With joint managers, Arctic Securities, First Securities, Nordea and Pareto leading the process, DOF Subsea, which is indirectly owned by DOF ASA (51%) and energy focused private equity firm, First Reserve (49%), began marketing a senior unsecured bond issue consisting of floating and fixed rate tranches. Indicative terms for the offering assume a maximum amount of NOK 1,000 million with a minimum of NOK 650 million with a tenor of 3.5 years. Pricing on the FRN is proposed at 3-month NIBOR + 650 to 700 bps with the coupon on the fixed rate at 9.80% to 10.30%. Proceeds will be used to refinance the NOK 500 million outstanding under DOFSUB01 due March 2011 with the excess for general corporate purposes. The Guts of the Deal for this transaction also contained herein provides a closer look at the terms.
This is only an excerpt of Testing the Waters – Preliminary Marketing of DOF Subsea Bond Issue
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Tags: · Arctic Securities, DOF ASA, DOF Subsea, First Reserve, First Securities, Lars Kirkeby, Nordea, Norskan, Pareto
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