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Sole bookrunner Morgan Stanley gets deal multiple times covered
Trade was oversubscribed in under 20 minutes
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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. -
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.
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French frozen food maker Picard pulled its planned €1.7bn sustainability-linked dividend deal on Friday, citing ‘unsatisfactory market conditions’, and its flexible redemption schedule, with no maturities until 2023. Conditions were so unsatisfactory that last week was one of the busiest of the year in high yield primary, while Monday has opened with another six deals announced — suggesting that for most issuers and arrangers, conditions continue to be very satisfactory indeed.
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German TV shopping network HSE is preparing a new high yield bond to refinance its existing unitranche debt and pay owner Providence Private Equity a dividend.
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Cimpress has launched a cross-border term loan ‘B’, aiming to raise more first lien debt at tight levels to allow it to clean up its costly 12% second lien facility raised from Apollo last April.
