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Lenders to Thyssenkrupp have agreed to waive the September covenant test on its €2.5bn revolving credit line after the German steel firm revealed that it ran the risk of breaching its debt to equity requirements.
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US computer maker Dell has increased the loan portion of its buyout financing, with the euro term loan ‘E’ expected to grow to at least €650m ahead of its Tuesday allocation. The facility will become one of the largest covenant-lite loans ever to be issued in euros. -
The UK’s Tunstall Healthcare is refinancing all its outstanding loans and mezzanine facilities with new drawn and undrawn loans totalling £350m. The debt will be marketed at a bank meeting on Thursday.
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Oberthur has launched €440m-equivalent of transatlantic, covenant-lite loans, to refinance drawn credit facilities issued by the French smart card developer for its buy-out in 2011.
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With investors demanding more paper and net inflows building strongly, high yield bankers expect a bumper couple of months for the market, with deals from a wide range of sectors and jurisdictions using a host of different structures likely to be snapped up. European high yield’s 2013 year to date issuance of €68bn equivalent has eclipsed 2012’s full year record of €58.6bn and more deals are on their way.
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It is rare that a successful deal can be seen as a symptom of a dire problem in the loan market. But that’s just what Russia’s Norilsk Nickel’s $2.35bn syndicated loan was — a great deal that should send a shiver down the spines of emerging markets syndicated loans bankers.
