Loans and High Yield
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Indonesian company Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) is readying a seven non call four dollar note, announcing the deal on the back of strong growth in 2016. -
Gates Global, the power transmission belts maker, held a lender call on Friday afternoon London time for a $300m-equivalent euro term loan ‘B’ add-on, having tapped its 2022 bonds on Thursday.
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First Quantum Minerals raised $2.2bn for refinancing purposes on Thursday, in what was said to be the biggest corporate high yield bond issue from the CEEMEA region ever - though it was the same size as a VimpelCom deal in 2011.
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Stada, the German pharmaceuticals firm, has invited private equity bidders to raise their offers for a potential buyout, after a board meeting this week. If the LBO occurs, it would be the largest in Europe since 2015.
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Taiwanese semiconductor company GlobalWafers Co has wrapped up a $350m dual tranche acquisition financing with a group of local lenders. The same banks have also provided $200m to refinance the debt of the target company SunEdison.
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Fosun International benefitted from a stable post-Fed market in Asia on Thursday, enjoying investors’ full attention to price a larger-than-expected $800m deal. The bond is now the largest print from a Chinese high yield industrial company since May 2013, according to Dealogic.
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China Evergrande Group opened a dual-tranche transaction on Friday, becoming the second dollar issuer from Asia ex-Japan to come to the market after the US interest rate rise this week.
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Each of the 10 companies that have launched offerings in the European high yield bond market since Monday had different reasons to schedule their deals this week, but were rewarded with the most issuer-friendly pricing yet. It cannot get better, bankers and investors warn borrowers.
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Netherlands-based telecoms firm Altice, one of the European leveraged finance market’s leading issuers, held a lender call at 3pm London time on Thursday for €1.6bn of loan refinancings in euros, and more in dollars.
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French recycling firm Paprec and US Reit Medical Properties followed the path trodden by other eight issuers this week, entering the high yield market on Tuesday and pricing their deals after short roadshows.
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While low oil prices have caused financial problems for many borrowers in the Nordic high yield market, the opposite has been true for the unrated Finnish airline Finnair, which will open a roadshow for a sub-benchmark sized offering on Friday.
