DirecTV/Dish merger has a problem as debt holders object to $1.6 billion loss
Briefly

"Dish needs consent from its bondholders to exchange old debts for notes issued out of the new combined entity in order to complete the deal."
"Credit-rating firm S&P Global said in a research note that it views these transactions as tantamount to a default because investors will receive less value than the promise of the original securities."
Read at Ars Technica
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