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European high yield issuers rarely use private placements, unlike their US cousins. But 1st Credit, a buyer of UK defaulted consumer debt, did just that for its debut bond — a £100m secured seven year non-call three.
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The Carlyle Group has priced and increased the size of its Barclays-arranged Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2013-1 collateralised loan obligation from €300m to €350m, which market professionals in London said demonstrated the sustained demand for new-issue CLOs in Europe this year.
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Bakkavor, a producer of fresh and prepared foods, was hit by a rapidly deteriorating high yield market on Thursday, forcing it to price its £150m bond at the wide end of widened guidance.
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Barry Callebaut, the Swiss-based chocolate company, is planning to raise $600m of 10 year bonds, having recently been downgraded to speculative grade. It wants to part-finance its acquisition of Petra Foods’ cocoa ingredients business.
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Swedish installation services company Bravida has sold its €375m debut high yield bond to strip its debt of maintenance covenants. The financing in euros and Swedish krona was entirely sold in floating rate notes, which are being dubbed "cov-lite loans" by many leveraged finance participants.
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Adaro Energy signed its $380m seven year club loan on May 29 with 12 banks, choosing to stick to the original deal size despite being oversubscribed by 7.5 times.