LICT Corporation (“LICT” or the “Company”; OTC Pink ®: LICT) has borrowed the entire $50 million under its revolving credit facility with CoBank. The addition of the $50 million in new borrowings increases LICT’s pro-forma gross cash balance to just under $90 million with net cash of $76 million. LICT expects to continue to generate free cash flow throughout the year.

Mastro, who will be based in Chicago, most recently managed a team of professionals overseeing $6 billion of assets as the central region ABL Portfolio Management leader at Bank of America. He has held a variety of ABL roles over his 25 years as senior banker, including origination, underwriting, field examination and trainer. A graduate of Lake Forest College, he earned his MBA from Loyola University Chicago. He is a nationally certified hockey coach and Special Olympics volunteer.

Fitch says Coronavirus Crisis is crushing global GDP growth.

Amerisource Business Capital announced the closing and funding of a $1,000,000 DIP credit facility for a limestone quarry based in Missouri.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced it has entered into a $2.6 billion secured credit facility, enhancing the company’s liquidity as it manages through an unprecedented decline in air travel demand due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The company is also drawing $3 billion under its existing revolving credit facilities.

The ability of securitization notes to withstand the fallout of the pandemic will depend on its duration and issues including the strength of structural protections, according to a Moody's Investors Service analysis of bonds they rate. Moody's analysis partly reflects the rating agency's most recent baseline macroeconomic assumptions. The report notes that declines in interest rates, lower oil prices and ongoing government actions will have mixed effects.

Gibraltar welcomes Mark Pickering as the newest member of our expert business development team. He is an SVP based in Atlanta, covering the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.

A new PwC pulse survey shows how finance leaders plan to react to COVID-19 — and what impacts they expect to see. Fifty leaders from a cross section of industries weighed in from the US and Mexico during the week of March 9. The survey will continue so we can track changing sentiments and priorities.

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) today announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Shaw Development, LLC (“Shaw”) by private equity sponsor Monomoy Capital Partners. Founded in 1944 and based in Bonita Springs, Florida, Shaw is a designer, manufacturer and assembler of sensors, fluid management systems and related components primarily for diesel exhaust fluid (“DEF”) applications.

Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and PNC Bank served as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners on the new credit facilities.

Republic was chosen by the sponsor and consultant due to its flexibility, creativity, experience and its reputation for approving its original term sheets. The private equity firm acquired the company several years before, but brought in the turnaround consulting firm once it realized the management team needed immediate support and long-term improvement. The turnaround consultant knew of Republic’s commitment to the corporate renewal of companies with its President, Robert Meyers, recently completing his year as President of the Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.

TradeCap Partners (“TradeCap”) recently announced the closing of a $5.5 million Purchase Order Facility for an East coast based Audio/Visual-IT Integration Company to support a large public sector contract award to upgrade existing technology.

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXPE) today announced that it entered into a $50 million Increase Agreement (the “Increase Agreement”), by and among DXP Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”), certain of the Company’s US subsidiaries, as borrowers, certain of the Company’s Canadian subsidiaries, as borrowers, the incremental lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as agent.

Internap Corporation, as debtor and debtor-in-possession ("INAP"), and certain of its subsidiaries, as debtors and debtors-in-possession (collectively with INAP, the "Company"), entered into a Senior Secured Super-Priority Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement with Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto. As previously reported by INAP on March 16, 2020, the Company filed voluntary petitions for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, White Plains Division

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the addition of Rogers Herndon and Danny Boyer as Managing Directors to its Energy practice based in Houston. These hires demonstrate A&M’s commitment to helping clients in the energy industry address increasingly complex challenges to best maximize value.

The Covid-19 outbreak is unlike any previous crisis: traditional crisis-response approaches will not be sufficient. CEOs need to act now, and act aggressively.

Dr. Kerstin Braun, President of Stenn Group, commented: “2019 was weaker than expected and the stakes are only higher for 2020. Governments around the world are having to act forcefully to prevent the economic hit from Covid-19 deepening, taking a coordinated approach and opening the liquidity pipe for both fiscal and monetary support.

Richard Gumbrecht, SFNet CEO, met with representatives of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last week to discuss issues of importance to our respective missions. Participating were Lou Ann Francis, Director of Commercial Credit Risk who oversees Asset Based Lending for the OCC and her staff as well as her boss Richard Taft, Deputy Comptroller of Credit Risk

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The inaugural facility matures in December 2022, with two, one-year extension options thereafter. Based upon the leverage levels at closing, the interest rate under the revolving facility is LIBOR plus 185 basis points. The facility also has an accordion feature that allows for borrowing capacity of up to $300 million. KeyBank serves as Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger and Mizuho Bank, City National Bank, and First Financial Bank serve as participating lenders.