Indofood adds to Indonesian credit universe

The company ups the ante with Indonesia''s largest dollar bond offering since the Asian financial crisis.

Jackie Horne

May 28, 2002

Lead manager Credit Suisse First Boston sets off on roadshows this Friday with a $200 million five-year bond offering for the Republic's tenth largest company by market capitalization. Pricing of the B/B3 rated deal is scheduled for mid-June with tentative expectations for a yield around the 10.5% to 11% mark.

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