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The relaunched IPO was cancelled after leads attempted to reduce the transaction to around €300m
Relief that the first European IPO after summer has grown in the aftermarket, though not without large concessions
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Swedish property website Hemnet has succeeded in a difficult IPO market, its shares rising 50% on its first day of trading in Stockholm. -
Birkenstock’s acquisition financing package saw changes to the documentation during syndication, announced on Monday. While the deal comes with an aggressive covenant package, the amendments do little to smooth the edges, instead raising the possibility that a rapid flotation of the business could see bondholders repaid inside the non-call period.
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A wave of Russian equity capital markets activity has broken this week, taking advantage of a rise in optimism that geopolitical tensions between Russia and the US are decreasing.
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Center Parcs, the UK resort group owned by Brookfield, has sold a £255m high yield bond, in order to raise cash to redeem its remaining class ‘B’ notes due in 2022. The final coupon stood 2% inside where its September 2020 refinancing outing landed, reflecting investor confidence in the business’ position coming out of the pandemic. But the company accepts it is still facing challenges.
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German open-source software company Suse has announced its intention to float on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, joining the lengthy queue of European companies seeking to go public.
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Another heavy primary week in European leveraged finance swung into action on Monday, with the bond leg of the buy-out financing for Bain and Cinven’s Sfr4.2bn purchase of Lonza Specialty Ingredients among the highlights.
