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David Lloyd Leisure, the TDR Capital-owned UK gym and spa firm, and Cooper, the French pharmaceuticals distributor, widened loan pricing this week as the leveraged market became increasingly selective.

David Lloyd Leisure, the TDR Capital owned UK gym and spa firm, is widening pricing on its £380m debt offering after prospective lenders missed the Tuesday commitments deadline.

Lloyds Bank's shares rose 1.5% on Thursday after the Court of Appeal ruled a series of high coupon enhanced capital notes sold to retail investors in 2009 had become useless for future UK stress tests and could be called at par.

Cooper, the French pharmaceuticals distributor, has priced the term loan ‘B’ for its acquisition by Charterhouse at 475bp over Euribor, with an original issue discount of 99.5, the wide end of initial talk that began at 450bp.

Lloyds Banking Group printed a 30 year tier two deal as a flurry of FIG borrowers dominated the dollar market ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Lloyds is set to exchange two old tier two instruments for new longer dated debt as it shifts towards holding company issuance in the wake of regulators' new emphasis on loss absorbing capital.

Lloyds is set to exchange two old tier two instruments for new longer dated debt as it shifts towards holding company issuance in the wake of regulators' new emphasis on loss absorbing capital.

A question mark hung over BMW’s quarterly round of private placements this week. Like some of its rivals' emissions test results, deals over the last few days showed rather higher numbers than earlier in the year.

British American Tobacco has offered the sterling market its second long dated bond in as many days, a £350m 40 year tranche as part of a €1.1bn offering.

British American Tobacco has offered the sterling market its second long dated bond in as many days, a £350m 40 year tranche as part of a €1.1bn offering.

Aldi, the German discount supermarket chain, has signed a private club loan for around €600m with six banks. The deal is the company's first syndicated loan, according to bankers.

Hiscox secured strong demand for its £250m 30 year non-call 10 tier two notes on Tuesday as sterling investors showed no signs of fatigue despite a recent spate of subordinated issuance from British insurers.