Unilever Spreads’ €7bn LBO ready for ‘wobbly markets’

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Unilever Spreads’ €7bn LBO ready for ‘wobbly markets’

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A logo sign outside of a facility occupied by Unilever in Newville, Pennsylvania on July 30, 2017. Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** | Kris Tripplaar/SIPA USA/PA Images

Bookrunners will start marketing the financing for KKR’s buyout of Unilever’s spread business as soon as next week, with the European high yield bond and the leveraged loan market both braced for supply.

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