Emerging markets calendar

WEEK OF SEPT 26

RUSSIAN STANDARD FINANCE SA: $300 million fixed-rate loan participation notes due 2010 (expected ratings Ba2/B+); ABN Amro, HSBC; Rule 144A/Regulation S; subsidiary of Moscow-based Russian Standard Bank; price talk 7 5/8%-7 7/8%.

TELEFONICA DEL PERU: $200 million equivalent of local-currency denominated 10-year senior unsecured notes (//BB); Citigroup; Rule 144A/Regulation S; price talk at 8¼%; Lima-based telecommunications company; pricing perhaps as soon as Friday.

JFC GROUP LTD.: $50 million loan participation notes due March 2007 (not rated); HSBC; St. Petersburg, Russia-based produce importer; expected to price late Sept. 26 week.

BANCO VOTORANTIM: $200 million notes due 2015 (expected ratings Ba3/BB-); Deutsche Bank Securities; Rule 144A/Regulation S; fixed-rate for five years, one-time par call at year five; if not called the coupon steps up to 150% of original spread to the then five-year U.S. Treasury; financial institution headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil; roadshow starts Sept. 27 in London, Sept. 28 and 29 in United States; pricing expected late in the Sept. 26 week.

WEEK OF OCT. 3:

FORSUN INTERNATIONAL LTD.: $500 million senior notes due 2012 (Ba3/BB-); Morgan Stanley, Citigroup; Rule 144A/Regulation S with no registration rights; to repay debt; Chinese company with operations in the steel, real estate and pharmaceutical sectors; roadshow Sept. 28 in Singapore, Sept. 29 in Hong Kong, Sept. 30 in London; U.S. roadshow starts Oct. 3; expected to price late in the week of Oct. 3.

SEPTEMBER

ELETROBRAS: $300 million bonds due 2015; Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein; Brazil's main power generation and transmission company, headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

TÜRKIYE VAKIFLAR BANKASI TAO (VAKIFBANK): Dollar-denominated senior unsecured bonds (Baa2 expected); ABN Amro, Citigroup, JP Morgan; Rule 144A/Regulation S; through the issuer's Cayman Islands special-purpose vehicle; political risk insurance; letter of credit from ABN Amro

NAN YA PLASTICS: $300 million (approximate) bond with expected five-year maturity; Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, HSBC; Taipei-based unit of Formosa Group, manufactures plastics, fibers and electronic materials.

PT EXCELCOMINDO PRATAMA: $400 million bonds (B+); UBS, Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd (books), JP Morgan (joint lead); Indonesia's third largest mobile telecommunications company; September 2005 business.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER BUSINESS

BAOSHAN IRON AND STEEL CO. LTD. (Baosteel): dollar-denominated offshore bond (issuer rating BBB+); Morgan Stanley; Shanghai-based steel company; September-October business.

ATF BANK (Kazakhstan): $200 million fixed-rate eurobond to mature in 2008 or 2010; Deutsche Bank, HSBC; Kazakhstan's fourth-largest private commercial bank, headquarters in Almaty; expected to launch late September or early October.

OCTOBER BUSINESS

AK BARS BANK (Kazakhstan): Eurobond issue, size to be determined; Deutsche Bank; full-service bank; Russian Federation; October business.

EVROSET: $100 million notes; HSBC, Rosbank; expected to launch in October; cellular telephone retailer with headquarters in Moscow.

EMERGING MARKET OFFERINGS ON THE HORIZON:

PT ADARO INDONESIA: $600 million global bonds; Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, UBS Investment Bank (joint books), to fund acquisition of coal mining assets from Australian company New Hope Corp. Ltd.; Indonesian coal mining company; timing to be determined.

COMPANIA DE TRANSPORTE DE ENERGIA ELECTRICA (TRANSENER): $350 million of bonds; Buenos Aires-based electric company.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Reopen 9.04% bonds due 2018 to add $300 million; to repay debt with Spanish electricity company Union Fenosa.

PT ENERGI MEGA PERSADA TBK: $500 million in bonds; to finance expansion and to repay debt; Jakarta-based oil and gas company.

PT INTERNATIONAL NICKEL INDONESIA: $300 million global bonds with five-year to 10-year maturity; Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan; to fund capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; Jakarta, Indonesia-based nickel mining and smelting company; late summer, early fall business.

PT INDOFOOD SUKSES MAKMUR: $250 to $300 million bonds; to refinance company's bond due 2007; world's largest instant noodle maker; based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA: $1 billion global bond (issuer rating B2/B+/BB-); possible new issue or tap of 7¼% global bond due 2015; Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Merrill Lynch; 2005 business.

CITY OF KIEV: $250 million 10-year eurobond; (long-term issuer rating B+); Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston; Regulation S; expected to launch before the end of 2005; capital and largest city of Ukraine.

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO.: May issue bonds; for its $3.36 billion acquisition of mobile phone businesses in Africa; telecommunications company in Kuwait.

LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES: Up to $200 million of five- to seven-year international bonds; Deutsche Bank Securities; Philippines fourth largest lender.

JSC TRANSCREDITBANK: $120-$150 million eurobonds (long-term credit rating B-); Regulation S; to finance investment projects; Moscow-based bank for Russian Railways; debut global issue.

PT BANK MANDIRI: $200 to $400 million eurobond (B2/B); to fund business expansion; based in Jakarta, Indonesia; state-owned lender.

BTA IPOTEKA: $100 million eurobond; mortgage-backed bonds; mortgage subsidiary of Kazakhstan's TuranAlem.

K. WAH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LTD.: $800 million global bonds; Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley; owner of Macau's Galaxy casino.

VENETIAN MACAU LTD.: $300 million floating-rate notes; Goldman Sachs.

LI & FUNG LTD.: $300 million bonds; for future acquisitions; Hong Kong-based trading and supply chain management company.

OBEDINENNYE MASHINOSTROITELYNE ZAVODY: $100 million eurobond; Russian engineering group; expected in 2005.

OAO ROSSELKHOZBANK: $200 million to $300 million eurobond; expected by end of 2005; a state-run agricultural bank, based on Moscow.

UKRTELECOM: $350 million eurobonds; Citigroup, Standard Bank of London; Ukrtelecom, the largest telecommunications company in the Ukraine, accounts for 80% of local services.

ZAPORIZHSTAL INTEGRATED IRON & STEEL WORKS JSC: $300 million bonds; Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan; debut deal; based in Zaporozhe, Ukraine; one of the largest industrial enterprises in Ukraine.

ROADSHOWS

Sept. 22-28: RUSSIAN STANDARD FINANCE SA: $300 million fixed-rate loan participation notes due 2010 (expected ratings Ba2/B+); ABN Amro, HSBC

Started Sept. 28: FORSUN INTERNATIONAL LTD.: $500 million senior notes due 2012 (Ba3/BB-); Morgan Stanley, Citigroup

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