EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

摘要

A US$1bn loan for state oil company sonancol is set to launch into senior syndication. The deal is being arranged by Standard Chartered and Natixis. Sonangol was last in the market in April this year when it signed a seven-year US$1.5bn loan. Standard Chartered, BTMU, Natixis, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and National Bank of Abu Dhabi acted as bookrunners on that deal. Construction company a porr has placed a €185.5m Schuldschein via sole arranger HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhordt. The financing comprises four tranches of three and five years on fixed and variable interest rates. The three-year tranches pay around 1.67%, while the five-year tranches pay around 1.94%. The financing was launched at €100m and closed oversubscribed to investors in both Europe and Asia, pricing at the lower end of the marketing range.