Thursday, July 5, 2007

KKR Accepts Borrowing Limits in Record $22 Billion Alliance Boots Buyout

(Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. will
accept borrowing limits imposed by lenders funding its 11.1
billion-pound ($22 billion) purchase of Alliance Boots Plc, as
investors shun risky assets, bankers arranging the deal said.

KKR is meeting with investors today to raise 9.02 billion
pounds in loans for Nottingham-based Boots, the biggest U.K.
drugstore chain. The loans will include limits on the amount of
debt the company can have relative to its cashflow, through so-
called maintenance covenants, said the bankers, who declined to
be named because the terms aren't public.


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