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Smokin! BAT ignores market fears to sell tight bond

British American Tobacco braved choppy and obstacle-ridden seas in the European corporate bond market to price a €600m 10 year bond on Wednesday — and found a strong reception.

  • 02 Nov 2011

“It’s gone very well, we had a high quality book of close to €4bn after reconciliations,” said a syndicate banker at one of the leads. The bond was priced at 123bp over mid-swaps, after original price talk of 130bp-135bp.

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 8,256.91 29 8.96%
2 Deutsche Bank 6,112.20 15 6.63%
3 Goldman Sachs 5,554.24 18 6.03%
4 JPMorgan 5,465.22 19 5.93%
5 Barclays 5,207.98 15 5.65%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 1,337.52 8 7.31%
2 BNP Paribas 1,118.03 6 6.11%
3 Barclays 1,100.14 4 6.01%
4 Commerzbank Group 1,054.99 6 5.77%
5 UniCredit 1,046.44 7 5.72%

Bookrunners of European HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 200.50 2 12.59%
1 Deutsche Bank 200.50 2 12.59%
3 UniCredit 113.00 1 7.09%
3 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 113.00 1 7.09%
3 Mediobanca 113.00 1 7.09%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated HY Bonds

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1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 420.00 3 15.69%
2 TD Securities Inc 304.57 2 11.38%
3 Wells Fargo Securities 250.00 1 9.34%
3 Jefferies LLC 250.00 1 9.34%
3 Goldman Sachs 250.00 1 9.34%

Bookrunners of European Corporate IG Bonds

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1 Citi 2,729.81 7 8.29%
2 Barclays 2,499.67 4 7.59%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2,436.88 6 7.40%
4 JPMorgan 2,303.98 3 7.00%
5 MUFG 2,123.57 3 6.45%