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Germany JP Morgan brought banks at the end of last week into the DM125m debt facilities supporting the MBO of Kalle Nalo, the Germany sausage casing company. The facilities consisted of a DM85m seven year loan priced at 175bp over Libor, a DM20m eight year loan priced at 200bp and a DM20m working capital revolving credit priced at 175bp.

Denmark JP Morgan (co-ordinator) and Den Dankse Bank (facility agent) have won the mandate to arrange a $350m seven year multicurrency revolving credit for Tele Danmark. The borrower will use the loan for general corporate purposes. The loan is priced at 12.5bp over Libor for the first five years and 15bp for the final two years. A commitment fee of 6bp is offered for the first five years and 6.5bp thereafter.

The DM100m three year revolving credit arranged for the Republic of Slovenia has closed after an extremely successful syndication. Appetite proved to be extremely strong and the facility was increased to DM150m with banks' commitments still scaled back. The success of the deal will provide welcome relief to arrangers in the central and east European loan market which have this year struggled to get their deals away. Appetite has been poor and only the best credits have attracted the full attention of participants.

BANQUE Nationale de Paris and Kredietbank have been officially mandated to arrange a Bfr15bn project finance loan for Telenet, a joint venture between US West, local Belgian governments and other investors. The loan will be used by the sponsor is to finance the build-out of its existing cable network, which just provides TV cable, so that it can additionally provide voice telephony and internet access.

United States Sumitomo has won the coveted mandate to arrange $145m of non-recourse financing to finance the construction of a new ballpark for the Detroit Tigers baseball team. The loan, which has been underwritten by Sumitomo, will have a 15 year tenor, including construction and term.

Croatia Inter Ina (Guernsey) Limited, the offshore subsidiary of Croatia's energy company, held a bank meeting yesterday (Thursday) for its Merrill Lynch arranged $100m 7-1/2 year term loan. The loan, which has an amortising element, is priced at 120bp over Libor -- an ambitious margin despite the fact that the borrower is registered in Guernsey.

China New Century International Leasing Co Ltd's $31.5m four year fundraising has closed oversubscribed to $56m but allocations were scaled back. Lenders are Banca Commerciale Italiana, Bank of Communications, Bayerische Hypotheken und Wechsel Bank AG, Crédit Lyonnais, Development Bank of Singapore, Dresdner Bank AG and Kredietbank NV committing $4.5m each. Signing will take place on March 27 in Shanghai.

Australia Commonwealth Bank of Australia will launch an A$800m amortising loan for Star City next Tuesday. The facility is split between an A$100m working capital bilateral portion and an A$700m syndicated refinancing. The six year deal will refinance an existing construction facility which was for the development of the Sydney Harbour casino.