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National Bank of Egypt's $350m three year facility is being well received in the market. A number of commitments have already been received ahead of close, which is scheduled next week. ABC, Citigroup/SSB, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Standard Chartered are the arrangers. The loan carries a margin of 75bp over Libor. The mandate to arrange the $50m one year facility for African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been awarded to WestLB, KBC, Natexis Banques Populaires, RZB, Standard Chartered and WGZ. The credit is due to be launched into the market next week.

EuroWeek has learnt that E.On, the German multi-utility, has chosen ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Goldman Sachs as the bookrunners for its upcoming debut, a multi-currency issue set to be around Eu5bn.

EuroWeek has learnt that E.On, the German multi-utility, has chosen ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Goldman Sachs as the bookrunners for its upcoming debut, a multi-currency issue set to be around Eu5bn.

Rating: Aa3/AA- (Moody's/Fitch) Amount: $500m

EuroWeek understands that Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol) is in the market looking for a new credit of up to $500m. Standard Chartered is believed to be arranging the deal. Sonangol last tapped the market in January 2002 with a $500m four year bullet facility.

Aegis, the UK media and marketing research company, brought some relief to the European equity-linked market as it completed its sensibly priced Eu165m issue this week. SG, which was sole bookrunner for the offering, went out with an initial deal size on Tuesday morning of Eu150m. The four year bond, which has a fixed coupon of 2%, attracted strong demand from equity-linked investors, enabling SG to close the books within three hours, with the deal covered 16 times. The strong interest in the issue enabled Aegis to exercise the Eu15m greenshoe yesterday (Thursday).

Arrangers Deutsche Bank and National Australia Bank have completed a $555m revolving credit facility for Amcor, a packaging company that specialises in a broad range of plastic, fibre and metal products. The facility is divided between a $425m five year facility paying a margin of 73.5bp and a $130m, one year portion paying a margin of 60bp. The arrangers pledged $50m apiece.

Did the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride through the Euromarkets last week? The City of London refuse collectors reported that they found nothing that you might wish to spread over your rose bushes, but they did discover several previously unidentified rivers of blood. You certainly needed your green wellies down in the badlands of Canary Wharf, where footpads lurk on every corner and street-sellers offer a dazzling variety of freshly stolen mobile phones. Outside the headquarters of Credit Suisse First Boston, there was not only blood in the street, but dozens of unlucky bodies floating down the Thames. Professional corpse-spotters claimed that the bodies did not originate exclusively from CSFB, but had been joined by other sadly departed souls from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

Amount: Eu189.5m Legal maturity: March 21, 2020

Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) is in the market for a $300m five year facility. The deal will carry a margin of 40bp over Libor. Bidding is under way and a number of banks are believed to be close to the deal including Mizuho (DKB) and HSBC. The borrower will announce the arranger group at the end of next week. ABC last tapped the market in July 2001 with a dual tranche $150m facility. Tranche 'A' was a $100m three year bullet facility which paid a margin of 35bp over Libor. Tranche 'B' was a $50m five year bullet facility which paid a margin of 40bp over Libor.