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BASIC INDUSTRIES: Celanese (CE Baa3*-/BB+/BBB-): Coupon Step

BASIC INDUSTRIES
  • Following the S&P downgrade, CE 5.337 01/29s step up 25bp after the current coupon pays in January. It looks like Bloomberg updated the cash flows after the European close on Friday.
  • Pre coupon adjustment on Friday morning the bonds were around Z+180 / closer to Z+205 with the coupon change. The bond is ~47c higher today, leaving it at Z+183.
  • It now trades out of the line with the curve. The bond can step up further, but it can also step back down on an upgrade. Metrics could return to IG if it deleverages per S&P’s assumptions, while asset sales are another potential catalyst. See our note on the downgrade here https://mni.marketnews.com/4eDJAXr.

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