By Paulo Trevisani
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois plans to issue $82.7 million in bonds to refund outstanding debt and finance capital improvements.
The Auxiliary Facilities System bonds, Series 2025A, will mature between 2026 and 2055 and will be federally tax-exempt, according to roadshow material posted Tuesday on MuniOs.
Proceeds will fund capital improvements, including replacing the roof of the Illini Union at Urbana-Champaign, and refinancing portions of prior parity bonds.
The sale date is preliminarily set for Dec. 10. Interest and coupon information wasn't available.
The bonds will be payable with revenue from the system, student tuition and fees, along with funds from an interest sinking fund account.
The University of Illinois System has three universities with a total enrollment of 97,772 as of the Fall of 2024. Its total revenue in fiscal 2024 was $6.3 billion. The university has $1.7 billion in revenues budgeted for fiscal 2025.
Moody's has assigned a Aa2 rating to the bonds, while S&P has rated them AA-.
Wells Fargo is the senior manager.
Write to Paulo Trevisani at paulo.trevisani@wsj.com
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