US Special Situations: Liberty Puerto Rico鈥檚 TL, collateral transfer may be precursor to exchange
Andrew Ragsly - Head of Special Situations, LevFin Insights
30 September 2025
Insights into Liberty Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring Strategies, including:
Liquidity Extension and Collateral Transfer: Examine how Liberty Puerto Rico鈥檚 new unrestricted subsidiary financing and asset transfers enhance liquidity runway into 2027 and reshape negotiating leverage.
Capital Structure Breakdown: Get a clear picture of Liberty Puerto Rico鈥檚 pro forma debt stack鈥攊ncluding the $200mn 9.75% notes due 2030鈥攁nd the implications for creditors and market pricing.
Distressed Debt Trading Insights: Discover trading trends for the company鈥檚 restricted group debt, with notes trading at distressed levels and up-to-date recommendations from 乱伦短视频 analysts.
Liberty Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring Strategies: Explore scenarios for deleveraging and debt exchanges that could transform the balance sheet and support Liberty Latin America鈥檚 monetization goals.
Operational and Strategic Outlook: Uncover how operational challenges and ad hoc creditor group dynamics could influence the timing and structure of future debt restructuring transactions.
Liberty Puerto Rico鈥檚 new unrestricted subsidiary financing lays claim to a significant portion of the company鈥檚 recently transferred assets, which could give management negotiating leverage over creditors in potential delevering exchange negotiations. However, with the liquidity runway now extended, management may be emboldened to bide its time, just as members of the bondholder/lender ad hoc group may be unwilling to allow the company to capture deep debt discounts, according to 乱伦短视频 analysts.
In a new report titled 鈥淟iquidity Extended, Collateral Ended,鈥 乱伦短视频 senior telecom infrastructure analyst Erick Vega and senior special situations analyst Jory Eisenberg detail the company鈥檚 latest move while also exploring several new scenarios that could further alter the capital structure.
In broad strokes, the Puerto Rico-centric telecom, which itself is a subsidiary of parent Liberty Latin America, raised a $200mn 9.75% TL due 2030 along with a $50mn delayed draw term loan funded by Diameter Capital. The debt is issued by three newly created unsub co-borrowers (Emerald Wave 3 LLC, Emerald Mobile Network 2 LLC and Emerald Network 3 LLC), and covenants allow for the company to also raise pari passu incremental loans of up to $350mn.
Proceeds, via a senior secured intercompany loan, are likely destined to pay down revolver borrowings on a fully tapped $172.5mn revolver, ensuring a leverage covenant isn鈥檛 tripped at the end of Q3鈥25. 乱伦短视频 now views the company鈥檚 liquidity runway as sufficient into 2027, which may give the business time to execute a turnaround.



