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Published on 3/28/2024 in the Prospect News Distressed Debt Daily, Prospect News High Yield Daily and Prospect News Liability Management Daily.

Rackspace gives early results of exchange offer for 3½% notes

By Wendy Van Sickle

Columbus, Ohio, March 28 – Rackspace Technology, Inc. announced the early results of its exchange offer to holders of its 3½% first-priority senior secured notes due 2028 (Cusips: 750098AB1, U7502EAB0), according to a press release.

As of the early participation time, 5 p.m. ET on March 28, holders had tendered $133,271,000 principal amount of the existing notes.

Holders are being offered a combination of new notes and cash.

The new notes will have a 3½% coupon and will be considered first-priority senior secured notes due 2028. The issuer will be a new subsidiary of the company, Rackspace Finance, LLC.

Early tendering noteholders will receive $700 of exchange notes and $0.7875 in cash for each $1,000 note tendered.

Late tendering holders will receive $670 of exchange notes and $0.7875 in cash.

Unpaid interest up to March 12 will be paid in cash. Interest on the new notes will accrue from March 12.

The withdrawal deadline was also 5 p.m. ET on March 28.

The exchange offer expires at 5 p.m. ET on April 11.

Tendering noteholders will have the right to purchase new first-lien first-out term loans.

For each $1,000 note tendered, holders may pay $101.02436 for $102.04481 of the new term loans (at a discount of 1%).

Jefferies Capital Services, LLC is the fronting lender for the funding offer.

Noteholders who participate in the funding offer for the term loans need to submit lender documentation by 11:59 p.m. ET on March 28.

Early settlement of the exchange offer is planned for April 2.

Final settlement is expected on April 15.

The exchange offer is open to Rule 144A and Regulation S holders. The offer was announced on March 14.

Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC is the transaction agent for the offers (tabulation@epiqglobal.com, https://epiqworkflow.com/cases/RackspaceEL)

Rackspace is a San Antonio-based cloud computing services company.


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