• Chesapeake Energy Corporation Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 Process
    June 29, 2020
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as legal counsel, Alvarez & Marsal is serving as restructuring advisor, Rothschild & Co and Intrepid Financial Partners are serving as financial advisors, and Reevemark is serving as communications advisor to the Company. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal counsel to the Company's Board of Directors. Sidley Austin LLP is serving as legal counsel, RPA Advisors, LLC is serving as financial advisor, and Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is serving as investment banker to MUFG Union Bank, N.A., the DIP facility agent and exit facilities agent.
  • Federal Reserve Board Releases Results of Stress Tests for 2020 and Additional Sensitivity Analyses Conducted in Light of the Coronavirus Event
    June 29, 2020
    In addition to its normal stress test, the Board conducted a sensitivity analysis to assess the resiliency of large banks under three hypothetical recessions, or downside scenarios, which could result from the coronavirus event. The scenarios included a V-shaped recession and recovery; a slower, U-shaped recession and recovery; and a W-shaped, double-dip recession.
  • North Mill Capital Provides $500,000 Accounts Receivable Facility
    June 29, 2020
    North Mill Capital announced it provided a $500,000 accounts receivable facility for The Right Staff, LLC. The funds were used to pay off the previous lender and provide additional working capital for the company.
  • Northeast Bank Announces Sale of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
    June 29, 2020
    Northeast Bank (the “Bank”) (NASDAQ: NBN), a Maine-based full-service bank, announced today that it has entered into a Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Loan Sale Agreement”) with The Loan Source, Inc. (“Loan Source”) and agreed to sell to Loan Source $457.6 million of loans originated by the Bank in connection with the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). After amortizing previously unamortized PPP loan origination fees, the Bank will realize a pre-tax gain of approximately $9.8 million in the current fiscal quarter as a result of the sale. In addition, the Bank will receive fee income on the loans sold until such time as the loans are forgiven or repaid.
  • HTG Molecular Diagnostics Secures Senior Term Loan from Silicon Valley Bank
    June 29, 2020
    HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced that it has entered into a $10.0 million senior term loan agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, to replace its existing senior credit facility.
  • Fennec Pharmaceuticals Announces Amendment to Increase Existing Senior Debt Facility
    June 29, 2020
    Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:FENC; TSX: FRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of PEDMARK™ (a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate) for the prevention of platinum-induced ototoxicity in pediatric patients, today announced an amendment to its existing senior debt facility with the Life Sciences Group at Bridge Bank increasing the size of the facility from $12.5 million to $18 million.
  • Hilco Redevelopment Partners Closes on $225.5 Million Acquisition of PES
    June 29, 2020
    Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP) – the real estate development unit of Hilco Global that remediates and redevelops complex and obsolete industrial property – today announced that it completed a transaction to purchase the 1300-acre former Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in Southwest Philadelphia. The deal is a giant step toward building an environmentally responsible and economically robust commercial hub in Southwest Philadelphia.
  • Amerisource Closes $3,000,000 Credit Facility for Health Services Company
    June 29, 2020
    Amerisource Business Capital announced the closing and funding of a $3,000,000 credit facility for an international occupational health services company based in Texas. The proceeds were used to refinance existing bank debt and support additional working capital needs
  • LOUD Capital Names Senior Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Expands Investment Offerings
    June 25, 2020
    LOUD Capital, an alternative investment firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is proud to name Nishad Parmar as senior partner and chief investment officer. Parmar, who is based out of LOUD's Chicago office, will be leading LOUD's diversified strategy into a new series of alternative investments. Foley & Lardner LLP will be legal partners to LOUD's Chicago office.
  • Going-Out-of-Business Sales Resume at 107 Modell’s Sporting Goods
    June 25, 2020
    With retailers resuming in-store operations following the months-long COVID-19 pause, shoppers from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will find liquidation discounts on top-name sporting goods, footwear and apparel brands as Modell’s Sporting Goods resumes going-out-of-business sales at 107 of its remaining stores, beginning immediately. A joint venture of Tiger Capital Group, Great American Group (a B. Riley Financial company) and SB360 Capital Partners is conducting the sales on behalf of the New York-based retailer in accordance with state and local social distancing and sanitation guidelines.
