Forward Calendar - U.S. corporate bond new issues

May 27 (Reuters) - The following are lists of upcoming high-grade and
high-yield corporate bond offerings in the United States. The information was
gathered from Thomson Reuters U.S. new issues team, and other market sources:
*Denotes 144a private placement debt offering.
HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 5/26/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
Allegheny Tech. $300 mln 10-yr Baa3/BBB-/NA CITI/JPM
EIB $3.5 bln 5-yr Aaa/AAA/AAA BARC/CITI/DB 5/27
Goldman Sachs $1.0 bln 10-yr A1/A/A+ GS
MetLife $1.25 bln 7-yr A2/A-/NA BARC/USBS/WFS 5/26
Norfolk&Southern $500 mln 10-ur Baa1/BBB+/NA BAS/GS/WB 5/27
Talisman Energy $700 mln 10-yr Baa2/BBB/BBB BAS/BNP/CITI/RBC
*Wea Finance $700 mln 5-yr A2/A-/A- BARC/JPM/MS 5/26
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SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 5/26/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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CONVERTIBLE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 5/26/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 5/26/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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PREVIOUS HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
Aflac Inc $850 mln 10-yr A2/A-/A GS/JPM 5/18
*Atlantic Finance $1.25 bln 5-yr A3/A-/NA BARC/GS/NBAD 5/20
Barclays Bank Plc $2.0 bln 10-yr Aa3/AA-/AA- BARC 5/19
Kellogg $750 mln 7-yr A3/BBB+/NA DB/HSBC/JPM 5/18
Beckman Coulter $250 mln 6-yr Baa3/BBB/BBB BAS/C/JPM/MS 5/18
Beckman Coulter $250 mln 10-yr Baa3/BBB/BBB BAS/C/JPM/MS 5/18
Berkshie Hath Fin $250 mln 3-yr Aa2/AAA/AA MS 5/20
Capital One Fin $1.0 bln 5-yr Baa1/BBB+/A- CS/JPM 5/19
ConocoPhilips $1.5 bln 5-yr A1/A/A CITI/DB/RBSCG 5/18
ConocoPhilips $1.0 bln 10-yr A1/A/A CITI/DB/RBSCG 5/18
ConocoPhilips $500 mln 30-yr A1/A/A CITI/DB/RBSCG 5/15
EOG Resources $900 mln 10-yr A3/A-/NA BARC/DB/JPM 5/18
*Gulfstream Nat. $300 mln 7-yr Baa2/BBB/NA C/JPM 5/21
Hewlett-Packard $750 mln 2-yr frn A2/A/A+ BAS/CS/MS 5/21
Hewlett-Packard $1.0 bln 2-yr A2/A/A+ BAS/CS/MS 5/21
Hewlett-Packard $250 mln 3-yr A2/A/A+ BAS/CS/MS 5/21
Nordstrom $400 mln 5-yr Baa2/BBB+/NA BAS/JPM 5/20
Panhandle Eastern $150 mln 10-yr Baa3/BBB-/BBB RBC/WB 5/21
Praxair $500 mln 1-yr frn A2/A/NA C/RBSGC 5/20
PPL Elec Util $300 mln 30-yr A3/A-/A- BARC/CS/MS/UBS 5/19
Principal Fin $400 mln 5-yr A3/BBB+/A- CITI/CS/DB 5/18
Principal Fin $350 mln 10-yr A3/BBB+/A- CITI/CS/DB 5/18
State Street $500 mln 5-yr A1/A+/A+ GS/MS 5/19
*Verizon Wireless $1.25 bln 2-yr frn A2/A/A C/GS/UBS 5/19
*Verizon Wireless $2.75 bln 2-yr A2/A/A C/GS/UBS 5/19
*Wesptac Sec NZ $1.5 bln 3-yr Aaa/AA+/AA+ BARC/CITI/WP 5/21
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PREVIOUS SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
Ameren Corp $425 mln 5-yr Baa3/BB+/BBB+ BNP/JPM/UBS 5/12
Wyndham Worldwide $250 mln 5-yr Ba2/BBB-/NA BAS/CITI/CS/JPM 5/13
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PREVIOUS HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
*Ameristar $150 mln 5-yr B2/B+/NA BAS/DB/WB 5/21
*Apria Health $700 mln 10-yr Ba2/BB+/NA BAS/WB/BARC 5/21
Ashland Inc $650 mln 8-yr Ba3/BB-/NA BAS/SCOTIA 5/19
Berry Petroleum $325 mln 5-yr B2/B/NA WB/RBS/BNP/SG/CALY 5/21
*Bio-Rad Labs. $300 mln 7-yr Ba3/BB+/NA CS 5/19
Corrections Corp $465 mln 8-yr Ba3/BB-/NA JPM/BAS/WACH 5/19
*Hughes Network $150 mln 5-yr B1/B/NA JPM 5/20
*MarkWest Engy $150 mln 5-yr B2/B+/NA JPM/RBGC/WACH 5/20
*PSALM $1.0 bln 10-yr B1/BB-/NA DB/HSBC/MS 5/19
*Scientific Gams $225 mln 10-yr NA/NA/NA JPM/BAS/CS/GS 5/18
*WMG Acquisition $1.1 bln 7-yr Ba3/BB/NA GS/BAS-MER 5/19
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PREVIOUS CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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DEALS RECENTLY POSTPONED
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS DATE POSTPONED
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MANAGERS: SYNDICATE DESK NUMBERS:

GENERAL HIGH-YIELD HIGH-GRADE
ABN - ABN Amro Securities Inc 212-409-7563 212-409-7563
BARC - Barclays Capital 212-412-2626 212-412-2663
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
GS - Goldman Sachs & Co 212-902-8204 212-902-5954
JPM - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co 212-270-1100 212-834-4533
LEH - Lehman Brothers Inc 212-526-9664 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