-- ソフトバンクグループ（東証：9984）は、既存の外貨建て債券の償還およびOpenAIへの追加投資に関連するブリッジローンの残高の一部返済を目的として、総額5668億円（32億5000万ドル）に相当する外貨建てシニア債を6つのトランシェに分けて発行する。
米ドル建て債券の発行総額は2385億円（15億ドル）で、償還年は2029年、2031年、2036年、利率はそれぞれ7.625％、8.250％、8.500％となっている。
ユーロ建て債券の総額は3283億円（17億5000万ドル）で、償還年は2030年、2032年、2034年、それぞれの金利は6.375％、7.000％、7.375％となっている。
すべての債券は元本100%で発行され、半年に1回利払いが行われ、満期90日前から早期償還が可能となる。
本募集は、日本および米国以外の機関投資家を対象とした担保や保証の付帯しないものであり、当該債券はシンガポール証券取引所に上場される。
Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) deployed EchoSolv AS, its artificial intelligence-based decision support software for the assessment of severe aortic stenosis, into the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, according to a Tuesday filing with the Australian bourse.The company continues to engage with prospective hospitals in the US regarding potential opportunities for the product, the filing said.
Australian shares are poised to fall on Tuesday as oil prices surged to multi-week highs amid stalled US-Iran peace talks and ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz that have tightened global supply and stoked inflation concerns.Overnight, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%.In the macroeconomy, the ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian consumer confidence rose 3.5 points to 67.8 in the week of April 20 to 26, ANZ reported Tuesday.In corporate news, Beach Energy (ASX:BPT) produced 4.8 million barrels of oil equivalent in the quarter ended March 31, slightly down from 4.9 million barrels of oil equivalent in the same period last year.Deep Yellow (ASX:DYL) said detailed engineering at its Tumas project in Namibia progressed to 68% complete, with bulk earthworks 91% complete and civil construction expected to commence in the next quarter.Australia's benchmark index fell 0.2% or 20.1 points to close at 8,766.40 on Monday.
Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) said managed run-of-mine (ROM) production reached 9.5 million tonnes in the fiscal third quarter ended March, including 4.1 million tonnes from Queensland and 5.4 million tonnes from New South Wales, according to a Thursday Australian bourse filing.The company's March quarter 2025 managed ROM was 9.2 million tonnes with total equity sales of produced coal of 6.3 million tonnes, an earlier filing showed.The company reported March quarter equity sales of produced coal of 6.8 million tonnes.The company said ROM coal production and coal sales are tracking to be firmly in the upper half of fiscal year 2026 guidance of 37 million tonnes to 41 million tonnes, with unit costs tracking around the midpoint of the AU$130 to AU$145 per tonne guidance range and capital expenditure on track to be around the low end of AU$340 million to AU$440 million.Net debt stood at AU$600 million at March 31, before a second deferred acquisition payment to BMA of $500 million made on April 2, with refinancing of acquisition debt completed in April via $900 million of senior secured notes and $600 million of bank funding, delivering interest savings of AU$50 million to AU$55 million per year from May, the filing added.The company remains on track to deliver AU$60 million to AU$80 million of annualized cost savings by June 30, the filing added.Whitehaven continued its share buyback during the quarter, repurchasing 1.4 million shares for AU$11 million, with 7.7 million shares bought back for AU$56 million in the fiscal year to date, it added.