Neiman Marcus Holding Company, Inc. (formerly the "Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC") (the "Company") today announced it has emerged from voluntary Chapter 11 protection, successfully completing its restructuring process and implementing the Plan of Reorganization ("Plan") that was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division on September 4, 2020. The Company emerges with the full support of its creditors and new equity shareholders, now operating with a strengthened capital structure that eliminated more than $4 billion of existing debt and more than $200 million of cash interest expense annually, with no near-term maturities.

Widespread upward revisions of US corporate sector-level post-lockdown recovery assumptions that would lead to mass rating actions post-2Q20 results are unlikely, given the cautious outlook on the pace of economic activity and sector fundamentals, says Fitch Ratings. Second-quarter results were indicative of the pandemic’s negative financial effect on issuers but surprised on the upside for some sectors, including Homebuilding, Building Materials, Auto & Related and pockets of Retailing. Results for most sectors, however, were relatively in line with Fitch’s expectations.

Paladin, a leading middle-market advisory firm driving value-creation through financial and operational consulting services, announced today that industry leaders, Lance Miller and Peter Richter, have joined the firm as Partners. Combining decades of experience, both Lance and Peter have guided numerous organizations through operational and financial restructurings that have resulted in improved profitability and increased stakeholder value.

QuadPay, which will use the facility to expand its buy now, pay later business to new merchants across the US, secured the line of credit through the Finitive private credit platform

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc. announced today that it served as financial advisor to Liberty Steel Products, Inc. in its divestiture of Welded Tubes, Inc. (“WTI”) to Lock Joint Tube LLC, a subsidiary of Steel Warehouse Company, LLC. WTI’s President, Joe Frandanisa, the management team and the workforce will remain in place at WTI’s factory in Orwell, Ohio.

The New York bankruptcy, financial reorganisation and creditors’ rights division at Lowenstein Sandler has welcomed new senior legal counsel Brent Weisenberg. Brent Weisenberg brings in-house legal experience gained during three years in his most recent position as general counsel at Platinum Credit Management.

Vinson & Elkins LLP announced today that Paul E. Heath, an accomplished partner in the firm's Restructuring and Reorganization practice group, has relocated from Dallas to Houston.

Brighton Marine, a Veteran network community in Brighton, announced the official opening of a facility. The City of Boston is committed to connecting Boston's military families with the resources and assistance they are entitled to. In 2015, Mayor Walsh released "An Action Plan to End Veteran and Chronic Homelessness In Boston: 2015 - 2018", which outlines the City's strategies to transform Boston's homeless response system in order to end veterans homelessness by 2015 and chronic homelessness by 2018. Since the start of the plan the City has housed more than 1,291 veterans experiencing homelessness.

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of James T. Bentley, an experienced and respected bankruptcy and restructuring attorney, as a partner in the firm’s New York office. James has considerable experience in corporate restructurings, representing numerous constituencies in bankruptcy and out-of-court workouts. He has represented hedge funds, private equity funds, alternative asset managers, trustees, and other stakeholders in every aspect of the restructuring process. James has experience across a broad range of industry sectors, including retail, automotive, energy, healthcare, restaurants, radio and television, real estate, and securities.

WeedMD Inc. (TSX-V:WMD) (OTCQX:WDDMF) (FSE:4WE) (“WeedMD” or the “Company”), a federally-licensed producer and distributor of cannabis, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding term sheet for a credit facility (“Credit Facility”) with an affiliate of the LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada (“LPF”). The $30 million Credit Facility, maturing in August 2022, will be used for general working capital purposes, capital expenditures and general corporate requirements, and will provide the Company with significant financial capacity to drive commercial initiatives during its next stage of growth.

Directed Capital, a national opportunistic real estate finance firm that acquires and strategically repositions commercial mortgage loans, today announced it has closed its tenth flagship fund, raising $92 million in equity commitments that will be deployed to purchase commercial real estate debt. The firm will seek to acquire more than $500 million in commercial mortgage loans, then work to successfully resolve the assets, creating value for the partnership, while also providing borrowers with the flexibility to work out their debt, and in many cases help to continue their business operations.

SB360 Capital Partners, one of North America’s leading asset disposition specialists, announced that it commenced store closing sales in an additional 23 Justice stores located in 13 states. Justice is a destination store for tween girls and the store closing sales in the 23 Justice stores will feature great deals on all products. Justice customers can expect initial discounts of up to 50% off the original price on a full selection of clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, and more.

Republic approved a scalable and non-dilutive growth orientated facility that provided availability on their account receivables. The natural food ingredient manufacturing company was looking to accelerate their growth across their products lines. Republic is a proud supporter of the natural food trade shows, including its regional associations.

Heritage Global Inc. (NASDAQ: HGBL) (“Heritage Global,” “HGI” or “the Company”), an asset services company specializing in financial and industrial assets, today announced key senior executive promotions in the Company’s Financial Assets and Industrial Assets divisions.

TAB Bank is pleased to announce it has provided a $2.5 million asset-based revolving credit facility for manufacturing trucking based in Florida. The new facility is extended through a multi-year agreement and will provide for the ongoing working capital needs for the company.

Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the closing of a $30 million sale and leaseback with an industry leading producer and marketer of agricultural, mining and industrial chemicals. The lease proceeds, based on an in-place and in-continued-use fair market valuation, supported the retirement of prior indebtedness and created incremental liquidity to be used by the lessee for general corporate purposes. This closing represents the third capital commitment by Stonebriar to the lessee.

The Secured Finance Network (SFNet) named Theresa Driscoll and Julia Gavrilov, attorneys at Moritt Hock & Hamroff (MH&H), to its Top Women In Commercial Finance List for 2020 in recognition of their outstanding achievements and leadership in the commercial finance industry.

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Tradewind Finance, whose financial services have supported small and medium-sized businesses globally for two decades. It has been an honor for the company to work with their clients across industries as their trusted financial partner. In addition to a solid foundation of years in operation, the milestone signifies the company’s growth – in offices, business relationships, and capabilities.

Timbercreek Financial Corp. (TSX: TF) (“Timbercreek Financial” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an amendment to its existing revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”) in order to, among other things, exercise a portion of the accordion feature of the Credit Facility. The exercise of the accordion feature has increased the total revolving commitment of the lenders under the Credit Facility by $35,000,000, bringing the aggregate limit under the Credit Facility to $535,000,000. General terms of the Credit Facility remain unchanged.