Friday, June 8, 2007

Edgars Consolidated Stores to Increase Premium on New Bonds, Banker Says

(Bloomberg) -- Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd., the
South African retailer being bought by Bain Capital LLC, will
increase the yield on bonds it's selling to finance its
acquisition, said a banker involved in the transaction.

The Johannesburg-based company will pay a premium of 325
basis points over the euro interbank offered rate on 1.18 billion
euros ($1.58 billion) of seven-year floating-rate notes due in
2014, said the banker, who declined to be identified. The notes
were first offered at a range of 275 to 300 basis points.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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