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Rating: B2/BB (Moody's/Fitch) Amount: Eu285m (increased from Eu270m)

Arrangers HSBC and Commerzbank have closed syndication of the $100m three year facility for United Bank of Kuwait (UBK). Banks will be signed up next week. The deal has been oversubscribed but an increase will not be accepted by the borrower.

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Eu500m Landesschatzanweisung series 66

Rating: AAA/AAA Amount: Eu1.75bn Jumbo Öffentlicher Pfandbrief series 453

Rating: Aaa/AAA/AAA Amount: Sfr300m

Rating: Aaa/AAA (Moody's/Fitch) Amount: Eu750m

Rating: Aa1/AA/AAA Amount: Z50m (fungible with Z100m issue launched 04/01/02)

Rating: AA+/AAA Amount: Eu200m Landesschatzanweisung series 405

Rating: AAA (Fitch) Amount: Eu200m Öffentlicher Pfandbrief

Rating: AAA/AAA Amount: Eu440m

The Eu40m one year facility for Parex Bank was signed in Riga on June 14. An oversubscription was raised and the facility was increased to Eu55m.

The continuing slide in equity markets affected both the primary and secondary bond markets this week. Secondary spreads widened, particularly in the telecoms sector, and primary corporate deals were difficult to execute. Several issuers put their deals on ice, including Deutsche Post, which has delayed its benchmark bond awaiting an European Commission ruling on the repayment of Eu572m in state aid. The issue was to be led by Deutsche Bank, CSFB and Morgan Stanley. TXU Eastern Funding has also postponed its benchmark euro and sterling bond until the third quarter of 2002. The euro tranche was to be led by BofA, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, the sterling tranche by Barclays and Deutsche.