Forward Calendar - U.S. corporate bond new issues

Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:56pm EDT

 March 31 (Reuters) - The following are lists of upcoming high-grade and
high-yield corporate bond offerings in the United States. The information was
gathered from IGM CorporateWatch, and other market sources:
*Denotes 144a private placement debt offering.
HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 3/31/2008                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
Deere Capital     $250 mln     5-yr      A2/A/NA        ML                3/31
Deere Capital     $500 mln    10-yr      A2/A/NA        ML                3/31
Enterprise Prod.  $TBA         5-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- CITI/JPM/LEH/SCOT   
Enterprise Prod.  $TBA        10-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- CITI/JPM/LEH/SCOT   
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SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 3/31/2008                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
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CONVERTIBLE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 3/31/2008                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
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HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 3/31/2008                        
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
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UPCOMING DEALS                                                              
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
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PREVIOUS HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES                                              
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
Amer Honda Fin    $900 mln     5-yr      Aa3/A+/NA      BAS/CITI          3/26
Avista Corp       $250 mln    10-yr      Baa2/BBB+/NA   BKNY/GS/UBS       3/27
Cooper Inc        $300 mln     7-yr      A3/A/A         DB/JPM/UBS        3/24
CSX Corp          $600 mln     7-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- BARC/CITI/CS/MS   3/24
CSX Corp          $400 mln    30-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- BARC/CITI/CS/MS   3/24
Dun & Bradstreet  $400 mln     5-yr      NR/A-/A-       CITI/JPM          3/27
Engy Transfer Ptn $350 mln     5-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- CS/JPM/UBS/WB     3/25
Engy Transfer Ptn $600 mln    10-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- CS/JPM/UBS/WB     3/25
Engy Transfer Ptn $550 mln    30-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB- CS/JPM/UBS/WB     3/25
Goldman Sachs     $2.5 bln    10-yr      Aa3/AA-/AA-    GS                3/25
Hershey           $250 mln     5-yr      A2/A/NA        CITI/UBS          3/24
Morgan Stanley    $2.25 bln   10-yr mtn  Aa3/AA-/AA-    MS                3/25
Newell Rubbermaid $500 mln     5-yr      Baa2/BBB+/BBB  BARC/CITI/GS      3/25
Newell Rubbermaid $250 mln    10-yr      Baa2/BBB+/BBB  BARC/CITI/GS      3/25
*MidAmer Engy Hld $650 mln    10-yr      Baa1/BBB+/BBB+ BARC/LEH/RBSGC/WB 3/25
Potomac Electric  $250 mln    30-yr      Baa1/BBB+/A    CITI/JPM          3/24
Questar Gas       $50 mln     10-yr      A3/A-/NA       BARC/JPM          3/24
Questar Gas       $100 mln    30-yr      A3/A-/NA       BARC/JPM          3/24
Teppco Partners   $250 mln     5-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB  JPM/STRH/UBS/WB   3/24
Teppco Partners   $350 mln    10-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB  JPM/STRH/UBS/WB   3/24
Teppco Partners   $400 mln    30-yr      Baa3/BBB-/BBB  JPM/STRH/UBS/WB   3/24
*Texas Gas Trans  $250 mln     5-yr      Baa1/BBB/NA    CS/JPM/WB         3/24
Wilmington Trust  $200 mln    10-yr      A3/BBB+/A      ML/JPM            3/27
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PREVIOUS SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES                                             
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
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PREVIOUS HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES                                              
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
*Abiti-Consolid   $413 mln    3-yr       B1/B+/NA       GS                3/26
*Steel Dynamics   $375 mln    8-yr       Ba2/BB+/NA     BAS/MS/GS         3/28
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PREVIOUS CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES SALES                                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
Alexandria Real   $250 mln    perp       NR/NA          CITI/JPM MR       3/19
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DEALS RECENTLY POSTPONED
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS    DATE POSTPONED
Bunge Ltd Fin     $TBA         5-yr     Baa2/BBB-/BBB  BNP/HSBC/JPM/RBSGC 3/12
Bunge Ltd Fin     $TBA        10-yr     Baa2/BBB-/BBB  BNP/HSBC/JPM/RBSGC 3/12
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MANAGERS:                          SYNDICATE DESK NUMBERS:
                                GENERAL       HIGH-YIELD    HIGH-GRADE
ABN -  ABN Amro Securities Inc                   212-409-7563  212-409-7563
BAS -  Banc of America Securities                212-583-8352  212-933-3433
BOCM - Banc One Capital Markets    312-732-7885  312-336-2525
BARC - Barclays Capital                          212-412-2626  212-412-6730
BEAR - Bear Stearns & Co                         212-272-5007  212-272-5371
BNP  - BNP Paribas                               212-841-3658  212-841-3658
CITI - Citigroup Global Markets                  212-723-6001  212-723-6121
CS -   Credit Suisse                             212-325-3290  212.325-3325
DBS  - Deutsche Bank Securities Inc              312-336-2525  312-732-1476
GS   - Goldman Sachs & Co                        212-902-8204  212-902-5954
JPM  - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co                    212-270-1100  212-834-4533
KBW  - Keefe Bruyette & Woods      212-887-7777                          
LEH  - Lehman Brothers Inc                       212-528-8741  212-526-9664
ML   - Merrill Lynch & Co                        212-449-6762  212-449-4949
MS   - Morgan Stanley                            212-761-1286  212-761-1957
UBS  - UBS Investment Bank                       203-719-1556  203-719-1088
WACH - Wachovia Securities                       704-383-1928  704-383-7727

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