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Investment Grade Calendar
On The Horizon
AIRBUS GROUP SE:
Senior notes
Fixed income investor meetings start March 28
Citigroup Global markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (arrangers)
Aerospace and defense corporation based in Leiden, the Netherlands
ALTAGAS LTD.:
Company to price offerings of senior debt, preferred shares and hybrid securities, as well as asset sales.
A $2 billion tranche of bridge facilities allocated to covering asset sales
A $4.9 billion bridge financing facility arranged with JPMorgan Chase Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank and Royal Bank of Canada
Company to obtain permanent financing through C$400 million private placement of subscription receipts to Omers, Ontarios pension plan for municipal employees, and C$2.1 billion brought subscription receipts offering launched on Jan. 25
Proceeds to finance C$8.4 billion acquisition of energy infrastructure company WGL Holdings, Inc., a deal not contingent on financing
Calgary, Alta.-based North American energy infrastructure company
ANTHEM INC.:
New debt to fund proposed acquisition of Cigna Corp.
Fully committed financing from Bank of America, Credit Suisse, UBS Investment Bank
Expects $22 billion of term loans and public debt
Indianapolis-based health benefits company
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC:
New bonds, new bank credit lines and cash resources to fund acquisition of Reynolds American Inc.
A $25 billion acquisition facility has been arranged with a syndicate of banks and is comprised of $15 billion and $5 billion bridge loans with one- and two-year maturities, respectively, each with two six-month extensions available at British American Tobaccos option
British American Tobacco intends to refinance the bridge loans through capital market debt issuances
Multinational tobacco company based in London
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.:
Plans about $10 billion of new debt to fund cash offer to acquire Sky plc
Company with subsidiary 21st Century Fox America, Inc. negotiated bridge credit agreement to borrow up to £12.2 billion, which will be replaced with the longer-dated permanent financing of $10 billion before acquisition closes
Credit agreement arranged with joint lead arrangers and bookrunners Goldman Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Closing expected by end of 2017
New York-based company operates cable and broadcasting networks and properties
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