💬This will be the company’s first return to the American investment bond market since 1998.

The planned structure of the bond issue

🔘A Japanese electronics and entertainment company plans to issue two-tranche bonds with maturities of five and ten years.

How Sony plans to use the proceeds

🔘In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Sony indicated that the proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

Why the return to the dollar bond market matters

🔘The last time the company placed dollar bonds was in 1998, attracting $1.5 billion. The former American division of the Tokyo company entered this market in 2001.