  • BBVA, Sustainability Coordinator of the new Revolving Credit Facility for EnBW in Germany
    June 25, 2020
    The new revolving credit facility, which replaces the existing facility, is for a total of EUR 1.5Bn and signed for an initial term of five years with two possible one-year extensions that will allow to push back its maturity date. A total of 18 banks have participated in the transaction, following a successful syndication process that was widely oversubscribed. BBVA, due to its global vision and strategic approach to sustainability, has been chosen as the sole sustainability coordinator of this first sustainable facility that is being formalized after the COVID-19 crisis. BBVA also acted as global coordinator of the transaction together with BayernLB and Unicredit.
  • Candelaria Mining Closed $9 Million Medium Term Loan Facility
    June 25, 2020
    Candelaria Mining Corp. (TSXV:CAND, OTC PINK:CDELF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed a US$9 million medium term loan facility (“Facility”) with Accendo Banco, S.A. (“Accendo”). Funds advanced under the facility will be used for financing construction of the Company’s Pinos project and working capital purposes.
  • Technicolor Files for Restructuring in Bankruptcy Court, Citing Coronavirus Impact
    June 25, 2020
    The long-beleaguered company's post-production and VFX subsidiaries worked on 100 theatrical films and 300 series last year.
  • Return to Modest Growth Expected for Lumber Markets According to Hilco Forestry Report
    June 25, 2020
    Pandemic Impacts Continue to Shape the Course of Forestry Markets, authored by Jesse Marzouk- Vice President and Forestry Products Specialist at Hilco Global, explores how the continuation of construction and remodeling throughout the current crisis has helped sustain U.S. lumber prices and how factors including significantly increased online ordering have served to bolster specific areas of the market such as containerboard. The report also addresses the potential for long-term lumber capacity oversupply, as well as near-term implications stemming from consumer toilet paper hoarding during the pandemic period.
  • Garrison Capital Inc. to Merge with Portman Ridge Finance Corporation
    June 25, 2020
    Garrison Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: GARS) (“GARS”) and Portman Ridge Finance Corporation (“PTMN”) (Nasdaq: PTMN) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which GARS will merge with and into PTMN, a business development company managed by Sierra Crest Investment Management LLC (“Sierra Crest”), an affiliate of BC Partners Advisors L.P. (“BC Partners”) and LibreMax Capital LLC. The transaction is the result of the previously announced review of strategic alternatives by GARS and has been approved by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of GARS (on the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of GARS) and the Board of Directors of PTMN.
  • Susan George Joins White Oak Global Advisors as Head of Asset Management
    June 25, 2020
    White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (“White Oak” or "the Firm"), today announced Susan George has joined the Firm as Head of Asset Management. Ms. George will be based in New York and will sit on the Investment Committee. Ms. George brings over 30 years of middle market private debt and distressed private equity experience to White Oak. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. George served as Head of Corporate Asset Management and was a member of the Investment Committee at private credit firm Garrison Investment for 12 years. She previously worked for The CIT Group for over 20 years, where she held various leadership roles in credit restructuring, underwriting and business credit.
  • CIT Northbridge Credit Serves as Sole Lender on $50 Million Credit Facility for CITIES Market Studios
    June 25, 2020
    CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that CIT Northbridge Credit, as advised by CIT Asset Management LLC, served as sole lead arranger on a $50 million senior secured revolving credit facility for CITIES Market Studios. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, CITIES is a global consumer product and retail strategy company that collaborates with retailers, brands and inventors to develop and execute strategies, products and programs for the digital and physical markets.
  • NexTech AR Secures $600,000 Credit Line With Royal Bank of Canada
    June 24, 2020
    NexTech AR Solutions (NexTech) (OTCQB: NEXCF) (CSE: NTAR) (FSE: N29), an emerging leader in augmented reality for eCommerce, AR learning applications, and AR-enhanced virtual events is pleased to announce that it has secured a $600,000 lending facility with the Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”).
  • White Oak Global Advisors Expands Commitment to Impact Investing
    June 24, 2020
    White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, (“White Oak”, or the “Firm”) today reiterated its commitment to responsible credit investing by dedicating additional resources to deploy capital in senior-secured, non-sponsored debt investments in companies that are focused on environmental and social outcomes, particularly in the areas of healthcare, environment and well-being. As a leader in the private debt asset class, White Oak is uniquely positioned to provide senior secured first lien loans that benefit small to middle market businesses that are mission driven to make a positive impact and reduce the footprint on our earth.
  • Sunflower Bank Provides Senior Debt Financing to SSP Innovations, LLC
    June 24, 2020
    Sunflower Bank, N.A. is pleased to announce it provided revolving and term debt commitments in connection with a refinancing of SSP Innovations, LLC (“the Company”) by Warren Equity Partners, LLC (“WEP”). The transaction closed in March 2020.
