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British Telecommunications has declined to confirm press reports that it is planning a £2bn rights issue as part of its financing for the £12.5bn takeover of EE, the UK mobile phone group. However, the market barely flinched at the news, suggesting a deal, if it comes, will not be a challenge.

UK based bio-pharmaceutical company Shire signed a $2.1bn loan last week. The five year loan has two one-year extension options and comprises multi-currency revolving and swingline facilities.

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Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties pulled off one last hurrah for Hong Kong’s IPO market this week, raising HK$28.8bn ($3.7bn) in the city’s largest listing for more than three years. The property developer, owned by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, priced its shares on December 16 at HK$48.00, near the top end of guidance, despite niggling fears about China’s cooling property sector, writes John Loh.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties pulled off one last hurrah for Hong Kong’s IPO’s market this week, raising HK$28.8bn ($3.7bn) in the city’s largest listing in nmore than three years before the market shuts down for Christmas.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties is expected to price its IPO near the top of guidance to raise HK$28.8bn ($3.7bn) for Hong Kong’s largest listing this year.

Siemens Audiology Solutions, the hearing aid business of Siemens, closed the final part of its acquisition debt package with great success late last Friday (December 12), allocating the €785m leveraged loan on the same day as the deadline for commitments.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles raised $3.46bn on Wednesday, when it priced its $2.5bn mandatory convertible bond and $957m share offering, designed to strengthen its balance sheet and gain a new investor base in the US.

US consumer products conglomerate Spectrum Brands has tightened pricing on the €150m loan slice of a debt bundle that it will use for a planned acquisition and general corporate purposes.

Hearing aid maker Siemens Audiology Solutions this week priced a €275m high yield bond, as part of the financing package for its buyout from Siemens by EQT Partners.

The Hong Kong IPO market was off to a busy week, with Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties and Linekong Interactive rushing to complete chunky deals before the markets break for Christmas. But the flood of activity also left one victim in its wake, as M800 chose to delay bookbuilding until January rather than compete with its rivals for investor attention.

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