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Update Positioning - 8 May 2024
Intro, Capital and Legal Structure 26/01/23
Company and Merger 26/01/23
Cash Flow and Model 26/01/23
Investment Discussion 26/01/23
Please find our updated analysis on AMS Osram here.
AMS Osram has been a very successful investment for us. We first bought the 2025 HY bonds and convertibles in June 2023, before adding the 2029 bonds in May 2024. With the Mar-29 bonds now at 105.5%, we have captured substantial upside and are taking profits as the bonds are call-constrained. We continue to see a strong deleveraging story, but at current prices the remaining upside no longer meets our return targets. This is an exit after a successful investment, not a change in our credit view.
We expect no material impact on bond prices, as the use of asset sale proceeds for debt repayment was already expected. The company has
AMS Osram’s H1 results were broadly in line with our expectations and should have little impact on bond prices. In our view, following the
AMS Osram has completed the sale of its non-optical analog and mixed-signal sensor business to Infineon for €570m in cash. Together with
Bankers continue to outdo each other with ever-more adjustments and pro-forma metrics for new issuers, and ams OSRAM is no