Investment Grade Calendar

April 10

CAISSE D'AMORTISSEMENT DE LA DETTE SOCIALE: Notes due 2020 (Aa1//AAA); Rule 144A, Regulation S; BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Paris-based public debt agency; pricing April 10.

On The Horizon

ENTERGY CORP.: $575 million of bonds in connection with merger of electric transmission business with ITC Holdings Corp.; transmission subsidiaries Entergy Transco Subs to borrow additional $1.2 billion from capital markets to pay down debt; Dallas-based integrated energy company.

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.: $350 million or more long-term senior notes; to help fund tender offer completed on April 4; Hartford, Conn.-based investment and insurance company.

SOFTBANK CORP.: $2 billion senior notes; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (lead bookrunner); notes due 2020; proceeds to potentially acquire Sprint Nextel Corp. and for general corporate purposes, as well as to refinance existing debt; Tokyo-based telecommunications and internet company.

TOPAZ SOLAR FARMS LLC: $250 million series B senior secured notes due 2039 (Baa2/BBB/BBB); Rule 144A, Regulation S; Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS Securities Inc.; unit of Tempe, Ariz.-based First Solar, Inc.

WINNIPEG AIRPORTS AUTHORITY INC.: C$100 million of series E senior secured revenue bonds (A1/A/); CIBC World Markets Inc.; due April 2023; proceeds to finance capital expenditures and repay amounts under the authority's bank credit facility; an air travel services provider in Manitoba.

2013

LINDE AG: Dollar bonds, to refinance $4.5 billion acquisition loan for $4.6 billion purchase of Lincare Holdings Inc.; Munich-based gases and engineering company.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS CO.: $500 million to $600 million in late 2013; to pay debt owed to turbine supplier; subsidiary PacifiCorp to price $300 million to $400 million mid-year debt issuance; subsidiary Electric Transmission Texas LLC pricing debt mid-year to fund continued expansion in Ercot; Des Moines-based energy producer.

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