Jun 22, 2023

Interest rate swaps on refinanced debt

Pretty relevant question here given the current interest rate environment: let’s say a company had $100M of variable debt (i.e. First Lien Term Loan) and issued it in 2018 when base rates were relatively low say ~1-2%. the company decided to fully hedge it for 7 years with an interest rate swap at 1.5% fixed base rate. 

fast forward to today in 2023, company wants to issue new debt to replace it given maturity is creeping up. new issuance of $100M First Lien Term Loan to replace the existing. but given current base rates of 5%, interest expense would be much higher right? or can the interest rate swap be applied to the new $100M issuance at least for the remaining 2 years of the hedge instrument? 

does it make a difference if its an incremental 1L to take out a 2L of same debt quantum that was hedged?

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