AT&T, BB&T, Experian, AEP, AXIS, Wisconsin Power price notes

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., Dec. 3 – Investment-grade deal volume picked up on Tuesday with several issuers pricing new bonds.

AT&T Inc. sold $1,265,000,000 of registered global senior notes due March 1, 2050.

Branch Banking & Trust Co. priced $1.25 billion of five-year senior notes.

Experian Finance plc followed up fixed income investor calls on Monday with a $750 million offering of long 10-year senior notes.

AEP Texas Inc. sold $450 million of senior notes due Jan. 15, 2050 during the session.

AXIS Specialty Finance plc also brought $425 million of reset junior subordinated notes due Jan. 15, 2040 to the primary market on the heels of a roadshow in the previous session.

In addition on Tuesday, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. priced $300 million of five-year notes.

Issuance was light at the start of the week. Charter Communications, Inc. priced a $1.3 billion add-on to its 4.8% senior secured notes due March 1, 2050 (Ba1/BBB-/BBB-), while Main Street Capital Corp. sold a $75 million tap of its 5.2% notes due May 1, 2024 (/BBB/) on Monday.

Week to date, supply totals nearly $6 billion.

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