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Published on 9/4/2015 in the Prospect News High Yield Daily.

New Issue: Norway’s Lindorff prices upsized €230 million two-part notes add-on

By Paul A. Harris

Portland, Ore., Sept. 4 – Oslo-based financial information services provider Lindorff Group AB priced an upsized €230 million two-part secured add-on deal (B2/BB-) on Friday, according to a market source.

An upsized €200 million add-on to the Euribor plus 550 basis points floating-rate secured notes due Aug. 15, 2020 priced at 99.5, on top of price talk. The size was increased from €150 million.

In a tranche added subsequent to Thursday's deal announcement, Lindorff priced a €30 million add-on to its 7% senior secured notes due Aug. 15, 2021 at 106 to yield 5.79%. The reoffer price came on top of price talk.

The overall size of the transaction increased from €150 million.

Joint bookrunner Goldman Sachs International will bill and deliver. Deutsche Bank and Nordea Markets were also joint bookrunners.

The issuing entity is Lock AS.

Proceeds will be used to repay bank debt.

Issuer:Lock AS (Lindorff Group AB)
Amount:€230 million, increased from €150 million
Bookrunners:Goldman Sachs International (bill and deliver), Deutsche Bank, Nordea Markets
Pricing date:Sept. 4
Settlement date:Sept. 20
Ratings:Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's: BB-
Floating-rate tranche
Amount:€200 million, increased from €150 million
Maturity:Aug. 15, 2020
Security description:Add-on to three-month Euribor plus 550 bps senior secured notes due Aug. 15, 2020
Coupon:Three-month Euribor plus 550 bps
Price:99.5
Call:Presently callable at 101
Price talk:99.5
Original issue:€252.5 million priced at 99 on Aug. 4, 2014
Previous add-on:€100 million add-on priced at 98.75 on Nov. 4, 2014
Total issue size:€552.5 million
Fixed-rate tranche (added subsequent to deal announcement)
Amount:€30 million
Maturity:Aug. 15, 2021
Security description:Add-on to 7% senior secured notes due Aug. 15, 2021
Coupon:7%
Price:106
Yield:5.79%
Spread:561 bps
First call:Aug. 15, 2017 at 103.5
Price talk:106
Original issue:€550 million priced at par on Aug. 4, 2014
Previous add-on:€150 million priced at 100.75 to yield 6.925% on Nov. 4, 2014
Total issue size:€730 million

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