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CEF Capital, China Construction Bank, Citic Ka Wah Bank, HSBC and Hang Seng have launched a $150m dual tranche fundraising for China Travel Service through special purpose vehicle Dixie Overseas. The deal is split between a $45m three year portion priced at 115bp over Libor and a $105m five year tranche which pays 135bp over Libor.

A shortlist of three to five bidding groups has been compiled as banks battle it out to arrange the Eu130m seven year facility for the Municipality of Budapest. The mandate is due to be awarded next week and the deal will be launched in September. EuroWeek understands that 20 banks were initially invited to bid including Citigroup/ SSSB, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, ING, RZB and WestLB. The margin for the deal is expected to be up to 25bp over Libor. Mandated arrangers ABN Amro, Commerzbank and IntesaBci have extended the date for final commitments to join general syndication of the Eu300m five year loan for the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). The deal has received an oversubscription and an increase of up to Eu400m will be accepted.

Rating: A1/A/A+ Amount: A$50m

The $100m five year loan-style FRN for Housing Development Finance Corp has been closed by arranger Barclays Capital, which arranger contributed $22m. Lead arrangers are State Bank of India lending $25m and Bank of Baroda and Emirates Bank pledging $21.5m apiece.

Rating: Aaa/AAA Amount: Eu75m Öffentlicher Pfandbrief series K5006

Sole mandated arranger Standard Chartered has closed syndication of the $60m facility for Iran Petrochemical Commercial Corporation. A signing date has not been set yet. The deal has been oversubscribed and is expected to be increased to $100m. Banks were invited to join for takes of $10m each during the single-stage selldown. The facility pays a margin of 75bp over Libor.

EuroWeek understands that yesterday (Thursday) JP Morgan and ING were awarded the mandate to provide the financing to back the buy-out of Cesky Telecom, the Czech telecoms operator, by a consortium comprising Deutsche Bank Capital and Danish telco TeleDanmark (TDC). After five months of discussions, the Czech government this week accepted a Eu1.8bn bid - which is well below the government's original target of Eu2.5bn - that will give the consortium a 51% stake of the telecoms operator.

BNP Paribas has underwritten the debt facilities backing the Eu120m Bridgepoint-led buy-out of Caffaro Flexible Packaging from industrial group SNIA. The new company will be called CFP Flexible Packaging. The Eu74.5m of senior debt is split into a Eu25m six year amortising term loan 'A' which carries a margin of 210bp over Euribor and a Eu17m 7-1/2 year bullet term loan 'B' which pays a margin of 260bp. There is also a Eu10m six year revolver with bullet repayment offering a margin of 210bp and a Eu22m six year amortising capex facility paying 210bp.

Some 83.19% of Jefferson Smurfit Group's shareholders this week voted in favour of Madison Dearborn Partners' Eu3.7bn offer for the company. Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch, which are arranging the Eu3.8bn debt facilities backing the buy-out, hope that the positive news will boost the sluggish momentum of the debt's sub-underwriting phase.