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A long-running attempt by Chinese oil company Hilong Holding to complete an exchange offer on a dollar bond has failed, after it confirmed a default this week. The situation has caused analysts to speculate on how it could have executed its deal better. Alice Huang reports. -
AMS had to discount its bond by an extra point and pay a higher coupon in the face of lower demand as it looked to fund the takeover of light maker Osram, after news broke last Thursday of a potential investigation into the company’s executives. That forced bookrunners to reopen the deal and take another swing at the market this week.
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Banks have launched the buyout funding for Lone Star’s purchase of BASF Construction Chemicals into market, as the storming execution of ThyssenKrupp Elevator shows the discount banks must take to exit pre-Covid positions is rapidly shrinking.
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UK discount chain B&M Value Retail has launched a £350m senior secured bond and a £300m term loan to refinance its whole capital structure — with help from the Arora brothers, the largest shareholders in the company, who will subscribe for £100m of the bond through their vehicle SSA Investments.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the Italian-American crossover-rated car company, launched €3.5bn of bonds into the market on Tuesday, days after its Italian arm had agreed €6.3bn of bailout funds guaranteed by Italy.
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BP’s announcement that it was selling $5bn of assets to Ineos — a sale the already leveraged group will fund largely through new debt — put selling pressure on existing Ineos debt on Monday; particularly that issued by its Styrolution unit, which will be the acquirer in the BP deal.
