shareholders.
The creditors found out last week that the chipmaker - after posting its worst sales decline since 2009 - is again considering splitting in two as part of a strategic review spurred by hedge fund Jana Partners LLC. Just two months earlier as it was marketing the bonds, the company told potential lenders that keeping the businesses together was the better strategy. Now the market value of the debt has dropped 4.3 per cent and the bondholders are upset.
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