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The UK’s children car seat manufacturer Britax Childcare has launched a $424m equivalent loan package to refinance existing debt taken out at the time of its leveraged buy-out by private equity firm Nordic Capital.
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Dell, the US computer maker, allocated the €700m tranche of its LBO financing early on Wednesday, after European investors overwhelming supported one of the largest covenant-lite deals ever to be issued in the currency. Most of the commitments to the loan came from lenders in Europe, investors and bankers involved in the deal told EuroWeek on Wednesday.
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Investor commitments to Skrill’s €305m loan package are due in on Wednesday afternoon, with allocations expected next week. The terms and size of the UK online payment company’s debt remain unchanged from when it was first marketed at a bank meeting on 12 September.
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Spanish construction and industrial conglomerate Abengoa priced the tap of its 8.875% 2018 notes at the tight end of guidance on Tuesday. -
Emma Delta, an investment fund controlled by a Czech businessman and a Greek, wants to issue €400m of first and second lien unrated high yield bonds to part-finance its takeover of a 33% stake in OPAP, the Greek lottery and football betting company.
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The leveraged loan market flexed its muscles this week as investors scrambled for US computer maker Dell’s covenant-lite loans. Not only did levloan investors out-compete bond investors, so that a bond tranche was replaced with a loan, but the demand showed just how eager European investors can be for cov-lite paper, although some of the interest will have come from the US.
