Intrum signs term sheet for investment deal with Cerberus
COPENHAGEN, July 16 (Reuters) -Swedish debt collector Intrum INTRUM.ST said on Tuesday it had signed a term sheet for an investment deal with Cerberus Capital Management that would allow Intrum to scale its investments without increasing its debt.
Intrum, Europe's biggest manager of bad loans, this month completed the sale of a large portion of its investment portfolio to Cerberus and said it would use the net proceeds of 7.2 billion Swedish crowns ($678 million) to reduce its own debt.
The Swedish company has struggled as the pandemic, an energy crisis and two-decade-high interest rates failed to unleash a wave of loan defaults as expected, with investor concerns mounting over Intrum's 60 billion crown debt pile.
Intrum and Cerberus will seek to jointly invest up to 1 billion euros annually depending on market conditions, Intrum said in a statement.
Cerberus will provide 70% of the capital while Intrum will provide 30%, with Intrum's level of investment subject to downward adjustment under certain conditions.
Intrum and Cerberus have also agreed to exclusively negotiate final definitive documentation, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year, the company said.
($1 = 10.6203 Swedish crowns)
Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen; Editing by Kim Coghill
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