By Linda Chiem ( June 12, 2015, 6:27 PM EDT) -- H.J. Heinz Co. and Kraft Foods Group Inc. are considering issuing debt in multiple currencies at the end of the month to help back their proposed megamerger, which just cleared one of its last regulatory hurdles by snagging approval from the Canadian Competition Bureau, Reuters reported Thursday. The companies have reportedly tapped Barclays PLC and JP Morgan to act as global-coordinators to hold meetings with fixed-income investors and the total debt issuance is expected to be in the ballpark of $9 billion, according to the report. Goldman Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley are also involved in the European meetings, while Citi and Wells Fargo are helping to coordinate the U.S. meetings, Reuters said. The Heinz-Kraft merger, steered by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital and announced in March, is expected to create the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest in the world....
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