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Published on 6/26/2015 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $40.347 billion deals being marketed

July Bank Meetings

C.H.I. OVERHEAD DOORS: $475 million credit facility; UBS and KKR; $40 million revolver; $300 million first-lien term loan; $135 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by KKR from Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC; Arthur, Ill., manufacturer and marketer of overhead garage doors.

KENAN ADVANTAGE GROUP INC.: $1.025 billion senior secured credit facility; KeyBanc and Goldman Sachs; help fund buyout by Omers Private Equity from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Centerbridge Partners; North Canton, Ohio, provider of liquid bulk transportation services to the fuels, chemicals, liquid foods and merchant gas markets.

Upcoming Closings

AGROFRESH: $450 million credit facility (B2/BB-); BMO, Credit Suisse and Sumitomo; $25 million four-year revolver; $425 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition by Boulevard Acquisition Corp. from the Dow Chemical Co.; post-harvest specialty chemical business.

AMERILIFE GROUP: $275 million credit facility; SunTrust; $25 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $177.5 million seven-year first-lien term B (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; $72.5 million 7.5-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5; help fund buyout by J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC from Reservoir Capital Group and Black Diamond Capital Partners; Clearwater, Fla.-based distributor of insurance services businesses.

ARCHROMA: $515 million credit facility (B2/B); Bank of America, HSBC, ICICI, Credit Suisse, UBS and Mizuho; $75 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 525 bps; $220 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 525 bps; $220 million euro-equivalent six-year term B talked at Euribor plus 600 bps, 1% floor; refinance existing credit facilities and help fund acquisition of BASF’s textile chemicals business; Switzerland-based provider of specialty chemicals for the textile, paper and emulsions sectors.

ARISTOTLE CORP.: $160 million credit facility; BNP Paribas and GE Capital; $30 million five-year revolver; $130 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID of 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Wasserstein & Co.; Stamford, Conn., manufacturer and marketer of educational, health-care, medical technology, and agricultural products.

BELCAN CORP. (PROPULSION ACQUISITION LLC): $225 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and PNC on term loan, PNC on revolver; $190 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $35 million ABL revolver; fund buyout by AE Industrial Partners LLC; Cincinnati-based engineering services and technical staffing provider in the aerospace, power generation and industrial markets.

BLUESTEM BRANDS INC.: $280 million incremental first-lien term loan (B2/B+) due Nov. 7, 2020 at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Orchard Brands Corp.; Eden Prairie, Minn., online retailer.

CABLE ONE INC.: Expected close June 30; $300 million five-year senior secured credit facility (BBB-); $100 million term A at Libor plus 150 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 150 bps; help pay a special one-time cash dividend to Graham Holdings Co. with spin-off; Phoenix, Ariz., cable television, telephone and high-speed internet service provider.

CAMIN CARGO CONTROL: $150 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Citizens Bank; help fund buyout by Metalmark Capital; Linden, N.J., provider of inspection and laboratory testing services to the petroleum industry.

CARECENTRIX INC.: $205 million credit facility (Ba3/B); RBC and Citizens Bank; $30 million five-year revolver; $175 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Hartford, Conn., home health cost containment company.

CGG HOLDING (U.S.) INC.: $350 million six-year senior secured term loan (Ba1) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and RBC; repay revolver borrowings and general corporate purposes; Paris-based manufacturer of seismic equipment and a provider of geoscience services.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: Expected close July 6 week; $885 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank (left on first-lien), Bank of America (left on second-lien), RBC, UBS, BMO, National Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Securities; $100 million revolver (B1/B+); $635 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps at 4x net total leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call; $150 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by TPG and Fosun Capital; Montreal-based producer of live artistic entertainment.

COMMSCOPE INC.: Expected close June 29; $1.25 billion 7.5-year incremental term loan (Ba2/BB) at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo; help fund the acquisition of TE Connectivity’s Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses; Hickory, N.C., provider of infrastructure services for communication networks.

CONFIE SEGUROS: $195 million in add-on term loans; RBC; $115 million add-on first lien term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 99.5; $80 million add-on second lien term loan talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98.5 to 99; merger and acquisition financing; Buena Park, Calif., personal lines insurance broker.

CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC.: Roughly $4.092 billion credit facility; Bank of America; $1.15 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; roughly $1.27 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $1.43 billion five-year European term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; roughly $242 million six-year term A-1 talked at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance existing debt; Victor, N.Y., wine company.

DASEKE INC.: $250 million term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing debt, help fund an acquisition and general corporate purposes; Addison, Texas, open-deck/specialty transportation company.

