Forward Calendar - U.S. corporate bond new issues

Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:42am EST

 Dec 23 (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 12/21/2009                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT  RTGS           MGRS             PRICED
JPMorgan          $4.0 bln     5-yr ext Aa3/A+/NA      JPM               12/21
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SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 12/21/2009                      
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT  RTGS           MGRS             PRICED
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CONVERTIBLE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 12/21/2009                      
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT  RTGS           MGRS             PRICED
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HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 12/21/2009                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT  RTGS           MGRS             PRICED
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PREVIOUS HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES                                              
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT  RTGS          MGRS              PRICED
Aflac             $400 mln    30-yr     A2/A-/A        GS/JPM            12/14
*ANZ Nat'l Int'l  $1.25 bln    3-yr     Aa2/AA/AA      BAS/CITI/ANZ      12/15
*Banco Sant Chile $300 mln     3-yr     Aa3/A+/NA      DB                12/17
BNP Paribas       $1.0 bln     3-yr     Aa1/AA/AA      BNP               12/14
Dr Pepper Snapple $400 mln     2-yr     Baa3/BBB-/NA   MS/UBS            12/14
Dr Pepper Snapple $450 mln     3-yr     Baa3/BBB-/NA   MS/UBS            12/14
Duke Energy Ohio  $250 mln   2.5-yr     A2/A/NA        BARC/RBS          12/14
Sherwin WIlliams  $500 mln     5-yr     A3/A-/NA       CITI/JPM          12/16
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PREVIOUS SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES                                             
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
Boston Scientific $850 mln     5-yr     Ba1/BBB-/BB+   BAS/DB/JPM        12/10
Boston Scientific $850 mln    10-yr     Ba1/BBB-/BB+   BAS/DB/JPM        12/10
Boston Scientific $300 mln    30-yr     Ba1/BBB-/BB+   BAS/DB/JPM        12/10
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PREVIOUS HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES                                              
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
*Aquilex Holdings $225 mln     7-yr     B3/B/NA        CS/MS/RBC         12/16
*Edgen Murray     $465 mln     5-yr     Caa1/B/NA      JPM/JEFF          12/16
Expro Finance Lux $1.4 bln     6-yr     B1/B+/NA       GS/DB             12/14
*GXS Worldwide    $785 mln     6-yr     B2/B/NA        BARC/JPM/WFS      12/17
*TriMas Corp      $250 mln     8-yr     NA/NA/NA       GS/JPM/BASML/JEFF 12/17
*McJunkin Red Man $1.0 bln     7-yr     B3/B/NA        GS/BAML           12/16
*Novasep Holdings $150 mln     7-yr     B3/B/NA        JPM/BNP           12/16
*United Maritime  $200 mln   5.5-yr     B3/B/NA        JEFF/BAML/WFS     12/16
*Viskase Cos      $175 mln    10-yr     B2/B-/NA       JEFF              12/14
*Windstream Corp  $700 mln     8-yr     NA/NA/NA       BASML/WFS         12/15
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PREVIOUS CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES SALES                                       
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS            PRICED
United Rentals    $150 mln     6-yr     NR/NR/NA       BAC/MS/WF         11/11
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DEALS RECENTLY POSTPONED
COMPANY           AMT         MAT/DEBT   RTGS           MGRS    DATE POSTPONED
*Dole Food Co     $325 mln     8-yr      B2/NA/NA                         8/17
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MANAGERS:                          SYNDICATE DESK NUMBERS:
                                GENERAL       HIGH-YIELD    HIGH-GRADE
ABN -  ABN Amro Securities Inc                   212-409-7563  212-409-7563
BASML  Bank of America Merrill Lynch             646-855-649             
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
DB     Deutsche Bank                             212-250-7772            
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
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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