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Bending Spoons发债15亿美元:母公司不担保,收购标的尚不存在

Bending Spoons这批15亿美元高级担保票据由子公司发行,米兰的母公司不愿为这些子公司担保;募资用于尚未披露标的的收购,偿付则取决于旗下已有品牌产生的现金。

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Bending Spoons联合创始人兼首席执行官Luca Ferrari在米兰的公司视频中讲话
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Bending Spoons联合创始人兼首席执行官Luca Ferrari,图为公司2025年11月发布的一段视频。

Bending Spoons−2.05% — Bending Spoons, down 2.05 percent today正向债券投资者发行15亿美元高级担保票据,2032年到期,用于尚未披露标的的收购1。这套发行结构本身就说明公司对自家这台机器的信任程度:美元份额由一家特拉华州子公司发行,欧元份额由一家意大利子公司发行,而米兰的母公司——用公司自己的话说——“不会发行票据,也不会提供担保”1。

这批票据为担保票据,即以发行子公司的资产作抵押,受偿顺位排在股东之前;债权人所倚仗的,是这些专为持有品牌而存在的公司,而母公司什么也不签1。

6月总债务已达49亿美元,尚未计入拟新发的15亿美元票据

$0B$2B$4B$6B2023年四季度2024年四季度2025年四季度2026年一季度2026年二季度拟发行票据新增15亿美元
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总债务
2023年四季度$0.39B
2024年四季度$0.87B
2025年四季度$2.67B
2026年一季度$4.36B
2026年二季度$4.88B
数据来自Bending Spoons向美国证券交易委员会(SEC)提交的文件,为各财年年末及最近两个已披露季度的集团总债务(单位:亿美元)。2026年10月27日宣布拟发行的15亿美元票据尚未发行。2

债务膨胀的速度跑赢了资产组合

据披露,集团总债务6月底已达49亿美元,而2023年底只有4亿美元2。9月的增量定期贷款分美元、欧元两笔,分别为12.5亿美元和3.95亿欧元,为一桩已经谈妥的交易买单:Miro$1.79B — Miro, private, latest valuation $1.79B收购周一完成交割,企业价值13.55亿美元34。8月收购Airtable$1.285B — Airtable, private, latest valuation $1.285B花了12.8亿美元9。周二宣布的这批票据性质不同:公告完全没有披露任何标的,只说用于“未来的收购”1。这就是预先融资:债券持有人今天交出现金,换的是公司希望日后能找到的交易。

偿债的钱来自债券之外

偿还这些债务的担子,落在已经买下的品牌身上。Airtable被收购前约有800名员工,其中相当一部分正在流失,多数离职发生在公告后一周之内6。Vimeo On Demand将于11月20日关闭,届时观众将无法再访问已购买或租看的影片7。

这就是打法本身,不是副作用:Bending Spoons低价买入软件公司,裁减人手、精简产品、加码变现,直到盈利扩大89。伯克希尔·哈撒韦−0.29% — 伯克希尔·哈撒韦, down 0.29 percent today自7月上市以来已投入9.3亿美元买入该股,如今排在这批新增担保债权人之后8。

票息为母公司不愿担保的风险定价

票据利率和发行价格将在未来几天的定价环节敲定1,而就在几天前,穆迪+0.69% — 穆迪, up 0.69 percent today和标普刚将集团评级上调至Ba3和BB-3。最终的利率,就是市场对一项命题的定价:印象笔记$200M — 印象笔记, private, latest valuation $200M、Vimeo$1.38B — Vimeo, private, latest valuation $1.38B、Miro和Airtable的订户继续付费的速度,快过裁员和关停把他们推走的速度。二季度营收7.04亿美元,增长126%,说明至少到目前为止,事实正是如此2。买下这批票据的投资者,等于在为“用户会留下”作保。母公司自己,则拒绝作这个保。

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