DAYTON SUPERIOR CORP.: $185 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; refinance existing term loan and partially pay down ABL borrowings; Miamisburg, Ohio, supplier to the non-residential concrete construction industry.

EMERGING MARKETS COMMUNICATIONS LLC: $400 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Citizens Bank and Macquarie; $40 million revolver (B1/B+); $268 million six-year first-lien term B (B1/B+) at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call for six months; $92 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 962.5 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; fund the acquisition of MTN Communications and refinance existing debt; Miami-based provider of hybrid global satellite and terrestrial communications.

ENDO INTERNATIONAL PLC: $3.8 billion in bank debt (Ba1/BB); Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Morgan Stanley; $2.8 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; $1 billion asset-sale bridge loan at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75; help fund acquisition of Par Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc.; Dublin specialty pharmaceutical company.

FALCON GROUP HOLDINGS: $250 million five-year term B (Ba3/BB+/BB-) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan and Natixis; general corporate purposes; provider of trade finance transactions to corporate clients.

FIRST ADVANTAGE (STG-FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS INC.): $485 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/B+) at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; Bank of America; also new second-lien facility; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; St. Petersburg, Fla., provider of talent acquisition services, including background screening, recruiting, skills assessment and skills-related tax services.

HAMILTON LANE ADVISORS LLC: $260 million senior secured term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99 to 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley; fund the buyback of equity interests, refinance existing debt, fund a distribution to equity holders and general corporate purposes; financial institution that provides discretionary and non-discretionary private equity asset management services.

HORIZON GLOBAL CORP.: $285 million credit facility; JPMorgan, BMO and Wells Fargo; $200 million six-year term B (B2/B) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call for two years; $85 million asset-based revolver; fund a cash distribution to TriMas Corp. in connection with spin-off; Bloomfield Hills, Mich., manufacturer and distributor of towing, trailer and cargo management products for the automotive market.

INFORMATICA CORP.: $2.13 billion senior secured credit facility (B2/B); Bank of America; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBC and Deutsche Bank; $150 million revolver; $1.71 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 350 bps, 25 bps step-down at 6.25x net total leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; €250 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Euribor plus 350 bps, 1% floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Redwood City, Calif., provider of enterprise data integration software and services.

JACK’S FAMILY RESTAURANTS: $260 million credit facility (B3/B); RBC and Morgan Stanley; $30 million revolver; $230 million first-lien term loan at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Onex Corp.; Homewood, Ala., quick-service restaurant operator.

JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE: $280 million credit facility; RBC; $30 million first-out revolver (Ba2); $250 million five-year term B (B2) talked at Libor plus 575 bps to 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Parsippany, N.J., provider of full-service individual federal and state income tax return preparation.

JELD-WEN INC.: Expected close July 1; $480 million incremental seven-year covenant-light term loan (B) at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps if total net leverage is 4x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and Bank of America; fund a distribution to shareholders and pre-fund certain near-term bolt-on acquisitions; Klamath Falls, Ore., door and window manufacturer.

KENDRA SCOTT DESIGNS: $85 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $15 million five-year revolver; $70 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Austin, Texas, jewelry and accessories company.

LANGUAGELINE SOLUTIONS (LANGUAGE LINE LLC): $690 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; $50 million revolver (B1/B); $480 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $160 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 975 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; repay existing debt; Monterey, Calif., provider of interpretation and translation services.

LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING INC.: $365 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B3/B) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.75, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse, Jefferies and Wells Fargo; refinance existing debt; N. Billerica, Mass., developer, manufacturer, seller and distributor of diagnostic imaging agents.

LIBERTY TIRE RECYCLING: $205 million credit facility; Jefferies; $35 million asset-based revolver; $170 million five-year term loan (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing credit facility and some second-lien PIK notes; Pittsburgh-based scrap tire collector and recycler.

LIGHTSQUARED: $1.5 billion five-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 875 bps PIK, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, non-call two, 104, 102; Credit Suisse, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; fund the company’s exit from Chapter 11 and refinance DIP facilities; Reston, Va., wireless communications company.

LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS INC.: $175 million six-year first-lien term loan (B2/BB+) at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition by Capitol Acquisition Corp. II; New York-based expedition cruising and extraordinary adventure travel company.

LIQUID WEB: $120 million credit facility; SunTrust and KeyBanc; $20 million revolver; $100 million six-year term B at Libor plus 450 bps, step-down to Libor plus 425 bps at less than 3.75 times leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners; Lansing, Mich., provider of professional web hosting and managed cloud services.

