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French telecoms firm Alcatel-Lucent has signed credit facilities totalling around $2.13bn. Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs underwrote the deal. The facility is split into a $500m 3.5 year asset sale facility priced at 600bp over Libor and $1.275bn and €250m six year term loans priced at 700bp over Libor.
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The majority of loans bankers are predicting no sudden recovery in EMEA syndicated loan volumes this year, after enduring a 33% annual drop in deals signed in the region in 2012. And the same old worries remain: lenders reckon that regulation will be the biggest influence on the business this year, with most fearing a sizeable effect, writes Nina Flitman.
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RUSSIA ITC makes tracks for Freight One purchase
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Drax has completed £500m of loans that will finance the conversion of the UK’s largest coal-fired power station to one that burns biomass.
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Fitch has warned once again that 2013 and 2014 will bring with them the European leveraged loan refinancing wall.
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Fresenius has completed syndication of its forward start facility, which includes a $1bn term loan ‘A’, and has increased the size of the deal after high demand, paving the way for the refinancing of its loan due in September 2013. Bankers have expanded the tranches by $600m and €160m, respectively, taking the term loan ‘A’ to $1bn from $500m, and also adding to other tranches.