Thursday, June 7, 2007

Edgars widens guidance on high-yield bonds - source

(Reuters) - South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores (Edcon) is offering higher yields on 1.83 billion euros of high-yield bonds it is selling to fund its buyout by Bain Capital after Wednesday's credit market sell-off, a syndicate source said on Thursday.

The clothing and fashion retailer plans to sell 1.18 billion euros of 7-year senior secured floating-rate notes yielding 275 to 300 basis points over Euribor, the source said, versus earlier guidance of 275 basis points area.


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