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Australia Arranger NatWest Australia is inviting banks to join an A$180m two year facility for Concrete Constructions Group Ltd.

Croatia Bayerische Landesbank has launched syndication of a DM25m term loan facility for first time borrower Splitska Banka. The loan, which will be used for general financing purposes, has a maturity of six years. The margin is 135bp over Libor and the commitment fee is 67.5bp.

France Arrangers Bankers Trust Co and Citibank are in the process of forming an underwriting group for the Ffr4bn LBO of Groupe Danone, the French food group.

AFTER A protracted syndication process which ended on December 18, Dresdner and Crédit Lyonnais finally closed Gazprom's $3bn pre-export gas receivables deal. Some 25 banks came in at the various participation levels raising $560m, bringing the total number of banks lending to Gazprom to 39. For some members of Dresdner's project finance team, the deal ended with a whimper, rather than the bang which was widely anticipated after the co-arrangers' level closed 50% oversubscribed in early November 1997. "The deal is certainly not a flop," said a member of Dresdner's syndication team in Luxembourg. "But the general syndication has been disappointing, considering we expected about 60 banks to come in at the lower levels.

American Express Bank (Singapore) has launched a $10m loan for Bishnautch Tea Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Williamson Major Group. The four year deal pays an all-in yield of 109bp for banks committing at the top tier. Indian banks have responded favourably and syndication should close before the end of January.

ARRANGERS ABN AMRO, Banque Nationale de Paris and Credit Suisse First Boston have successfully completed the $645m general syndication of the $1.1bn multi-tranche loan element for Jorf Lasfar Energy Company of Morocco, owned by ABB and CMS Energy. Credit Suisse First Boston (syndication agent), ABN AMRO (administrative agent), and Banque Nationale de Paris (technical agent), closed general