苹果发售120亿美元债券 Apple prices $12bn bond sale|澳门太阳网

Apple, the most valuable company in the world, launched a multibillion-dollar bond deal on Tuesday to fund its share buyback programme, as international debt markets began to reopen after a challenging start to the year.全球最有价值的公司苹果(Apple)周二发动巨额债券交易，以筹集资金用作其股票买入计划。目前国际债券市场在年初遭遇挑战之后开始重新启动。The smartphone maker plans to sell $12bn worth of debt across nine tranches, with maturities spanning between two and 30 years, according to several people familiar with the matter.多名知情人士回应，这家智能手机制造商计划销售120亿美元的债券，分成9块，期限从2年到30年平均。

The bonds are to include both floating and fixed rates of interest. Bankers, in consultation with Apple, are said to have debated increasing the debt sale to as much as $15bn as order books grew, but ultimately settled on the $12bn amount, according to one of the people.其中一位知情人士称之为，这些债券既还包括浮动利率债券，也还包括相同利率债券。随着订单簿的快速增长，据报银行家曾与苹果协商，考虑到将债券发行额提升至150亿美元，但最后将发售额定在了120亿美元。

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