Wednesday, 25 July 2007

RLPC-UPDATE 1-Boots delays 5 bln stg senior debt amid turmoil

(Reuters) - LONDON, July 25 - Alliance Boots [AB.UL] has
postponed syndication of the 5.05 billion pounds
of senior debt backing its leveraged buyout, Europe's largest
ever, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters Loan
Pricing Corp. on Wednesday.




The company, which is being bought by Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co [KKR.UL] and deputy chairman Stefano Pessina for
11.1 billion pounds, is pressing ahead with the syndication of
1.75 billion pounds of second-lien and mezzanine debt at steep
discounts, with responses on these tranches due by Friday, the
source said.


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