ByteDance taps banks for $9.5 billion Asia dollar corporate loan, sources say


FILE PHOTO: The ByteDance logo is seen at the company's office in Shanghai, China July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

(Reuters) - TikTok-owner ByteDance is tapping banks for a $9.5 billion loan that would be the biggest dollar-denominated corporate facility in Asia ex-Japan, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are the coordinators of the financing, which carries a tenor of three years and can be extended to up to five years, the sources, who did not want to be named because the discussions are confidential, said.

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