By Geoffrey Smith
Investing.com -- Stocks in focus in premarket trade on Tuesday, March 31. Please refresh for updates.
- 8:25 AM ET: Carnival (NYSE:CCL) stock was down 8.9% after the company unveiled an ambitious $6 billion recapitalization plan that includes equity, debt and convertible bonds.
- The cruise line operator is to sell $1.25 billion in stock with an overallotment option of another $187.5 million, plus $1.75 billion of convertible notes due in 2023.
- The final tranche is a $3 billion senior debt offering, also due in 2023.
- Delphi Technologies (NYSE:DLPH) stock fell 22.4% after it violated the terms of its agreement to be bought by BorgWarner by drawing down its revolving credit facility without the latter’s position.
- BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) has said it has the right to terminate the deal if Delphi doesn’t reverse the move within 30 days. BorgWarner stock was unchanged.
- Delphi had only $191 million in cash at the end of the fourth quarter and has averaged negative quarterly cash flow of $207 million over the last three quarters.
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9:03 AM ET: ConAgra Foods (NYSE:CAG) stock was up 5.4% at a two-week high after the company forecast net sales above the top end of its previous guidance for the fiscal 2020 year.
- 9:06 AM ET: Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) stock was unchanged after the company announced the temporary closure of all its offices, stores and fulfilment centers around the world, due to the Covid-19 virus.
- The company said it had $1.9 billion in cash and investments at the end of the last quarter, but said it intends to draw down $475 million from a global credit facility to bolster cash balances.
- Ralph Lauren is also halting non-critical capital spending and reviewing all real estate projects.
- 9:10 AM ET: Imperial Oil (NYSE:IMO) stock was up 3.3% at a two-week high after the independent upstream company said it would cut its capital spending by around one-third to conserve cash.
- 9:12 AM ET: Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) ADRs (NYSE:RDSa) were up 5.7% after the company said it had secured a $12 billion credit line, strengthening expectations that it won’t cut its full-year dividend.