IFR Magazine – January 20, 2018

(Grace) #1

due in June 2022 backing its acquisition of
peer US HealthWorks Holding Co. JP Morgan
leads.
The incremental is guided in line with the
existing tranche at 300bp over Libor with a
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of soft call protection at 101.
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year second-lien term loan.
Concentra is also increasing its existing
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US$50m.
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the outstanding TLB, for which consenting
lenders will receive a 12.5bp fee.
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and Caa1/B– second-lien.
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publicly traded Select Medical Holdings
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Anderson & Stowe, is purchasing US
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parent Dignity Health Holdings Co will
receive a 20% stake in the combined
company valued at US$238m, with the
remainder of the purchase price in cash.
AMERICAN SEAFOODS GROUP has launched a
repricing of its US$582.5m Term Loan B due
in August 2023. JP Morgan leads.
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par issue price.
Lenders are offered six months of soft call
protection at 101.
The loan, originally US$600m, was placed
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mOOR
Existing ratings are B2/B corporate and
B1/BB– facility.
The company is backed by private equity
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NCI READIES US$415m TERM LOAN

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS will launch on Monday a
US$415m covenant-lite term loan, led by
Credit Suisse. Proceeds from the new loan –
which will have 101 soft call protection for
SIXûMONTHSûnûWILLûBEûUSEDûTOûRElNANCEû
existing debt. Corporate family ratings are
Ba3/BB, while facility ratings are Ba3/BB+.
NCI Building Systems makes and markets
metal products for the non-residential
construction industry in North America.
2EALûESTATEûlRMûREALOGY HOLDINGS has
launched a US$1.08bn Term Loan B to
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Morgan. Price talk on the seven-year loan has
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ûOFFERINGûPRICE
The loan will feature six months of soft
call protection at 101.
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according to S&P. Existing ratings are Ba3/
BB– corporate and Ba1/BB+ facility.
Online printing company DIGITAL ROOM is in
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LIENûANDû
second-lien loan package backing its
leveraged buyout by HIG Capital.
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CREDITûFACILITY ûAû53MûSIX
YEARûlRST
LIENû
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YEARûSECOND
lien term loan, which has been pre-placed.
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LIENûTRANCHEûISûSTRUCTUREDûWITHû
six months of soft call protection at 101. The
loans will include a net leverage covenant.
Product development company
GLOBALLOGIC has launched a repricing of its
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JP Morgan leads the deal, which is aiming
TOûLOWERûPRICINGûTOûBP
BPûOVERû,IBORû
WITHûAûûmOORûANDûPARûOFFERINGûPRICEû3OFTû
call protection at 101 will be reset for six
months.
The loan currently pays 450bp over Libor
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corporate and B1/B+ facility.
GlobalLogic provides services such as
product engineering, content engineering,
and system operation and support to
industries including media, business
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ARBY’S NETS US$1.6bn LOAN

ARBY’S RESTAURANT GROUP has wrapped a
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US$2.9bn acquisition of Buffalo Wild Wings.
Barclays led with Bank of America Merrill
Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Wells
Fargo.
The company has also agreed a US$150m
revolving credit facility.
The seven-year term loan priced at 325bp
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previously.
The six months of soft call protection at
101 and 50bp of MFN protection with a 12-
month sunset were unchanged.
First-lien net leverage at the company
following the deal will be 3.6 times with
total leverage at 4.5 times.
The borrower is rated B2/B, while the
term loan is rated B1/B.
Food packaging provider CROWN HOLDINGS
lowered pricing on its US$2.1bn dual-
currency term loan to back its purchase of
packaging company Signode Industrial
Group Holdings.
Citigroup led with Deutsche Bank, BAML, BNP
Paribas, Mizuho, Scotia, Santander, TD and Wells
Fargo.

The transaction comprises a US$1.25bn
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mature in seven years and will have six
months of soft call protection. The loans will
amortise at 1% per year.
Pricing on the dollar-denominated
tranche dropped to 200bp over Libor with a
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pricing on the euros to 250bp over Euribor
WITHûAûûmOORûFROMûBPûWITHûAûûmOOR
The loan was issued at par versus the
INITIALLYûPROPOSEDûGUIDANCEûOFû
The deal has a ticking fee that will pay
lenders half the spread after 45 days and the
FULLûSPREADûAFTERûûDAYS
Crown is buying Signode from private
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transaction worth US$3.9bn.
The company has amended its existing
credit facility to relax covenants to permit
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The issuer is rated Ba2/BB, while the debt
is rated Baa2/BB+.
Government technology services provider
SAICûlNALISEDûPRICINGûONûITSû53MûTERMû
loan B at the tight end of guidance.
The spread is now set at 200bp over Libor
WITHûAûûmOORûAFTERûBEINGûGUIDEDûATû
200bp-225bp.
Citigroup led with BAML, PNC, SunTrust, US
Bank and Wells Fargo.
The company also plans to reprice its
US$643m term loan A and its US$200m
revolving credit facility.
Citigroup lined up a repricing of SAIC’s
US$400m term loan in August 2016,
allowing the company to cut pricing to
BPûOVERû,IBORûWITHûAûûmOORû!TûTHATû
time, SAIC paid down the loan to that level
from US$532m.

WESTINGHOUSE LINES UP BUYOUT LOANS

Bankrupt nuclear services provider
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO’s US$4.6bn
ACQUISITIONûBYû"ROOKlELDû"USINESSû0ARTNERSû
will be backed by a loan package
underwritten by a syndicate including Credit
Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Barclays
and several smaller banks.
Financing for the acquisition is expected
to include roughly US$3bn of long-term
debt, around US$1bn of equity and the
assumption of pensions and environmental
liabilities.
The debt structure will include a loan
WITHûAûlRSTûPRIORITYûCLAIMûANDûAûLOANûWITHûAû
second priority claim. The tranches will be
led by Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs,
respectively.
7ESTINGHOUSEûlLEDûFORûBANKRUPTCYûINû
March after racking up billions of dollars of
COSTûOVERRUNSûONûlXED
PRICEûCONTRACTSûTOû
build nuclear reactors at two plants in the
southeast US. Costs escalated due to
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