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* Associated British Ports Holdings plc Guarantor: ABP (Aldwych) Ltd, Grovesnor Waterside (Holdings) Ltd

THE PORTUGUESE market continues to produce a wide variety of equity for international and local investors and analysts say that Lisbon is attracting strong levels of interest from buyers looking for the next emerged European stockmarket. "Although the market has put in a good performance with the rest of the continent, there are still quite a few undervalued companies out there," said one salesman.

* Dresdner Finance BV Guarantor: Dresdner Bank AG

Lehman Brothers has arranged a $1.4bn facility for P&L Coal Holdings Corp. The loan is split into a $480m six year revolver, a $270m six year term loan and a $650m eight year term loan. Pricing is based on the company's total debt to Ebitda ratio. The Prime margin range for the six year loans is 50bp to 125bp, the Libor margin range is 150bp to 225bp and the commitment fee range is 37.5bp to 50bp. The Prime margin range for the eight year term loan is 100bp to 137.5bp and the Libor margin range is 200bp to 237.5bp.

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* ABB International Finance NV Guarantor: keepwell agreement from ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd

THE VENEZUELAN government is seeking congressional approval to raise a further $2.063 billion from supranationals and the international bond markets to plug its widening fiscal deficit. Planning Minister Teodoro Petkoff this week announced the extra debt raising plans as part of a broader package of reforms aimed at reducing its fiscal deficit, seen at around $4bn for this year.

Austria Arrangers Creditanstalt, HSBC and UBS have closed general syndication of the Asch7.5bn Connect Austria mobile telecoms project. The financing was 20% oversubscribed, demonstrating the strong appetite for telecoms related debt in the Euroloan markets.

EUROPEAN vendors have seized upon accelerated offerings to divest stakes in a variety of industries in highly valued stockmarkets. Said one equity capital markets chief at a European house: "It makes sense to use this system when the markets are so strong but when we have seen so much volatility." Under an accelerated sales process, institutional investors are marketed over a short time period, may see or talk to the management of the company whose shares are being sold, and are canvassed for their view on price.

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A WEEK after the market was wondering whether the £550m facility for Yorkshire Power was struggling to get off the ground, the arrangers have triumphantly reported that all is well and that a solid group of co-arrangers and senior lead managers have joined the deal. There were strong market mutterings that the pricing -- which ranges between 25bp and 32.5bp over the facility's four tranches -- was too tight and that the deal needed a few more basis points to see it through.

US CREDIT card issuer Capital One made its sterling debut this week, via a transaction that was Barclays Capital's fourth US credit card securitisation of 1998. The transaction was actually two £250m issues -- Capital One Master Trust's Series 1998-2, a one year bond, and Series 1998-3, with an expected maturity of three years.