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 Process
    June 29, 2020
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as legal counsel, Alvarez & Marsal is serving as restructuring advisor, Rothschild & Co and Intrepid Financial Partners are serving as financial advisors, and Reevemark is serving as communications advisor to the Company. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal counsel to the Company's Board of Directors. Sidley Austin LLP is serving as legal counsel, RPA Advisors, LLC is serving as financial advisor, and Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is serving as investment banker to MUFG Union Bank, N.A., the DIP facility agent and exit facilities agent.
  • Federal Reserve Board Releases Results of Stress Tests for 2020 and Additional Sensitivity Analyses Conducted in Light of the Coronavirus Event
    June 29, 2020
    In addition to its normal stress test, the Board conducted a sensitivity analysis to assess the resiliency of large banks under three hypothetical recessions, or downside scenarios, which could result from the coronavirus event. The scenarios included a V-shaped recession and recovery; a slower, U-shaped recession and recovery; and a W-shaped, double-dip recession.
  • North Mill Capital Provides $500,000 Accounts Receivable Facility
    June 29, 2020
    North Mill Capital announced it provided a $500,000 accounts receivable facility for The Right Staff, LLC. The funds were used to pay off the previous lender and provide additional working capital for the company.
  • Northeast Bank Announces Sale of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
    June 29, 2020
    Northeast Bank (the “Bank”) (NASDAQ: NBN), a Maine-based full-service bank, announced today that it has entered into a Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Loan Sale Agreement”) with The Loan Source, Inc. (“Loan Source”) and agreed to sell to Loan Source $457.6 million of loans originated by the Bank in connection with the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). After amortizing previously unamortized PPP loan origination fees, the Bank will realize a pre-tax gain of approximately $9.8 million in the current fiscal quarter as a result of the sale. In addition, the Bank will receive fee income on the loans sold until such time as the loans are forgiven or repaid.
  • HTG Molecular Diagnostics Secures Senior Term Loan from Silicon Valley Bank
    June 29, 2020
    HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced that it has entered into a $10.0 million senior term loan agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, to replace its existing senior credit facility.
  • Fennec Pharmaceuticals Announces Amendment to Increase Existing Senior Debt Facility
    June 29, 2020
    Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:FENC; TSX: FRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of PEDMARK™ (a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate) for the prevention of platinum-induced ototoxicity in pediatric patients, today announced an amendment to its existing senior debt facility with the Life Sciences Group at Bridge Bank increasing the size of the facility from $12.5 million to $18 million.
  • Hilco Redevelopment Partners Closes on $225.5 Million Acquisition of PES
    June 29, 2020
    Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP) – the real estate development unit of Hilco Global that remediates and redevelops complex and obsolete industrial property – today announced that it completed a transaction to purchase the 1300-acre former Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in Southwest Philadelphia. The deal is a giant step toward building an environmentally responsible and economically robust commercial hub in Southwest Philadelphia.
  • Amerisource Closes $3,000,000 Credit Facility for Health Services Company
    June 29, 2020
    Amerisource Business Capital announced the closing and funding of a $3,000,000 credit facility for an international occupational health services company based in Texas. The proceeds were used to refinance existing bank debt and support additional working capital needs
  • LOUD Capital Names Senior Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Expands Investment Offerings
    June 25, 2020
    LOUD Capital, an alternative investment firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is proud to name Nishad Parmar as senior partner and chief investment officer. Parmar, who is based out of LOUD's Chicago office, will be leading LOUD's diversified strategy into a new series of alternative investments. Foley & Lardner LLP will be legal partners to LOUD's Chicago office.
  • Going-Out-of-Business Sales Resume at 107 Modell’s Sporting Goods
    June 25, 2020
    With retailers resuming in-store operations following the months-long COVID-19 pause, shoppers from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will find liquidation discounts on top-name sporting goods, footwear and apparel brands as Modell’s Sporting Goods resumes going-out-of-business sales at 107 of its remaining stores, beginning immediately. A joint venture of Tiger Capital Group, Great American Group (a B. Riley Financial company) and SB360 Capital Partners is conducting the sales on behalf of the New York-based retailer in accordance with state and local social distancing and sanitation guidelines.
  • BBVA, Sustainability Coordinator of the new Revolving Credit Facility for EnBW in Germany
    June 25, 2020
    The new revolving credit facility, which replaces the existing facility, is for a total of EUR 1.5Bn and signed for an initial term of five years with two possible one-year extensions that will allow to push back its maturity date. A total of 18 banks have participated in the transaction, following a successful syndication process that was widely oversubscribed. BBVA, due to its global vision and strategic approach to sustainability, has been chosen as the sole sustainability coordinator of this first sustainable facility that is being formalized after the COVID-19 crisis. BBVA also acted as global coordinator of the transaction together with BayernLB and Unicredit.
