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  • KKR and Hellman & Friedman are considering bidding for Experian, the information services business that is expected to be demerged from UK conglomerate GUS later this year. Experian has an estimated value of $10.5bn. GUS which owns catalogue shop Argos, recently floated its Burberry fashion retailer.
  • ING has won the mandate to arrange the debt backing Warburg Pincus's buy-out of specialist telecommunications provider Fibrenet.
  • Buy-out house Permira has said it may lift its bid for HMV in spite of having its approach rejected this week by the music and book retailer. Its initial proposal was worth £762m.
  • International airline catering company Gate Gourmet has launched the refinancing of its senior debt as part of its restructuring. Bookrunner Goldman Sachs arranged a bank meeting on Wednesday in London and one today in New York the following day. Private equity sponsor Texas Pacific Group is injecting Sfr30m of equity into the deal.
  • EuroWeek hears that Bank of Scotland has been mandated to arrange the debt backing Carlyle's acquisition of IMO Car Wash. The target is the largest car wash company in the world and was bought by JP Morgan Partners in 2004 from Bridgepoint.
  • Candover and CVC Capital Partners are bidding together for Northcliffe Newspapers, the Daily Mail and General Trust's regional titles. Gannett, the US owner of Newsquest, and Providence Equity Partners are also said to be close to the bid. Trinity Mirror has dropped out of the auction.
  • Syndication of the deal for retail group Peacock Group is closing next week through sole bookrunner Goldman Sachs. The debt is split into a £70m seven year term loan 'A' that pays 225bp, a £52.5m eight year term loan 'B' that yields 275bp, a nine year £52.5m nine year term loan 'C' that has a 325bp and a £110m seven year revolver that pays a 225bp margin.
  • The sale of Sara Lee's European meats business has been delayed and is unlikely to be completed within this first quarter. The unit's operating income fell to $21m in the quarter, from $31m a year previously. Its chief executive said the company could still sell the unit but was "evaluating options to maximise shareholder value".
  • RZB has closed syndication of Vabank's $10m debut loan, which is oversubscribed and will be increased. During the retail phase three tickets were on offer: $3m for a fee of 70bp; $2m for 60bp; and $1m for 50bp.
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  • Verizon Communications strutted boldly into the US corporate bond market and snapped up $4bn in a matter of hours yesterday (Thursday), ignoring the US Treasury's $14bn 30 year Treasury bond auction on the same day.
  • AXA Investment Managers Paris and Calyon have priced a class of notes under their credit CPPI, Ocean notes 2006-1. Eu100m were issued over the last couple of weeks, with more expected in February and March.