VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Siemens announced on Wednesday it had obtained a new USD3 billion credit facility to replace a previous one that had expired last August of this year.

AquaSure's planned refinance was slated to cut its borrowing costs by more than half, according to a source interviewed by Bloomberg.

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and Hastings Funds Management refinanced their existing loan worth AUD 1.646 billion or USD 1.54 billion.

Italian Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has raised its capital for the bank's revised bailout plan to EUR2.5 billion or USD3.3 billion.

The Philippines' Department of Finance announced that it had begun to accept development proposals under the Philippines-Italy Debt for Development Swap Program.

Dangote Group president and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote signed a loan worth USD3.3 billion with 12 local and international banks to fund a USD3 billion proposed oil refinery complex in Nigeria.

The government of Germany said it was still open to talk with Airbus about its development loan.

Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc would be selling convertible bonds to raise USD 400 million.

Standard and Poor's (S&P) had concluded that Playboy Enterprises Inc would likely be under pressure from its USD185 million loan-covenant to reduce its loans and increase its earnings.

The EIB announced today that it will invest Lithuania's LNG project.

Meta Pharmaceutical Services received a US$7.5 million loan from Praesidian Capital.

Paragon Print secures debt from private firm Investec.

NexPlanar gained $5 million through Horizon Technology Finance Corporation's venture loan.

PeakColo received $3 million loan from investment bank Square 1.

Jefferies & Co. loaned Carl Icahn $5.2 billion to fund its bid to buy Dell Inc.