Friday, June 8, 2007

Edcon prices 1.81 bln euro buyout bonds - lead

(Reuters) - South Africa's Edgars Consolidated Stores on Friday priced 1.81 billion euros of high-yield notes in two parts to help fund its buyout by Bain Capital, one of the banks managing the sale said.

Edcon priced 1.18 billion euros of 7-year senior secured floating-rate notes at par with a coupon of Euribor plus 325 basis points and 630 million euros of 8-year senior floating-rate notes at par with a coupon of Euribor plus 550 basis points.


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