TRLPC: Staples offers to pay more for US$2.75bn loan to back Office Depot purchase
January 22, 2016 at 14:19 PM EST
NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Office supply retailer Staples has offered to increase the rate it will pay lenders for a US$2.75bn loan backing its purchase of rival Office Depot after investors threatened not to fund the debt, which could derail a transaction already challenged by antitrust issues.