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Published on 7/10/2018 in the Prospect News CLO Daily.

New Issue: Apollo Credit Management prices $616.8 million refinancing of ALM XVII CLO notes

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., July 10 – Apollo Credit Management (CLO) LLC refinanced $616.8 million of notes due Jan. 15, 2028 from a vintage 2016 collateralized loan obligation transaction, according to a market source and a notice of changed pages to proposed first supplemental indenture on Monday.

ALM XVII Ltd./ALM XVII LLC sold $375 million of class A-1a-R senior secured floating-rate notes at Libor plus 93 basis points, $12 million of class A-1b-R senior secured floating-rate notes at Libor plus 130 bps and $62.5 million of class A-2-R senior secured floating-rate notes at Libor plus 160 bps.

The CLO placed $31.5 million of class B-R senior secured deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 210 bps; $41.9 million of class C-R senior secured deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 280 bps, $29.4 million of class D-R secured deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 525 bps, $12 million of class E-R secured deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 685 bps and $52.5 million of preferred shares.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC was the refinancing placement agent.

Apollo Credit Management (CLO) will continue to manage the CLO.

In the original $604.8 million transaction issued Jan. 21, 2016, the CLO sold $369 million of class A-1L floating-rate notes at Libor plus 155.5 bps, $18 million of 3.419% class A-1F fixed-rate notes, $60 million of class A-2L floating-rate notes at Libor plus 235 bps and $6 million of 3.883% class A-2H fixed-rate notes, which would have converted to Libor plus 235 bps on the payment date in 2020.

The CLO also priced $24.5 million of class B-1 floating-rate notes at Libor plus 340 bps and $7 million of 4.933% class B-2 fixed-rate notes, which would have converted to Libor plus 340 bps on the 2020 payment date. At the bottom of the capital structure, ALM XVII had sold $11 million of class C-1 floating-rate notes at Libor plus 415 bps, $27.4 million of class C-2 floating-rate notes at Libor plus 485 bps, $29.4 million of class D floating-rate notes at Libor plus 635 bps and $52.5 million of preferred shares.

Proceeds will be used to redeem the original CLO notes on July 16.

Apollo is a New York City-based subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, LLC.

Issuer:ALM XVII Ltd./ALM XVII LLC
Amount:$616.8 million refinancing
Maturity:Jan. 15, 2028
Securities:Floating-rate notes and preferred shares
Structure:Cash flow CLO
Refinancing agent:Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Manager:Apollo Credit Management (CLO) LLC
Settlement date:July 16
Distribution:Rule 144A, Regulation S
Class A-1a-R notes
Amount:$375 million
Securities:Senior secured floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 93 bps
Ratings:Moody’s: Aaa
Fitch: AAA expected
Class A-1b-R notes
Amount:$12 million
Securities:Senior secured floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 130 bps
Ratings:Moody’s: Aaa
Fitch: AAA expected
Class A-2-R notes
Amount:$62.5 million
Securities:Senior secured floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 160 bps
Rating:Moody’s: Aa2
Class B-R notes
Amount:$31.5 million
Securities:Senior secured deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 210 bps
Rating:Moody’s: A2
Class C-R notes
Amount:$41.9 million
Securities:Senior secured deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 280 bps
Rating:Moody’s: Baa3
Class D-R notes
Amount:$29.4 million
Securities:Secured deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 525 bps
Rating:Moody’s: Ba3
Class E-R notes
Amount:$12 million
Securities:Secured deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 685 bps
Rating:Moody’s: B3
Equity
Amount:$52.5 million
Securities:Preferred shares
Ratings:Non-rated

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