McDonald’s launches multi-tranche benchmark Kangaroo

McDonald’s Corporation (McDonald’s) (BBB+/Baa1) launched a new, multi-tranche benchmark Kangaroo transaction on 25 February. The forthcoming deal will be comprised of five-year tranches in either or both fixed- and floating-rate formats, a 7.5-year fixed-rate tranche and a 10-year tranche. The tranches are being marketed at 115, 140-145 and 160-165 basis points area over swap benchmarks respectively.