American Airlines Group Inc. is set to raise $1.94 billion by selling equity and convertible bonds later this week after increasing the size of both offerings.
The stock sale, at $13.50 a share, will generate about $1 billion, American said in a statement Tuesday, confirming details reported by Bloomberg News. That’s a discount of almost 16% compared with the closing price before the deal launched and 9.5% from American’s closing price Monday.
The deals underscore the broad range of tools that airlines are using to bolster liquidity after a travel collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. American also is offering $1.5 billion in senior secured junk bonds maturing in 2025 and marketing a $500 million four-year loan facility. In addition, U.S. carriers have received $25 billion in federal aid and have access to government loans.
American fell 6% to $14.02 at 9:56 a.m. in New York, the biggest drop on the S&P 500 Index. The shares fell 48% this year through Monday, in line with the decline of a Standard & Poor’s index of major U.S. rivals.
The company’s share and convertible sales, which are set to close June 25, were both boosted from an original plan that called for offerings of $750 million each. American has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to buy another $150 million in shares and $150 million in convertible notes.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are jointly running the stock and notes offerings for American.