OCI BEAUMONT LLC: $50 million add-on term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75 to par; Bank of America; general corporate purposes; Nederland, Texas, ammonia and methanol production complex.

PDC BRANDS: $280 million credit facility (B2/B); GE Capital and RBC; $20 million five-year revolver; $260 million seven-year first-lien term B at Libor 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; fund an acquisition; Stamford, Conn., beauty, personal care and wellness company.

PROGRESSIVE WASTE SOLUTIONS LTD.: $500 million term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; Bank of America; refinance term B; Vaughan, Ont., full-service, vertically integrated waste management company.

PROTECTION 1 (APOLLO SECURITY SERVICES BORROWER LLC): $1.45 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, RBC and Goldman Sachs; $95 million revolver (B1/B); $1.095 billion six-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $260 million seven-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 875 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC and merger with ASG Security, which is also being purchased by Apollo, and refinance existing debt; Illinois-based business and home security company.

RAVN ALASKA: $110 million credit facility; BNP Paribas and Keybanc; $15 million five-year revolver; $95 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by J.F. Lehman & Co.; Anchorage, Alaska, airline company.

RETAIL SOLUTIONS GROUP: $165 million credit facility (B3/B); Jefferies, Macquarie and Nomura; $150 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 525 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $15 million revolver; fund a distribution to shareholders and capitalize the company; provider of omni-channel solutions for mid-sized and large retailers being spun off from Epicor Software Corp.

SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.: Expected close in July; $205 million incremental covenant-light term B-2 due April 2020 at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas; fund acquisition of JPay Inc.; Dallas-based provider of advanced inmate communications, investigative technologies and information management solutions to the corrections industry.

SIVANTOS GROUP: Expected close July 16; $600 million covenant-light term loan due January 2022 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs (left on U.S.), Deutsche Bank (left on euro) and UBS; also €305 million covenant-light term loan due January 2022 at Euribor plus 325 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Singapore-based manufacturer and wholesaler of hearing aid devices.

SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $950 million credit facility (Ba2/BBB-); Wells Fargo; $250 million revolver; $700 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps, step-down to Libor plus 250 bps when leverage is below 3x, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; refinance an existing senior secured credit facility and general corporate purposes, including share repurchases; Grand Prairie, Texas, regional theme park company.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.: $2.63 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB); Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Barclays; $150 million five-year revolver; $40 million five-year term A-1 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, OID 99.75; $160 million five-year term A-2 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, OID 99.75; $1.82 billion seven-year covenant-light term B-1 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $460 million seven-year covenant-light term B-2 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Advent Software Inc.; Windsor, Conn., provider of financial services software and software-enabled services.

STANDARDAERO: $1.075 billion credit facility; Jefferies, KKR and MCS; $150 million ABL revolver; $925 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Veritas Capital from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd.; Scottsdale, Ariz., provider of aircraft engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services.

STAPLES INC.: $5.75 billion credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and HSBC; $3 billion five-year asset-based revolver; $2.75 billion six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (Baa2/BBB) at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99˝, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Office Depot Inc.; Framingham, Mass., retailer of office supplies.

SUMMIT MATERIALS: $650 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B1/BB) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Barclays and RBC; help fund acquisition of a 1.2 million short ton capacity Davenport, Iowa, cement plant and seven cement distribution terminals from Lafarge North America, and refinance existing debt; Denver-based construction materials company.

SWIFT ENERGY CO.: $640 million five-year first-lien term loan (B+) talked in the 10.5% fixed-rate area; JPMorgan; repay revolver borrowings and general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures; expected close mid-July; Houston-based developer, explorer, acquirer and operator of oil and gas properties.

TELULAR CORP.: $55 million add-on first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; SunTrust; fund an acquisition and pay down a second-lien term loan; Chicago-based provider of remote monitoring and asset tracking solutions for business and residential customers.

TI AUTOMOTIVE LTD.: New credit facility (Ba3/BB); JPMorgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Mizuho, Goldman Sachs, RBC, UBS and Nomura; $125 million five-year revolver; roughly €1.2 billion U.S. and euro seven-year term B at Libor/Euribor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call six months; help fund buyout by Bain Capital; Auburn Hills, Mich., provider of fluid storage, carrying and delivery systems to automotive manufacturers.

TOO FACED COSMETICS: $150 million credit facility; KeyBanc and SunTrust; $20 million revolver; $130 million term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by General Atlantic from Weston Presidio; Irvine, Calif., cosmetics company.

