Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is the bookrunner of a European equity-linked deal for the first time in over 18 months with a €400m ($436m) convertible bond from adidas-Salomon, the German sportswear manufacturer, with Deutsche Bank.
Deutsche and DrKW are joint lead managers and joint bookrunners. DrKW's last equity-linked deal as a bookrunner in Europe was a convertible bond for Publicis Groupe, the French advertising company, in December 2001.