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  • Swiss speciality chemicals firm Sika turned to the equity-linked market this week to raise Sfr1.65bn. The trade was just what investors in the asset class have been crying out for in Europe, but it also served as a nifty corporate financing solution — funding the settlement of a four year long hostile takeover battle with French rival Saint-Gobain.
  • Hong Kong-listed Angang Steel has sealed its debut in the international equity-linked market with a HK$1.85bn ($236m) five year put three trade.
  • Vodafone has lived up to its reputation for daring in corporate finance by launching an €18.4bn takeover of Liberty Global’s German business Unitymedia that includes a second outing for the unique and controversial equity-neutral mandatorily convertible bond it first used in 2016, writes Jon Hay.
  • Vodafone, the UK-based telecoms group, is planning a raft of capital market activity to finance its €18.4bn acquisition of Liberty Global’s cable assets in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, including a second try of the ground-breaking mandatorily convertible bonds it issued in 2016.
  • Dyutish Chaudhuri has resigned from Credit Suisse’s equity capital markets syndicate team in Hong Kong, sources close to the matter said.
  • Zhongsheng Group Holdings has raised HK$3.9bn ($500m) from a 2023 convertible bond. It plans to use the proceeds to buy back its debut CB, executing a deal with a rare structure, according to a source close to the transaction.