Satnews Daily
December 11th, 2019

Maxar Completes Palo Alto Real Estate Sale for $291 Million


Maxar Technologies Inc. (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) (the “Company”) has now closed the Company’s previously-announced, Palo Alto, California, real estate sale and leaseback agreements for a gross sale price of $291 million.

The Company will use the proceeds from the real estate sale and the senior secured notes offering (upon release from escrow) to repay all of the borrowings that were outstanding as of September 30, 2019, under the Company’s revolving credit facility, and term loans A-1 and A-2, each under the Company’s Syndicated Credit Facility, and to pay certain fees and expenses related to the offering of the senior secured notes, the use of proceeds therefrom and the previously announced amendment of the Company’s Syndicated Credit Facility.

The Syndicated Credit Facility amendment becomes unconditional concurrent with consummation of the foregoing transactions and delivery of certain other documentary conditions precedent.

The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL and Radiant Solutions were unified under the Maxar brand in February; MDA continues to operate as an independent business unit within the Maxar organization.