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UK discount chain B&M Value Retail has launched a £350m senior secured bond and a £300m term loan to refinance its whole capital structure — with help from the Arora brothers, the largest shareholders in the company, who will subscribe for £100m of the bond through their vehicle SSA Investments. -
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the Italian-American crossover-rated car company, launched €3.5bn of bonds into the market on Tuesday, days after its Italian arm had agreed €6.3bn of bailout funds guaranteed by Italy.
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BP’s announcement that it was selling $5bn of assets to Ineos — a sale the already leveraged group will fund largely through new debt — put selling pressure on existing Ineos debt on Monday; particularly that issued by its Styrolution unit, which will be the acquirer in the BP deal.
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Chinese property companies Times China Holdings and Golden Wheel Tiandi Holdings Co took a combined $470m from the bond market on Monday.
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Zhejiang Changxing Financial Holdings Group Co opted for a club-style execution for its $160m maiden international bond on Monday.
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator (TKE) is a deal of superlatives: the largest European high yield debut, the largest European LBO in over a decade, the last LBO before coronavirus, the most levered debut industrial, and the worst-ever covenant package — or at least, it was at first. Three days after launching the bond leg of the deal, the sponsors and leads capitulated, erasing almost every controversial term in the docs — perhaps the largest ever retreat and the biggest investor victory in the long-running war over bond covenants. But it’s too soon for investors to celebrate, as the episode only highlights how damaging this conflict has become.
