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  • Sallyport Commercial Finance Structures a Multi-Million Dollar Credit Facility for an Electronics Company
    June 10, 2020
    Sallyport Commercial Finance arranges a $3,000,000 accounts receivable facility for a national distributor of gaming and consumer electronics. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the business has expanded their products to include personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves.
  • Highlight of Changes Made to Main Street Lending Program
    June 9, 2020
    Clayton Stallbaumer and Staci Rosche of McGuireWoods summarized the changes to the MSLP, which were announced on Monday.
  • Clear Thinking Group Promotes Brian Allen to Senior Managing Director
    June 9, 2020
    Clear Thinking Group LLC, the award-winning business advisory firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Brian Allen to Senior Managing Director effective immediately. Mr. Allen has over twenty-five years of experience serving in Controller and CFO positions with both public and private companies.
  • Albireo Announces Two Financing Transactions to Extend Cash Runway Into the Beginning of 2022
    June 9, 2020
    Under the updated terms of the agreement with HCR, the company will receive an additional $15 million on top of the $45 million royalty financing commitment HCR made in 2018 for royalty rights based on sales for elobixibat in the treatment of chronic constipation in Japan. Under the terms of the new agreement with Hercules Capital, Albireo may access up to $80 million of new capital, with an initial minimum of $10 million drawn down on a first available tranche of $15M, and additional tranches based on regulatory and other milestones.
  • Huntington Business Credit Announces $11.5 Million in Credit Facilities with Robinson Fans Holdings, Inc.
    June 9, 2020
    Robinson Fans Holdings, Inc., located in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, is a designer and manufacturer of industrial fans and air moving equipment.
  • TAB Bank Provides Consumer Lighting Products Company in Utah with an $8 Million Revolving Credit Facility
    June 9, 2020
    TAB Bank is pleased to announce it has provided an $8 million asset-based revolving credit facility for a consumer lighting products company based in Utah. The new facility is extended through a multi-year agreement and will provide for the ongoing working capital needs for the company.
  • Bright Mountain Media Completes Accretive Acquisition of CL Media Holdings d/b/a/ Wild Sky Media
    June 9, 2020
    Wild Sky Media, an interactive media company and home to parenting and lifestyle brands CafeMom, Mom.com, LittleThings, Revelist, Babynamewizard, and MamasLatinas. The transaction was completed on a debt-free and cash-free basis, free and clear of any liens and encumbrances for a total enterprise value of $15.0 million, in addition to 2.5 million shares of common stock of Bright Mountain Media, Inc. Centre Lane funded a $15.0 million first lien senior secured term loan to Bright Mountain Media to finance the purchase price at closing.
  • Macy’s, Inc. Raises Approximately $4.5 Billion in Financing
    June 9, 2020
    Credit Suisse and JP Morgan served as joint physical book runners on the company’s senior secured notes issuance. Bank of America and Goldman Sachs served as book runners on the notes issuance. Bank of America is serving as the Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger on the company’s asset-based credit agreement.
  • Rayonier Advanced Materials Announces Credit Agreement Amendment Providing Extended Financial Covenant Relief and Additional Liquidity
    June 8, 2020
    Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that, in working with its lenders under its Senior Secured Credit Agreement, it has entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) under which, among other changes, the lenders have agreed to relax the financial covenants through 2022. In addition, the Amendment provides additional liquidity to the Company by reducing the minimum availability the Company is required to maintain under its revolving credit facility. The Amendment added a 1 percent LIBOR floor and lenders were paid a customary fee as consideration for their consent to the Amendment.
  • Serta Simmons Bedding Enters Into Agreement with Majority of Lenders on Deleveraging and Liquidity Enhancing Transaction
    June 8, 2020
    Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC ("SSB" or the "Company"), the largest manufacturer and distributor of mattresses in North America, today entered into a transaction support agreement with a majority of its First Lien and Second Lien Term Loan Holders to recapitalize the Company. The transaction is expected to reduce net debt by approximately $400 million, and further provides for $200 million in new capital to increase its financial strength and support the acceleration of SSB's business transformation plan.
  • Orion Group Holdings, Inc. Announces Additional $20 Million Revolver
    June 8, 2020
    Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the "Company") a leading specialty construction company, today announced it has entered into an amendment to its existing credit agreement with Regions Bank and other lenders, providing for a new $20 million revolving credit facility to supplement its existing $50 million revolver. The new revolver will have a term of one year.
