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Bureau van Dijk, the Dutch electronic publishing house, has received oversubscription for its new €140m term loan ‘C’. Arrangers are trying to get all commitments in before the Easter holidays and are planning to allocate next week.
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The new pet of the leveraged loan market, Pets at Home, has completed a new loan to pay a dividend to shareholder KKR — while also cutting the pricing on another existing facility.
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Banks have leapt at the chance to lend in the CEEMEA region this quarter, leading to a clutch of oversubscribed deals. But rather than borrowers dazzling lenders with their economics, banks are rushing to deals to find somewhere — anywhere — to put excess liquidity, according to the latest EuroWeek Loans poll.
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UPC Broadband has raised a new €1.4bn term loan ‘AG’, shattering its target of a minimum €400m size. New and existing investors participated in the deal for the cable operator, leading to a blow-out syndication process.
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German banks are making life sweet for German speculative-grade companies. The competitive domestic lending market allows many issuers to achieve attractive pricing without needing the institutional loan or high yield bond markets. But even for larger, more international deals, pricing for German issuers is very fine, supported by a strong domestic bid, writes Stefanie Linhardt.
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Telecoms firm Polkomtel has stunned emerging market bankers by issuing a second request for proposals (RFP) that asks for an all-in pricing of below 300bp on part of its $2.45bn-equivalent refinancing facility.