  • Candelaria Mining Closed $9 Million Medium Term Loan Facility
    June 25, 2020
    Candelaria Mining Corp. (TSXV:CAND, OTC PINK:CDELF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed a US$9 million medium term loan facility (“Facility”) with Accendo Banco, S.A. (“Accendo”). Funds advanced under the facility will be used for financing construction of the Company’s Pinos project and working capital purposes.
  • Technicolor Files for Restructuring in Bankruptcy Court, Citing Coronavirus Impact
    June 25, 2020
    The long-beleaguered company's post-production and VFX subsidiaries worked on 100 theatrical films and 300 series last year.
  • Return to Modest Growth Expected for Lumber Markets According to Hilco Forestry Report
    June 25, 2020
    Pandemic Impacts Continue to Shape the Course of Forestry Markets, authored by Jesse Marzouk- Vice President and Forestry Products Specialist at Hilco Global, explores how the continuation of construction and remodeling throughout the current crisis has helped sustain U.S. lumber prices and how factors including significantly increased online ordering have served to bolster specific areas of the market such as containerboard. The report also addresses the potential for long-term lumber capacity oversupply, as well as near-term implications stemming from consumer toilet paper hoarding during the pandemic period.
  • Garrison Capital Inc. to Merge with Portman Ridge Finance Corporation
    June 25, 2020
    Garrison Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: GARS) (“GARS”) and Portman Ridge Finance Corporation (“PTMN”) (Nasdaq: PTMN) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which GARS will merge with and into PTMN, a business development company managed by Sierra Crest Investment Management LLC (“Sierra Crest”), an affiliate of BC Partners Advisors L.P. (“BC Partners”) and LibreMax Capital LLC. The transaction is the result of the previously announced review of strategic alternatives by GARS and has been approved by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of GARS (on the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of GARS) and the Board of Directors of PTMN.
  • Susan George Joins White Oak Global Advisors as Head of Asset Management
    June 25, 2020
    White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (“White Oak” or "the Firm"), today announced Susan George has joined the Firm as Head of Asset Management. Ms. George will be based in New York and will sit on the Investment Committee. Ms. George brings over 30 years of middle market private debt and distressed private equity experience to White Oak. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. George served as Head of Corporate Asset Management and was a member of the Investment Committee at private credit firm Garrison Investment for 12 years. She previously worked for The CIT Group for over 20 years, where she held various leadership roles in credit restructuring, underwriting and business credit.
  • CIT Northbridge Credit Serves as Sole Lender on $50 Million Credit Facility for CITIES Market Studios
    June 25, 2020
    CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that CIT Northbridge Credit, as advised by CIT Asset Management LLC, served as sole lead arranger on a $50 million senior secured revolving credit facility for CITIES Market Studios. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, CITIES is a global consumer product and retail strategy company that collaborates with retailers, brands and inventors to develop and execute strategies, products and programs for the digital and physical markets.
  • NexTech AR Secures $600,000 Credit Line With Royal Bank of Canada
    June 24, 2020
    NexTech AR Solutions (NexTech) (OTCQB: NEXCF) (CSE: NTAR) (FSE: N29), an emerging leader in augmented reality for eCommerce, AR learning applications, and AR-enhanced virtual events is pleased to announce that it has secured a $600,000 lending facility with the Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”).
  • White Oak Global Advisors Expands Commitment to Impact Investing
    June 24, 2020
    White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, (“White Oak”, or the “Firm”) today reiterated its commitment to responsible credit investing by dedicating additional resources to deploy capital in senior-secured, non-sponsored debt investments in companies that are focused on environmental and social outcomes, particularly in the areas of healthcare, environment and well-being. As a leader in the private debt asset class, White Oak is uniquely positioned to provide senior secured first lien loans that benefit small to middle market businesses that are mission driven to make a positive impact and reduce the footprint on our earth.
  • Sunflower Bank Provides Senior Debt Financing to SSP Innovations, LLC
    June 24, 2020
    Sunflower Bank, N.A. is pleased to announce it provided revolving and term debt commitments in connection with a refinancing of SSP Innovations, LLC (“the Company”) by Warren Equity Partners, LLC (“WEP”). The transaction closed in March 2020.