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Germany’s proALPHA has issued €66m of loans to finance its acquisition by private equity firm Bregal Capital. The software provider was previously owned by its two founders Leo and Werner Ernst and by Beaufort Capital.
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After an August bereft of deals, the European high yield market is gearing up for a return of transactions in September. While issuance is not expected to top last year's €9.1bn equivalent September record, some €5bn of deals could be in the making.
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The UK’s packaging manufacturer Chesapeake expects to launch the syndication of £290m-equivalent of loans on Thursday morning. The debt will support its leveraged buy-out by private equity firm Carlyle. -
BSN Medical, the German bandage maker, allocated the refinancing of its euro and dollar term loan 'Bs' late last week. The issuer achieved margins 75bp-100bp tighter than original guidance after attracting investor interest despite a quiet August in the leveraged loan market.
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The high yield market felt the August influence last week as trading was thin, no new primary deal plans dripped through and fund flows reduced to a minimum.
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Finnair, the partially state-owned Finnish airline, sold the first euro-denominated corporate bond of August on Thursday. The unrated company priced a €150m five year bond at the tight end of guidance — a result that could tempt some other Finnish corporates to the market.
