Good morning. I’m Phil Rosen, reporting from Los Angeles.
The great weather here has left me postponing my return to wintry Latest York. After weeks of sunshine, a couple of seconds of Manhattan air just might give me frostbite at this point.
And speaking of cold hard reality, the Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk is trying to boost fresh funds to repay a few of the pricier bits of his $13 billion Twitter loan.
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1. Latest fundraising to the tune of $3 billion could help Musk repay the obligations he took on in his Twitter takeover.
Sources told the Wall Street Journal yesterday that the Chief Twit’s team has been exploring options for an equity raise that could possibly be used to pay down the costliest slice of the $13 billion debt.
Twitter’s unsecured bridge loans, which total about $3 billion, carry a ten% rate of interest along with the secured overnight financing rate, which has soared in recent months.
For each quarter that goes by without refinancing, the rate of interest goes up by a further 0.50 percentage point, regulatory filings show.
That said, if Twitter will pay back those unsecured bridge loans, meeting its debt obligations can be way more manageable.
Still, there is no guarantee that fundraising comes through, as investors remain wary of Twitter’s ability to generate cash-flow.
In December, former credit analyst Jeffrey Davies predicted that Twitter’s total interest expense is roughly $1.25 billion per yr. That comes out to only about $3.4 million per day in interest payments.
Musk predicted in December that Twitter’s business will break even in 2023 because of cost-cutting measures (including letting go of some 6,000 staffers).
Remember, it has been 4 years since Twitter notched an annual profit, and it’s posted a loss in eight of the last 10 years.
Musk knowingly took on a sinking ship, and securing more investors to assist him achieve this will play a key role in how his social media gambit plays out.
What are some ways you think that Elon Musk could boost revenue at Twitter? Tweet me (@philrosenn) or email me (prosen@insider.com) to let me know.
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Curated by Phil Rosen in Los Angeles. Feedback or suggestions? Tweet @philrosenn or email prosen@insider.com
Edited by Max Adams (@maxradams) in Latest York and Hallam Bullock (@hallam_bullock) in London.