Apollo-owned Lumileds could top 14x leverage

A brutal market for auto suppliers and a string of dividend deals have left Lumileds, a maker of LED lighting and an Apollo portfolio company, staring at a leverage level which could top 14 times by year-end, according to Moody’s. The company’s loan saw the largest price fall in Europe over the last quarter, according to IHS Markit, and is now bid around 47, compared with 70 in June.