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The £200m two tranche credit facility for Travis Perkins, arranged by HSBC and Commerzbank, will be offered to co-arrangers next week. The transaction has two facilities, both priced at 55bp over Libor and for five years. The first is a £150m term loan, the second is a £50m revolver. Proceeds will fund the agreed acquisition of Keyline Ltd from CRH plc of Ireland.

France Details have emerged for the Eu1bn dual currency revolver for French supermarket group Casino Guichard-Perrachon, arranged and underwritten by ABN Amro, Natexis Banque and WestLB.

DEN DANSKE Bank has raised the fees on its $75m multi-currency revolver for Sparebanken Nord-Norge after a difficult syndication. But the deal is heading for an oversubscription and closes today (Friday). Fees on all participation levels have been increased by 5bp. Senior managers now take 12.5bp for committing $10m, lead managers 11bp for $7.5m and managers earn 10bp for $5m. The margin remains at 17.5bp and the commitment fee is 8.5bp.

LEAD arrangers Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Warburg Dillon Read, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and La Caixa are looking forward to a generous response to the $16bn jumbo for Spanish oil and gas sector leader, Repsol. Repsol is seeking the funds to support its $13.4bn bid for Argentine YPF. The deal is being presented to arrangers, and there have been four bank meetings in Madrid and London. One London banker called the reaction "overwhelming". Replies are due by May 26. The lead arrangers have fully underwritten the deal, with the two Spanish banks underwriting slightly less.

Norway The Nkr750m five year multicurrency revolver for Merkantildata has closed oversubscribed. Co-arrangers had committed Nkr750m, and general syndication added another Nkr700m. The borrower is considering an increase.

VALENCIANA de Cementos, the European arm of Mexico's Cemex, is tapping the market for a $1bn multicurrency term loan. The deal is being arranged by Argentaria, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Citibank and SG and has a maturity of seven years. The margin starts at 90bp, and will move between 60bp and 90bp on a pricing grid. The grid has two criteria: a total debt to net worth ratio and a total debt to Ebitda ratio.

South Africa Signing takes place today (Friday) for the $130m 364 day term loan for Absa Bank. Demand for the credit was so strong that with $165m in commitments raised the borrower increased the deal from $80m.