Kraft to sell $9.5 bln debt to buy Cadbury - IFR

NEW YORK Feb 4 (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc (KFT.N) on Thursday launched a 4-part, $9.5 billion debt sale to help finance its acquisition of British confectioner Cadbury CBRY.L, IFR reported.

Kraft is planning to sell $1 billion of 3.25-year notes at a yield spread of 137.5 basis points over comparable Treasuries, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.

The company is planning to sell $1.75 billion of 6-year notes at 185 basis points over Treasuries, $3.75 billion of 10-year bonds at 185 basis points over Treasuries and $3 billion of 30-year bonds at 200 basis points over Treasuries.

BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland are joint lead managers on the deal. (Reporting by Ciara Linnane; Editing by James Dalgleish)