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  • Rating: Aa2/AA-/AA- Amount: Eu600m
  • ABN Amro has started the year on a high note - the Dutch bank has clinched the mandate to arrange a £1bn three year loan for Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc. The facility will support the company's all-paper acquisition of UK supermarket Safeway plc announced yesterday (Thursday). As the takeover will be facilitated by a share swap the loan is not an acquisition facility and will more than likely feature general corporate purposes pricing.
  • Activity in the bank capital market has continued where it left off at the end of 2002 with a busy start to the year. BNP Paribas closed a self-led tier one Eu700m perpetual note that was oversubscribed by almost 100%. And OKO Bank, the Finnish financial institution that has not been in the market since September 2000, priced a Eu400m three year note that was oversubscribed within the first few hours of launch.
  • EuroWeek hears that private equity house Cinven which is in pole position for the buy-out of Fitness First is in discussions with leading leveraged finance banks about the deal's financing. The LBO will be a £370m public-to-private transaction.
  • The auto sector led the revival of the corporate bond market this week. Although Volkswagen (VW) was the first corporate to announce deal plans, it was Ford Motor Credit Corp (FMCC) that managed to execute its issue first. The sector is leading an encouraging charge by corporate issuers, with deals from Volvo, GMAC, Peugeot and Renault in the pipeline. However, the race to be the first to tap into the pool of cash rich, bullish investors has been intense.
  • The auto sector led the revival of the corporate bond market this week. Although Volkswagen (VW) was the first corporate to announce deal plans, it was Ford Motor Credit Corp (FMCC) that managed to execute its issue first. The sector is leading an encouraging charge by corporate issuers, with deals from Volvo, GMAC, Peugeot and Renault in the pipeline. However, the race to be the first to tap into the pool of cash rich, bullish investors has been intense.
  • Rating: A3/BBB/BBB+ Amount: Eu1.5bn
  • Guarantors: Fortis SA/NV and Fortis NV Rating: Aa3/A+/A+
  • According to some bankers in the mandated lead arranger group of the Eu15bn dual tranche revolver signed in February 2002 for France Télécom, the French telecommunications company has requested one-on-one meetings with the mandated lead arrangers. It is unclear whether the heavily indebted telco will refinance a Eu5bn one year tranche, which forms part of the Eu15bn financing and falls due on February 14, or whether it will exercise a one year term-out option.
  • The new year opened with its traditional burst of supranational and agency dollar issuance, but unlike in 2002 when the market became logjammed in a matter of days, this year over $17bn has been successfully bought by investors keen to participate in high grade product.
  • The new year opened with its traditional burst of supranational and agency dollar issuance, but unlike in 2002 when the market became logjammed in a matter of days, this year over $17bn has been successfully bought by investors keen to participate in high grade product.
  • France Télécom is to announce plans for a new Eu3bn deal imminently, after a week of feverish market speculation. EuroWeek believes five banks have been awarded a mandate for a dual tranche euro transaction. A five year and a 10 year tranche are expected.