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EuroWeek hears that Oman International Bank will shortly mandate four banks — including Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Barclays and Mizuho — to arrange a $150m five year loan.

Peru will today (Friday) wrap up an unprecedented $1.425bn equivalent of financing in both the domestic and international bond markets in just eight days with what is expected to be a blowout NS700m ($215m) 15 year bond.

Peru will today (Friday) wrap up an unprecedented $1.425bn equivalent of financing in both the domestic and international bond markets in just eight days with what is expected to be a blowout NS700m ($215m) 15 year bond.

PGNiG, or Polish Oil and Gas Co, has chosen a club of six lenders to finance its Eu900m loan, which comprises a Eu600m five year term loan and a Eu300m three year revolver.

Rating: A2/A (Moody's/Fitch)

HVB Group (bookrunner), ING, Natexis Banque Populaires (bookrunner), RZB (bookrunner) and WestLB (bookrunner) have launched a Eu100m syndicated loan for Banco Finantia.

Rating: B2/B+ (Moody's/Fitch)

An $869.5m 17 year loan for OSG Nakilat Corp has closed oversubscribed and lenders' commitments will be scaled back.

The NT$35bn loan for AU Optronics should be closing today (Friday). Mandated lead arrangers Bank of Taiwan, Cathay United Bank, Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Chiao Tung Bank, China Development Industrial Bank, Chinatrust Commercial Bank, First Commercial Bank, Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Industrial Bank of Taiwan, Land Bank of Taiwan, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, Taiwan Business Bank and Taiwan Cooperative Bank have received commitments from 29 banks and a few more are expected to join shortly.

T&F Informa's £1.25bn syndicated loan has been launched into the market via sole mandated lead arranger ABN Amro.

French steel company Usinor, which is owned by Arcelor, has bought back around 79.5% or $238.6m of its $300m 7.25% August 2006s.

A £1.5bn seven year facility for food retailer Tesco will be signed next week through mandated lead arrangers BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.