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However, Mr. Jackson's biggest financial obligation remains unresolved. A $300 million loan from Barclays PLC, backed by his 50% stake in Sony/ATV, matures at the end of the year. To secure the loan in 2006, Mr. Jackson appealed for help from Sony, which dispatched two executives to meet him in Dubai and negotiate terms under which it would guarantee the loan.
不过，杰克逊最大的一笔债务还是没能解决，就是他以Sony/ATV公司50%股权为抵押从巴克莱银行(Barclays PLC)借来的3亿美元，这笔债务将于2010年底到期。2006年，为获得这笔贷款，杰克逊向索尼公司求助；后者派出两名高管前往迪拜和杰克逊谈判愿意为其贷款提供担保的条款。
At the time, Mr. Jackson was in danger of defaulting on a $270 million loan held by hedge fund Fortress Investment Group LLC. As part of the agreement under which Barclays ultimately refinanced that debt, Mr. Jackson granted Sony an option to buy half of his stake in the company at any time for a fixed price of $250 million. At the time that was a generous valuation, but Sony/ATV's value has since soared to some $2 billion.
当时，杰克逊欠着Fortress Investment Group LLC的2.7亿美元贷款，有可能无法到期偿还。作为说服巴克莱银行最终为这笔债务提供再融资的条件之一，杰克逊赋予索尼公司一个期权，可以在任意时间以2.5亿美元的固定价格收购其所持有的Sony/ATV公司股权的一半。在那时候看来，这个价格似乎很高，但Sony/ATV的估值后来飙升到了20亿美元左右。
The Jackson estate and Sony have held talks about whether the company will again guarantee a refinancing of the debt backed by Mr. Jackson's Sony/ATV stake. If it won't, the estate could be forced to sell its stake in Sony/ATV at a steep discount, though that would still generate enough cash to wipe out the Barclays loan with hundreds of millions to spare. But Sony may have an incentive to reach a deal on refinancing, because buying out Mr. Jackson's estate would require it to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for an asset it already effectively controls.
杰克逊的遗产管理人已与索尼公司洽谈多次，看其能否再为这笔债务的再融资进行担保。如果谈判失败，遗产管理人将被迫以很低的折扣价出售杰克逊持有的Sony/ATV股权，尽管这笔交易将带来足够的现金收入，不但足以偿付巴克莱的贷款，最后还能剩下好几亿美元。不过，索尼公司可能更愿意达成再融资协议，因为购买杰克逊持有的这部分股权，意味着要为其早已有效控股的资产再次支付数亿美元的现金。
