LEVERAGED LOANS

摘要

Mixed martial arts organisation ultimate fighting championship is set to test loan market appetite for highly leveraged buyout debt. The company was expected to launch on Friday a US$1.3bn term loan backing its US$4bn buyout by private equity-backed talent agency WME-IMG. Goldman Sachs leads the seven-year term loan with Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Credit Suisse and KKR. The company is also looking to sell US$500m of notes to back the deal. WME-IMG is backed by private equity firms Silver Lake Partners LP and KKR & Co.