Smiths Group launches 10-year EUR650m bond offering
Diversified engineer Smiths Group has launched and priced a €650m bond offering for general corporate funding purposes and to repay certain existing debt as it falls due.
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The notes, priced with a fixed coupon of 2.00%, will mature in February 2027 and are expected to close on 23 February 2017.
Chief financial officer Chris O'Shea said: "I am delighted this 10-year bond issue was heavily oversubscribed by a wide range of quality long-term investors in our business.
“Building on the very successful eight-year bond issue in 2015, this refinancing further extends our debt maturity profile and reaffirms the strength of our balance sheet."
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