(Bloomberg) — BMW AG sold $4 billion of US high-grade bonds as investment-grade firms seized on the relative market calm to raise fresh debt ahead of the Federal Reserve rate decision on Wednesday.
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The automaker, through its subsidiary BMW US Capital LLC, sold the bonds in six parts, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The longest portion of the offering, $500 million of 10-year notes, yields 1.15 percentage point more than Treasuries after initial discussion of around 1.35 percentage point, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the details are private.
The company also sold two-, three- and five-year fixed-rate notes as well as two-year and three-year floating-rate notes.
The bond sale came as six companies moved forward with $11 billion of debt offerings on Monday, while around four opted to stand down.
Syndicate desks late last week projected around $35 billion of bond sales for this week, about equal to last week’s issuance, with much of it expected to be in the next few days.
The senior unsecured notes are expected to be graded A2 by Moody’s Ratings and A by S&P Global Ratings. Bank of America Corp, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Societe Generale SA, and Toronto-Dominion Bank were bookrunners for the offering. The bonds will be issued in 144A/Reg S format without registration rights, and proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
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