Loans and High Yield
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China Evergrande Group dashed into the market last Friday, securing a $1.5bn deal across two tranches before investors shut down for the weekend. -
Philippines’ Petron Corp is tapping the syndications market for $600m to partly refinance a term loan due next year, as well as some peso-denominated notes.
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Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) is selling a combination of floating and fixed rate bonds, with price thoughts for a five and a 10 year released at the same level. On the high yield side, China’s Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co is marketing its debut three year notes.
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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.
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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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