蘋果發售120億美元債券 Apple prices $12bn bond sale
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.
全球最有價值的公司蘋果(Apple)週二發起鉅額債券交易，以籌集資金用於其股票回購計劃。目前國際債券市場在年初遭遇挑戰之後開始重新啓動。
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.
多名知情人士表示，這家智能手機制造商計劃銷售120億美元的債券，分爲9塊，期限從2年到30年不等。
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.
其中一位知情人士稱，這些債券既包括浮動利率債券，也包括固定利率債券。隨着訂單簿的增長，據悉銀行家曾與蘋果協商，考慮將債券發行額提高至150億美元，但最終將發行額定在了120億美元。
