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Taking the Mickey? Pinewood launches divi recap after Disney deal

Pinewood Studios has launched a new £500m six year non-call two bond offering to fund a dividend, after signing a deal with Disney to lease the studio’s space for the next decade, securing the firm’s income. Seen as a corporate issuer, Pinewood’s leverage looks sky-high, but the bond documentation attempts to rebrand it as a real estate company.

  • By Owen Sanderson
  • 09 Sep 2019
Credit Suisse is left lead on the issue, joined by Goldman Sachs, Barclays, HSBC and NatWest Markets, and will be marketing the bond on a roadshow running to Thursday. The proceeds will be used to repay Pinewood’s existing £250m 2023s and pay a ...

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Bookrunners of European Leveraged Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 8,809.80 59 6.94%
2 Deutsche Bank 8,575.51 45 6.75%
3 Credit Agricole CIB 8,141.15 43 6.41%
4 JPMorgan 7,542.47 37 5.94%
5 Goldman Sachs 7,283.60 38 5.73%

Bookrunners of European HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 5,481.64 30 9.16%
2 JPMorgan 4,195.74 34 7.01%
3 Deutsche Bank 4,163.77 26 6.96%
4 Goldman Sachs 4,037.77 30 6.75%
5 Barclays 3,944.19 26 6.59%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 21,330.12 176 9.55%
2 Citi 20,413.19 159 9.14%
3 Goldman Sachs 16,673.77 129 7.47%
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 15,858.61 138 7.10%
5 Morgan Stanley 14,415.14 99 6.46%