PARIS (Reuters) - French cable firm Numericable (>> NUMERICABLE) said on Monday it was issuing bonds worth up to 6.04 billion euros (5.01 billion pounds) to finance part of its recently agreed purchase of the SFR telecom unit of Vivendi (>> VIVENDI).

The operation comprises high yield senior notes denominated in euros or in US dollars, Numericable said in a statement.

(Reporting by Natalie Huet; Editing by Brian Love)

Stocks treated in this article : VIVENDI, NUMERICABLE