No new deals firmly scheduled.
=========High-Yield Debt On the Horizon================ ION Geophysical - Plans to offer $175 million of senior notes due 2013 to help repay acquisition related debt.
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. (formerly TXU Corp.) - $9.45 billion of term loans. Proceeds, along with bonds and loans already issued, will finance the company's buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG, formerly Texas Pacific Group. Pricing expected: N/A.
First Data Corp. - Up to $6.8 billion in notes, including up to $1.55 billion in senior cash pay notes, via Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. Proceeds, along with a $13 billion term loan, will fund a buyout of First Data by KKR. Pricing expected: N/A.
-By Romy Varghese, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4287; romy.varghese@dowjones.com
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Publié le 24 Décembre 2008 Copyright © 2008 Dowjones





