Reverse yankee issuance: View from the buy side

There’s nothing wrong with being shareholder-friendly. But when you’re a domestically oriented US company preparing to print your first euro-denominated bond, it’s questionable whether a strapline emphasising shareholder value is the most expedient to choose for an online investor-relations presentation.

‘Run by shareholders, for shareholders’ was, however, the title chosen by Kinder Morgan for an investor presentation dated February 4. Just under a month later, the Houston-based oil and gas pipeline company, which is rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-, began roadshowing its inaugural euro-denominated bond issue. The €1.25 billion transaction, which was led by Barclays, Deutsche, Société Générale and UBS, was split into a €500 million 12-year tranche and a €750 million seven-year bond.

Surfing a wave of oversubscribed US corporate issues in February and March, the Kinder Morgan issue was successful enough, with the shorter-dated tranche increased from an originally planned €500 million.

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