BASF sets bond at 1.5 bln euros, trims spread -IFR
Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:10am GMT
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - BASF Finance Europe NV, an arm of German chemical giant BASF, set the size of a planned six-year bond at 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion) and tightened guidance for a second time, IFR reported on Thursday.
Guidance for the bond, due to mature in June 2015, was tightened to mid-swaps plus 200 basis points after previously being tightened to mid-swaps plus 205 to 215 basis points from 220 to 230 basis points, said IFR Markets, a Thomson Reuters online news and market analysis service.
Books closed on the deal at over 9 billion euros, IFR reported.
BNP Paribas and HSBC have been named as bookrunners and will manage the deal along with Barclays, Deutsche Bank and SG CIB, IFR said.
BASF is rated AA- by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings and A1 by Moody's Investors Service.
(Reporting by Jonathan Cable)