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Pharmaceuticals and energy transition also ripe sectors for M&A
Munich-based company's deal is one of five launched this month
Big deal joins light supply in January
Bankers say deals are still being launched and believe international rivalry can be negotiated
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The board of Shire, the pharmaceuticals company, has given the thumbs-up to a £46bn takeover offer by Japanese rival Takeda, with $30.85bn of loans already lined up for the purchase. -
US firm International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has agreed to buy rival Frutarom in a debt-backed $7.1bn transaction, in what will be the second largest ever acquisition of an Israeli company.
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Chinese company Avic International Leasing has returned to the offshore loan market for a $200m borrowing, according to a banker who has received the invitation.
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Hyosung Vina Chemicals, which launched a $1bn loan last month for capital expenditure related to chemical plants in Vietnam, has cancelled the fundraising. Its new Vietnamese unit is still pending the government’s approval for incorporation, according to a South Korea-based banker close to the deal.
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T-Mobile US has lined up $38bn of fully committed loans to finance its $26bn purchase of US telecommunications company Sprint.
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London-listed Ophir Energy has agreed a bridge loan to back its $205m acquisition of southeast Asian assets from Australian oil and gas company Santos.
