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  • BRITISH STEEL is just days away from formally mandating a group of four banks to arrange a £2.2bn credit. British Steel, a rare but much respected borrower, is likely to mandate ABN Amro, Citibank, Dresdner and HSBC for the facility that will be used for general corporate purposes over the period during which it will merge with Dutch steel group Hoogovens.
  • BRITISH STEEL is just days away from formally mandating a group of four banks to arrange a £2.2bn credit. British Steel, a rare but much respected borrower, is likely to mandate ABN Amro, Citibank, Dresdner and HSBC for the facility that will be used for general corporate purposes over the period during which it will merge with Dutch steel group Hoogovens.
  • Initial market soundings for a euro-denominated private placement for Estonian power utility Eesti Energia have produced a positive response from institutional investors in Europe. According to bankers at the lead manager Credit Suisse First Boston, Austrian, German and a number of Estonian accounts have proved especially keen on the proposed floating rate offering - set to be Eesti Energia's first in the international bond markets.
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  • French retailer Carrefour boosted its standing with European investors this week with a Eu750m five year deal which withstood from the slew of problems plaguing the corporate market. While many banks have struggled to find buyers willing to place orders for new issues and seen the spreads on deals widen as a consequence, bookrunners Paribas and JP Morgan found takers for their allotments before launch and correctly sized and priced the Carrefour issue to ensure a stable aftermarket performance.
  • French retailer Carrefour boosted its standing with European investors this week with a Eu750m five year deal which withstood from the slew of problems plaguing the corporate market. While many banks have struggled to find buyers willing to place orders for new issues and seen the spreads on deals widen as a consequence, bookrunners Paribas and JP Morgan found takers for their allotments before launch and correctly sized and priced the Carrefour issue to ensure a stable aftermarket performance.
  • As foreshadowed in EW599 Hungarian mobile phone operator Pannon GSM is set to launch a Euromarket offering. An expected Eu125m five year Euro/144A issue via ING Barings is to be launched late next week or early the following week, following a series of investor presentations in Europe and the US which kicked off this week.
  • Banco Essi, Merrill Lynch and Warburg Dillon Read have completed the Portuguese government's Eu1.6bn sale of stock in Portugal Telecom. The deal, which was combined with a capital increase, is the fourth divestment of Portugal Telecom by the government, and the sale in the national operator has inspired keen interest from international and local investors.
  • International Paper, the world's largest paper and forest products company, plans to launch a Eu300m seven year transaction next week following roadshows to be hosted in Europe by Credit Suisse First Boston. Bill Boehmler, the company's Treasurer, told Euroweek that the deal has been planned since last year when they were hoping to issue in Deutschmarks and convert to euros at the beginning of the year. "We had hoped to be one of the first entrants in the new market," he said.