SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push
FILE PHOTO: Softbank Group’s logo at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Manami Yamada/File Photo
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TOKYO, Sept 24 : Technology investor SoftBank Group has issued a total of $11.1 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, a filing showed on Thursday, as it looks to generate cash to continue its investments in artificial intelligence.
SoftBank issued dollar-denominated senior notes of $1 billion at a 3-1/2-year term, $4.5 billion at 5-1/2 years and $4.5 billion at 7-1/2 years, the filing showed. The bonds pay interest rates of 8.625 per cent, 9.25 per cent and 9.75 per cent respectively.
It also issued two €500 million tranches of euro-denominated senior notes with terms of four and six years, yielding 7.125 per cent and 8 per cent, the filing showed.
The bonds will be used to fund the final $10-billion tranche of $30 billion SoftBank committed to investing in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, taking its total investment to $64.6 billion when complete.
This month it issued 1 trillion yen ($6.32 billion) in corporate bonds aimed at retail investors.
($1=158.2500 yen)
Source: Reuters
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