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Banks prep €5.65bn Unilever spreads financing
US private equity firm KKR’s €6.83bn acquisition of Unilever’s margarine and spreads business will be backed with €5.65bn-equivalent of debt financing.
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EMEA lending falls to US$894bn
Syndicated lending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2017 dropped 2% to US$894bn from the 2016 total, as a result of subdued refinancing activity in the first half and patchy acquisition financing throughout the year.
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Banks jostle for €5.3bn Unilever play
Banks have lined up around €5.3bn-equivalent of leveraged loans and high-yield bonds to back a potential acquisition of Unilever’s margarine and spreads business.
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EMEA Loan House: Goldman Sachs
Leveraged loans took the limelight in 2017, and banks increased their focus on speculative-grade clients to maximise returns. For its relatively new enthusiasm for lending, backed up by a large balance sheet and an appetite for risk, Goldman Sachs is IFR’s EMEA Loan House of the Year.
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EMEA Leveraged Loan: Xella's €1.625bn LBO loan
The €1.625bn loan for Germany-based building materials maker Xella was the first sizeable LBO out of the blocks in 2017 and set the tone for the leveraged loan market for the rest of the year.
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Banks reject aggressive buyout loans
Bank lenders to European leveraged loans are increasingly rejecting deals due to aggressive pricing and documentation, but are being quickly replaced by institutional investors targeting higher-yielding term loan B paper.
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Investors very sure about Verisure
Investors piled into the €1.835bn leveraged loan and high-yield bond financing for Swedish alarms company Verisure last week, despite an aggressive structure that left many describing the deal as “top of the market” issuance.
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Details emerge on Paysafe’s jumbo buyout loan
Pricing and structure has emerged on a US$2.59bn covenant-lite leveraged loan financing backing the buyout of UK payment processing company Paysafe, banking sources said.
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Banks launch €2.36bn sell down of Nets buyout loan
Banks have launched syndication of a €2.36bn-equivalent leveraged loan financing backing US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman’s DKr33.1bn (US$5.3bn) take-private of payments firm Nets , banking sources said.
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Verisure set for jumbo dividend
Swedish alarms company Verisure is providing another demonstration of just how hot leveraged finance has become as it prepares a €1.05bn dividend payment to its shareholders after bondholders agreed to suspend protections on an outstanding bond.
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