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Haleon Cash Divestment; Credit Has Traded Tighter Across 4Q23

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Haleon (HLN LN), GSK's old consumer healthcare business is selling Chapstick to Suave Brands for c.USD430m cash and a USD80m minority in Suave.


  • Haleon’s benchmark ’25 bond (HLNLN 3 1/8 03/24/25) has traded tighter across 4Q23, all the way down from J&J’s comparable towards that of P&G. Concurrently, Haleon’s equity has done very little, only beating UKX by around 3pp over that period.
  • A cash sale is, generally, a credit positive event but we note how much tighter the benchmark has traded recently.

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