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Slim Loans NYT Co. $250M

Mexican billionaire will own 17% of company, but gets no special voting shares

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(Newser) – The New York Times Company announced last night that it had cut a deal with Mexico's Carlos Slim, the world's second-richest man, for a $250 million loan. Slim will receive common shares over six years, at the end of which he will own 17% of the corporation. But he will not gain any representation on the company's board or any of the special voting shares held by the Sulzberger family.

The agreement comes as the company, which owns the Times and the Boston Globe among other properties, struggles with declining advertising revenue and faces a deadline to pay back $1.1 billion in debt. In recent months the company has tried to sell its stake in the Boston Red Sox, and it will borrow up to $225 million against its new office building on New York's 8th Avenue. Slim, who approached the Times in November, will also receive 14% interest on the loan.

Carlos Slim will loan the New York Times Company $250 million, which will net him 17% of the company.
Carlos Slim will loan the New York Times Company $250 million, which will net him 17% of the company.   (©Robert Scoble)
Carlos Slim will loan the New York Times Company $250 million, which will net him 17% of the company.
Carlos Slim will loan the New York Times Company $250 million, which will net him 17% of the company.   (©Ed Yourdon)
In this file photo, Carlos Slim speaks during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York.
In this file photo, Carlos Slim speaks during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim looks to expand his empire in the United States in a deal that makes him the largest shareholder of The New York Times Co.
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim looks to expand his empire in the United States in a deal that makes him the largest shareholder of The New York Times Co.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim attends a press conference with the foreign press in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008.
Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim attends a press conference with the foreign press in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Carlos Slim will loan the New York Times Company $250 million, which will net him 17% of the company.
Carlos Slim will loan the New York Times Company $250 million, which will net him 17% of the company.   (©quinn.anya)
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