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  • South Africa's $480m sale of Telkom is a landmark transaction, which bankers hope will help the continued acceptance of the country in the international financial markets. The completion of the offering is proof that the government is serious about privatisation and has improved international investors' perception of the country.
  • Publishing company Reed International has requested bids for the refinancing of a $2.5bn three year tranche of an $8.5bn acquisition facility signed in 2000. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley arranged the facilities. Banks which are bidding for the refinancing mandate are those which supported the 2000 deal as arrangers, say bankers. These include ABN Amro, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Citigroup/SSSB and JP Morgan.
  • Rating: Ba3/BB- Amount: $250m global bond (fungible with $500m issue launched 30/01/03)
  • Early feedback from the market in syndication of the £1.25bn loan being arranged by HSBC and JP Morgan for Reuters is positive. Although the company is on review for downgrade by Moody's, bankers say that Reuters is one of the more highly rated media companies in Europe. It is rated A2/A+.
  • Rating: Aa2/A/AA- Amount: £500m lower tier two capital
  • EuroWeek has heard the mandate to arrange the $130m three year unsecured facility for Transneft was awarded to Citigroup/SSSB and RZB on Tuesday. The deal will carry a margin in the high 200s, say bankers. One said that this deal will be groundbreaking - it is the first unsecured deal since the 1998 financial crisis. It will also be the first deal to push for a margin below 300bp over Libor.
  • Barclays and Lloyds TSB hope to sign banks into the £112m dual tranche project financing for Severn River Crossing by Monday. Banks to be signed in are Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, CDC, BayernLB, Depfa, Fortis Bank and CIC. The deal matures on March 31 2011 and offers a margin of 75bp over Libor.
  • Development Bank of Singapore and ABN Amro have completed the S$150m three year term loan for Singapore Post. Despite the deal being oversubscribed, the borrower did not increase the deal. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Crédit Agricole Indosuez, Maybank and United Overseas Bank are lead managers
  • Mandated arrangers Africa Merchant Bank, BNP Paribas, Natexis Banques Populaires and SG at last launched the $1.15bn 5-1/2 year pre-export financing for Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis (Sonangol) into senior syndication on Wednesday. The deal is the largest the borrower has attempted and carries the longest tenor it has ever requested.
  • The management of Six Continents urged its shareholders to reject a £5.6bn hostile offer from Hugh Osmond's Capital Management and Investment (CIM). In response Osmond yesterday (Thursday) sent a strongly worded letter to Six Continents shareholders headed, "Six Continents plc is railroading its shareholders, keep your options open: vote against the demerger".
  • The South African government completed the largest IPO of the year on Tuesday when it sold 25% of telecoms operator Telkom.