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Through September 23rd, US institutional loan issuance tied to dividend payments has reached $23.06b, setting a record for the year-to-date period and surpassing the $19.64b in dividend-related volume seen through the same point in 2021. In the third quarter alone, approximately $14.56b in loans were issued to fund dividend distributions—marking the largest quarterly total since Q3 2021, when $10.19b was priced. With the entire fourth quarter still to come, full-year 2025 issuance is on track to surpass the all-time annual dividend record of $26.11 billion set in 2021.
Solstice Advanced Materials priced one of the largest dividend loans this month, with its $1b TLB due 2032 and $1b of other unsecured debt supporting a $1.5b distribution. Action Holding is also in market with a EUR 1.5b-equivalent dividend recapitalization structured across euro and dollar-denominated tranches that is expected to allocate this week.
Contacts: Vincent Daigger
vdaigger@bloomberg.net
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