Disney Has Raised $6 Billion With New Debt Offering

Company plans to use funds for “general corporate purposes”

The Walt Disney Co. has raised roughly $6 billion through a debt offering, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

Disney offered six different notes, which will mature between 2025 and 2050, and have interest rates as low as 3.35% and as high as 4.7%. The debt notes range in value from $500 million and $1.75 billion.

The company didn’t specify what the funds would be used for, but did say: “We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of indebtedness,” or paying down debt the company currently has.

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