Microsoft jolted fixed income investors to life on Monday when it sold nearly $20bn of debt to fund its takeover of social network LinkedIn, the fifth largest corporate bond sale on record.本周一，为了给并购社交网络领英(LinkedIn)获取资金，微软公司(Microsoft)发售了近200亿美元债券，其规模在企业债券发售史上名列第五，为相同收益投资人流经一剂强心针。The sale from the triple-A rated company, one of only two US corporates to hold the opinion from Standard Poor’s, was met with intense demand as portfolio managers search out income. Trillions of dollars of sovereign and corporate debt are currently trading with a yield below zero.作为美国仅有的两家获得标普(Standard Poor’s)AAA评级的企业之一，微软公司此次发售债券取得了谋求收益的投资人组经理的热烈欢迎。当前有数万亿美元主权和企业债券都是在零利率以下交易的。
The US software maker, which agreed to a $26bn acquisition of LinkedIn in June as part of chief executive Satya Nadella’s efforts to revitalise growth, issued $19.75bn of debt with seven maturities, according to three people familiar with the deal.据该交易的三名知情人回应，微软公司此次发售的债券分七种年限，发售规模为197.5亿美元。这家美国软件制造商在今年6月表示同意以260亿美元并购领英，这是微软公司首席执行官萨蒂亚纳德拉(Satya Nadella)为完全恢复快速增长做出的希望的一部分。Order books for the Microsoft sale eclipsed $50bn, the three people said, with demand strongest for 10- and 30-year paper. The sale, which ranks behind offerings from Verizon, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Actavis and Dell, was composed of fixed-rate notes maturing in between three and 40 years.微软公司此次债券发售股份规模多达500亿美元，市场需求最弱的为10年期和30年期的债券。此次债券为相同收益率，届满年限在3年期至40年期之间，发售规模次于Verizon、百威英博(Anheuser-Busch InBev)、阿特维斯(Actavis)和戴尔(Dell)。
The transaction included $4bn of 10-year notes, which priced with a yield 90 basis points above the benchmark US Treasury, or roughly 2.42 per cent. New 30-year bonds priced with a yield of 3.73 per cent, 5 bps above existing debt that matures in 2045.该交易还包括40亿美元10年期债券，利率低于基准美国国债90个基点，大约为2.4%。此次新发30年期债券利率为3.73%，较2045年届满的现有债券高达5个基点。
Both SP and Moody’s affirmed their triple-A opinions of Microsoft on Monday despite the significant increase in the company’s debt burden.尽管微软公司债务开销显著减轻，但标普和穆迪(Moody’s)在周一都再度申明对微软公司的AAA级评级。Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo led the underwriting of the sale.美银美林(Bank of America Merrill Lynch)、摩根大通(JPMorgan)和富国银行(Wells Fargo)联合此次债券发售工作。
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