UNIVAR INC.: $2.05 billion seven-year covenant-light term loan (B2/BB-) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, HSBC, SunTrust, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citigroup and Credit Suisse; also €250 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (BB-) at Euribor plus 325 bps, 1% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $1.3 billion in five-year ABL revolvers in two tranches; $100 million three-year ABL term loan; refinance existing bank debt; Downers Grove, Ill., distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals.

On The Horizon

ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES: New credit facility; Morgan Stanley, UBS and Jefferies; in connection with a significant equity investment from Stone Point Capital LLC; Newport Beach, Calif., specialty insurance brokerage firm.

ASCENA RETAIL GROUP INC.: $2.4 billion credit facility; Goldman Sachs (sole on revolver) and Guggenheim Securities; $600 million five-year asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 150 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; $1.8 billion seven-year senior secured term B (Ba2/BB+) expected at Libor plus 350 bps if corporate ratings are Ba3/BB- and Libor plus 375 bps if corporate ratings are lower than Ba3/BB-, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of ANN Inc. and refinance certain existing debt; Mahwah, N.J., specialty retailer offering clothing, shoes, and accessories for missy and plus-size women.

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (BROADCOM LTD.): $16 billion credit facility; $500 million revolver; $15.5 billion of new term loans; help fund acquisition of Broadcom Corp. and refinance existing debt facilities; semiconductor company.

BOOT BARN HOLDINGS INC.: $325 million credit facility; Wells Fargo leading revolver, Golub leading term loan; $125 million five-year ABL revolver expected at Libor plus 100 bps to 125 bps; $200 million six-year term loan expected at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; fund acquisition of Sheplers Inc. and refinance existing debt; expected close June 29 week; Irvine, Calif., lifestyle retailer of western and work-related footwear, apparel and accessories.

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC.: $1.35 billion credit facility; $800 million ABL revolver estimated pricing at Libor plus 150 bps; $550 million term B estimated pricing at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of ProBuild Holdings LLC; Dallas-based supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $16.7 billion incremental senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, UBS and Deutsche Bank; $1.7 billion incremental revolver, $15 billion in incremental term loans; help fund acquisitions of Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks; Stamford, Conn., broadband services and technology company.

HESS INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS: $1 billion five-year credit facility; $400 million revolver; $600 million term A; in connection with formation as a joint venture between Hess Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners; midstream company.

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS INC.: $2.225 billion senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $500 million revolver; $1 billion term A; $725 million term B; help fund acquisition of Welch Allyn Inc.; Chicago-based medical technology company.

KREMERS URBAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: New debt financing; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Advent International and Avista Capital Partners from UCB SA; Princeton, N.J., specialty generic pharmaceuticals company.

LIGHTOWER FIBER NETWORKS/FIBERTECH NETWORKS: New debt financing; JPMorgan; help fund merger of the companies; owner and operator of high-performance, fiber-based network.

LUMENIS LTD.: $160 million credit facility; $140 million in long-term loans; $20 million working capital facility; help fund buyout by XIO Group; Israel-based energy-based medical company for surgical, ophthalmology and aesthetic applications.

LUMILEDS: $1.93 billion credit facility; Bank of China; U.S. dollar and euro term loans; revolver; help fund acquisition of majority interest by GO Scale Capital from Royal Philips; supplier of lighting components to the general illumination, automotive and consumer electronics markets.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV: $5.64 billion of senior secured bank debt; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $5.04 billion in five-year covenant-light term B-1 and seven-year covenant-light term B-2 debt; $600 million five-year super-priority revolver expected at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.; Eindhoven, Netherlands, maker of semiconductors.

OM GROUP INC.: New debt financing; Credit Suisse; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC; Cleveland, Ohio, technology-driven diversified industrial company.

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Up to $500 million six-year term loan; Bank of China and China Merchants Bank; help fund buyout by Hua Capital Management Co. Ltd., Citic Capital Holdings Ltd. and GoldStone Investment Co. Ltd.; Santa Clara, Calif., developer of advanced digital imaging solutions.

OWENS-ILLINOIS INC.: New term loans; Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Vitro, SAB de CV’s food and beverage glass container business; Perrysburg, Ohio, glass container manufacturer.

QUALITY DISTRIBUTION INC.: $635 million senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Jefferies, Macquarie and SunTrust; $100 million asset-based revolver; $400 million first-lien term loan; $135 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Tampa, Fla., logistics and transportation provider.

STAMPS.COM: $165 million secured credit facility; Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan; $82.5 million term loan; $82.5 million revolver; help fund acquisition of Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid Inc.; El Segundo, Calif., provider of internet-based postage services.


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