  • Douglas Dynamics Refinances $375 Million Credit Facility
    June 8, 2020
    Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (NYSE: PLOW), North America's premier manufacturer and upfitter of work truck attachments and equipment, today announced it has refinanced its existing senior secured credit facilities with $375 million of new credit facilities, consisting of a $275 million 6-year Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility due June 2026 and a $100 million 3-year Senior Secured ABL Revolving Credit Facility due June 2023. The proceeds from the borrowings will be used for general corporate purposes, including repaying the entirety of the company’s prior $226 million Term Loan B Facility that was scheduled to mature on December 31 2021.
  • QuickFi® & Johnson Controls International Announce Customer Financing Program
    June 8, 2020
    QuickFi® by Innovation Finance USA, LLC is pleased to provide financing services for Johnson Controls International customers. Johnson Controls is a worldwide leader in optimizing building performance to improve safety and enhance comfort. QuickFi enables business equipment purchasers to initiate and complete fixed-rate, term equipment financing transactions, which previously took days or weeks, in only three minutes.
  • Federal Reserve Board Expands its Main Street Lending Program to Allow More Small and Medium-sized Businesses to be Able to Receive Support
    June 8, 2020
    The Federal Reserve Board on Monday expanded its Main Street Lending Program to allow more small and medium-sized businesses to be able to receive support. The Board lowered the minimum loan amount, raised the maximum loan limit, adjusted the principal repayment schedule to begin after two years, and extended the term to five years, providing borrowers with greater flexibility in repaying the loans. The Board expects the Main Street program to be open for lender registration soon and to be actively buying loans shortly afterwards.
  • Payroll Protection Program (PPP) Loan Update
    June 8, 2020
    This weekend, the SBA released its latest Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan update. Please see the attached report.
  • Fed to Stay Full Throttle With Credit Support Despite Debt Rally
    June 8, 2020
    The Federal Reserve may have stoked one of the strongest corporate debt market rallies in decades, but it’s too soon to declare an all-clear for credit with the economy facing a potentially rocky road ahead. Sure, U.S. investment-grade borrowing costs have retreated to near all-time lows, and companies have sold $1 trillion of bonds at the fastest pace on record -- evidence that merely announcing a plan to pump liquidity into corporate debt markets has helped ease strains before barely a dollar of central bank money was deployed.
  • Methanex Amends $1.1B Credit Facilities, Boosts Flexibility
    June 8, 2020
    Methanex Corporation MEOH boosted its financial flexibility by amending its $300 million committed revolving credit facility and $800-million non-revolving construction facility. Notably, the amendment is expected to offer meaningful financial covenant relief and greater timeline flexibility for completing the Geismar 3 project. The financial covenant relief will offer more flexibility in calculating minimum EBITDA to interest coverage ratio through Jun 30, 2021, and an increase of the maximum debt-to-capitalization ratio through Jun 30, 2023.
  • Paul, Weiss Adds Leading Restructuring Partner
    June 8, 2020
    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Andrew M. Parlen is joining the firm as a partner in the Restructuring Department, resident in the New York office. Mr. Parlen represents public and private companies, ad hoc groups of creditors and investors in a variety of distressed situations, including out-of-court restructurings, prepackaged and prearranged chapter 11 reorganizations, debtor-in-possession financings and acquisitions of distressed companies.
  • Joint Statement by SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin Regarding Enactment of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
    June 8, 2020
    SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement today following the enactment of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act: “We want to thank President Trump for his leadership and commend Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader McCarthy for working on a bipartisan basis to pass this legislation for small businesses participating in the Paycheck Protection Program.
  • Going-out-of-Business Sales are Underway at All Open Pier 1 Stores and Pier1.com
    June 8, 2020
    Joint venture partners Gordon Brothers and Hilco Global announced that they have commenced “Going-Out-of-Business” sales at more than 350 open Pier 1 stores across the United States. Pier 1 announced on Friday, May 29 that it has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to begin an orderly wind-down of its retail operations as soon as reasonably possible, pending each location’s ability to reopen following mandated closures due to the impact of COVID-19. It is estimated that all remaining stores will be operating going out of business sales by mid-June, or as soon as the stores can reopen based on respective state and local guidelines.