Loan Week

Loan Week, August 10-16

A roundup of the latest syndicated loan market news.

Australia

Peters Ice Cream has signed a A$155 million five-year financing on a club-basis through mandated lead arrangers Barclays, GE Capital, Investec Bank, NAB and Westpac.

Proceeds are to support the LBO of Peters Ice Cream from Nestle Australia by Pacific Equity Partners.

 


India

Balkrishna Industries has secured a $100 million six-year term loan on a club-basis through mandated lead arrangers Barclays, Citi and DBS.

The facility is priced at 320bp over Libor. Syndication saw Standard Chartered come in as a participant.

Proceeds are for capital expenditure purposes.

DLF has secured an Rs8.3 billion five-year term loan through sole mandated lead arranger and bookrunner Standard Chartered.

Syndication saw Housing Development Finance Corp join in as a participant.

Proceeds are for debt repayment and capital expenditure purposes.

 


Indonesia

Bhimasena Power Indonesia has obtained a $270 million 364-day bridge facility on a club basis through mandated lead arrangers Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, DBS, Mizuho, OCBC, SMBC and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.

The debt package comprises a $92 million tranche priced at 10bp over Libor, a $92 million portion priced at 95bp over Libor for offshore lenders and 105bp over Libor for onshore lenders, and a $86 million tranche priced at 25bp over Libor.

Final allocations saw Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank contribute $135 million, while Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ lent $62 million. DBS, Mizuho, OCBC and SMBC pledged $18 million each.

Proceeds are to support the development and construction of a 2,000 megawatt power plant located at Central Java, Indonesia.

 


Malaysia

PNB Jersey has signed a £628 million five-year term loan on a club basis through mandated lead arrangers Mizuho, OCBC, Standard Chartered, SMBC and UOB.

Guaranteed by Permodalan Nasional, the debt package comprises a £428 million tranche and a £200 million portion priced at 213bp over Libor.

Final allocations saw Standard Chartered lend £203 million while OCBC pledged £143 million. Mizuho, SMBC and UOB committed £94 million each.

Proceeds are to support the acquisition of properties in London.

 


New Zealand

TR Group has sealed a NZ$205 million two-year revolver through sole underwriter and mandated lead arranger Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

The facility is split into a NZ$195 million tranche and a NZ$10 million portion.

Final allocation saw the lead lend NZ$85 million while mandated lead arranger Toyota Finance NZ joined in with NZ$120 million.

Proceeds are to refinance existing indebtedness.

Unisons Networks has secured a NZ$162 million revolver on a club basis through mandated lead arranger ANZ, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac.

The facility is split into a NZ$40 million two-year tranche, a NZ$80 four-year portion and a NZ$42 million five-year tranche.

Final allocations saw ANZ commit NZ$42 million while Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac pledged NZ$40 million each.

Proceeds are to refinance an existing NZ$70 million facility signed in June 2010 and a NZ$70 million facility signed in July 2011.

 


Singapore

Gazprom Marketing & Trading has obtained a $600 million 364-day guaranteed revolver through coordinators and mandated lead arrangers ABN Amro, ING and RBS.

The facility is split into a $500 million tranche syndicated in Europe and a $100 million tranche arranged in Singapore.

Final allocations of the $100 million tranche saw the leads lend $4 million each, while BNP, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Commerzbank, DnB NOR, DZ bank, HSBC, Natixis and SMBC contributed $4 million each as bookrunner and mandated lead arranger. Lead arrangers DBS, UOB and Bank of Taiwan lent $14 million each, while Chang Hwa Commercial Bank pledged $9 million. Mizuho ended up with $4 million.

Proceeds are to refinance an existing $500 million facility signed in July 2011 and for general corporate purposes.

 


South Korea

Dongbu Steel has secured a W800 billion multi-tranche facility through sole bookrunner and mandated lead arranger Korea Development Bank.

The debt package is split into two refinancing tranches of W400 billion and W243.8 billion each and two capital expenditure facilities of W100 billion and W56.3 billion.

Syndication saw Hana Bank, Korea Exchange Bank, Korea Finance Corp, Nonghyup Bank, Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank join in at lower tiers.

Proceeds are to refinance an existing facility signed in 2010 and for capital expenditure purposes.

 


Taiwan

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp has obtained a NT$2.6 billion five-year term loan on a club basis through mandated lead arrangers E.Sun Commercial Bank and Yuanta Commercial Bank.

Secured by container vessels, the deal is priced at 85bp over the secondary commercial paper rate

Proceeds are for ship financing purposes.

 


Thailand

All Seasons Property concluded a Bt2.3 billion five-year term loan through mandated lead arrangers HSBC, ICBC, OCBC and Standard Chartered.

The deal is guaranteed by China Resources (Holdings). Proceeds are to refinance existing debt facilities.

PTTEP Offshore Investment signed a £950 million one-year term loan through bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, SMBC and UBS.

The facility is guaranteed by PTT Exploration and Production.

Final allocations saw UBS contribute £470 million while Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, SMBC lent £110 million. ANZ, DBS and OCBC came in with £50 million each as mandated lead arrangers.

Proceeds are to support the £1.2 billion acquisition of Cove Energy.

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