Amazon secures $8 billion term loan

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The term loan will mature in 364 days with an option to extend for another 364 days, and the proceeds would be used for general corporate purposes.

The online retailer has been bracing for likely slower growth as soaring inflation forces businesses and consumers to cut back spending. That, coupled with a strong greenback, dragged Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s shares about 50% lower in 2022.

It had also flagged workforce reductions in early 2023, without specifying the number. A source told Reuters in November that the company was targeting about 10,000 job cuts.

Amazon had about $35 billion in cash and cash equivalents and long-term debt of about $59 billion at the end of the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

Toronto Dominion was the administrative agent for the loan agreement in which DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank were among lenders, Amazon said.