A trio of new issues broke for trading last week, with all three changing hands above par. Rainbow Media's $600 million "B" loan, led by Bank of America and J.P. Morgan, broke at 101 1/4, then bounced around, before trading in the 101 1/8-101 3/8 context, a trader said. Standard Aero's $260 million "B" loan broke at 101 1/4 and was later changing hands in the 101 1/8-101 3/8 context, another dealer added. PanAmSat Corp.'s $1.66 billion "B" loan, meanwhile, broke at 100 3/8-100 5/8, traded down to the 100-100 1/8 context, and stabilized at 100-100 1/4.
Rainbow's "B" loan, along with a $350 million revolver and $800 million in notes, will be used to make a distribution to parent company Rainbow Media Enterprises (LMW, 8/9). Standard Aero's "B" tranche backed The Carlyle Group's acquisition of the Standard Aero division of Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group. This loan is led by J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse First Boston and includes a $50 million revolver (8/2). PanAmSat's "B" is part of the financing backing a consortium of private equity firms led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. PanAmSat's and Rainbow's "B" are both priced at LIBOR plus 2 3/4% (7/5). A PanAmSat investor relations official and Cablevision spokesperson did not return calls. Officials at Standard Aero declined comment.