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ABN Amro and BNP Paribas are finalising ticket levels in preparation for launch of the one step general syndication of Atos Origin's Eu950m acquisition facility. The deal, due to be launched today (Friday) will move to market early next week.

Rating: Aaa/AAA Amount: $2bn-$3bn

A wave of corporate issuance hit the US bond market this week. Almost $20bn was printed as borrowers took advantage of the winning combination of 40 year lows on Treasury yields and pent-up investor demand. Observers said it was the third busiest week of the year in terms of volume.

A wave of corporate issuance hit the US bond market this week. Almost $20bn was printed as borrowers took advantage of the winning combination of 40 year lows on Treasury yields and pent-up investor demand. Observers said it was the third busiest week of the year in terms of volume.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Tranche 1: $2.75bn

A bank meeting for institutions invited to commit to the retail phase of the Eu695m debt facilities backing the Doughty Hanson led buy-out of Auto Teile Unger (ATU) will be held on Tuesday in Frankfurt. A site visit is scheduled for the next day. Invitations offering three levels of participation went out late last week. A take of Eu25m pays 85bp, Eu15m offers 70bp and Eu10m offers 60bp.

Guarantor: GlaxoSmithKline plc Rating: Aa2/AA

Rating: Aa1/AA/AA Amount: Eu500m

Haniel, German drugs wholesaler, has put its name to a Eu2bn EuroMTN programme and a Eu500m EuroCP facility. Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs are arrangers of both shelves. The MTN facility replaces Haniel's DM200m multi-currency EuroMTN programme that was signed in 1990 and the CP programme replaces the issuer's DM250m CP facility, which was signed in 1991. The old MTN facility has one trade outstanding - a Eu50m note. Once this matures in 2012, the programme closes.

Guarantor: Bank of Scotland Rating: Aa2/AA/AA

Guarantor: Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA

After having received requests from the treasury of Cadbury Schweppes for proposals for a loan for around £5bn to fund the company's proposed acquisition of Hershey Food Corporation, bankers were this week disappointed by news that the Hershey Trust Company's board of directors instructed the company to end negotiations with Cadbury. Although it appeared that hopes of a new jumbo loan mandate were dashed, some bankers in London say that Cadbury remains on the acquisition trail and is still in discussions with its closest banks about funding other take-overs through the syndicated loan market.