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Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) was expected to sign a $750m five year facility this week, but delays in documentation mean it is likely to close the deal next week, said a banker involved in the deal.
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Abu Dhabi investment company Mubadala signed a $2bn three year loan this week, with a tight margin that loans bankers found hard to justify.
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Qatar Telecom (QTel) has signed a new four year $1bn revolver credit line, after completing the self-arranged syndication.
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The $1.525bn leveraged buyout loan for Focus Media has been signed and allocated, after the bookrunners of the deal received enough commitments in senior syndication to close the loan and avoid going into general altogether.
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Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group is eyeing at least nine banks to arrange its jumbo $8bn loan, and appears to be putting its trust in old relationships by only going into discussions with the banks that worked on its previous loan.
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The syndication of Chailease Finance’s $120m three year loan has come to a close, after the 20 extra days that the leads gave potential lenders finally ended. The decision to extend syndication clearly paid off: the loan is now oversubscribed, allowing the company to increase the deal from a mooted $100m.