Four banks launch $500m railway bond

Deutsche Bahn, is set to issue a $500m (€425m) bond next week in its first sortie into the bond markets of 2005. The proceeds will be used to refinance the German railway operator's $1.2bn acquisition of US logistics company Bax Global last month.

The company has appointed Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and UBS to arrange the issue.

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