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Finland The well priced DM1.25bn revolving credit being arranged for Enso Oy by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd, Commerzbank AG and WestLB has attracted strong support at the initial senior lead phase.

Corporates Lloyds Bank Capital Markets Group has been mandated to arrange financing to support the proposed acquisition of Newsquest's Wessex subsidiary by Bristol United Press plc.

Citibank and Bank of America NT&SA have completed a $1.2bn loan for Queeny Chemical Co. The facility is split into a five year $800m revolver and a 364 day $400m revolver. Pricing is based on the company's debt rating. The Libor margin range for the $800m loan ranges from 13.5bp to 22.5bp and the facility fee range is 6.5bp to 17.5bp. The Libor margin range for the $400m loan ranges from 20bp to 40bp and the facility fee is set at 8bp.

Australia Arranger Commonwealth Bank of Australia has completed a A$250m five year FXCD for Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The deal pays a coupon of 5.75% semi-annually and was issued off the borrower's domestic transferable CD programme.

FRENCH welfare debt refinancing agency Cades -- the Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale -- is to make an unexpected return to the syndicated loan market for a new jumbo Ffr60bn bank loan. The financing, which follows a similar, successful Ffr60bn inaugural financing early last year, is set to be a near replay of the 1996 facility.

Argentina The $210m capital markets bridge facility being arranged by JP Morgan and co-arranger BankBoston NA to fund Transener's purchase of the ESEBA fourth transmission line, was signed on Tuesday.

Czech Republic Chase Manhattan plc and Citibank NA are in the final stages of wrapping up syndication of their $400m multicurrency revolving credit for EuroTel Prahia Spol sro. The punchily priced five years at 25bp over Libor loan has been modestly oversubscribed.

France Société Générale SA and Sogenal have completed the Ffr653m term loan for SERS.

ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries plc -- which has already taken the syndicated loan market by complete surprise twice this year for jumbo financings -- is back for its third major syndication of the year. The well regarded company, which caught the market's imagination with its well priced $8.5bn acquisition facility over the summer, has mandated traditional leads Midland Bank and NatWest Markets to arrange a new $1.5bn standby revolving credit that will back its commercial paper issuance activities.

ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries plc -- which has already taken the syndicated loan market by complete surprise twice this year for jumbo financings -- is back for its third major syndication of the year. The well regarded company, which caught the market's imagination with its well priced $8.5bn acquisition facility over the summer, has mandated traditional leads Midland Bank and NatWest Markets to arrange a new $1.5bn standby revolving credit that will back its commercial paper issuance activities.

THE HIGH profile jumbo £1.75bn project finance facility being arranged on fully underwritten basis for Orange by Chase Manhattan plc and JP Morgan Securities Ltd has entered the initial phase of the syndication process. The facility, one of the largest UK deals to be sought this year, is entering a far more cautious sub-underwriting market than has been the case for some years. The last few months have been littered with large deals poorly received at the initial underwriting phase -- among recent examples are Barking Power and NTL.