TSL Express Daily Articles & News

Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO) (NYSE MKT: TGB) (LSE: TKO) ("Taseko" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a US$50 million Revolving Credit Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility, which is arranged and fully underwritten by National Bank of Canada, will be available for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The opportunity was sourced out of Midcap’s headquarters located in West Hartford, CT. Seth Cooper, Senior Vice President of MidCap Business Credit said, “We were able to structure a credit facility which provided the company with the additional liquidity they need to execute on their strategic plan and support their growth”.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas (“TRS”) and CIFC Asset Management LLC (“CIFC”) have announced the creation of a new leveraged loan investment fund platform known as Texas Debt Capital LP (“TDC”). A CIFC affiliate is the general partner and investment manager of TDC. TRS is the anchor investor limited partner and has committed significant equity to the fund. The fund will initially provide for up to $2 billion loan purchasing capacity in U.S. and Europe.

Winston & Strawn LLP represented Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: RNGR), an independent provider of well service rigs and associated services in the United States, in the closing of its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Basic Energy Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries through its controlled subsidiary Ranger Energy Acquisition, LLC. The assets were sold by Basic as part of its bankruptcy process. The agreement to purchase the assets was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court on September 23, 2021.

Glass Mountain Pipeline Holdings LLC (the “Company” or “Glass Mountain”) announced today that, with the support of its equity sponsor GEPIF Glass Mountain Pipeline LLC (the “Sponsor”) and lenders holding 66.97% of the Company’s revolving and term loans (the “Consenting Lenders”), it has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “RSA”) that provides for the elimination of over $230 million in debt from the Company’s balance sheet and a $45 million investment from the Sponsor.

IPC Systems, Inc. ("IPC" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the global financial markets, today announced that it has entered into a Transaction Support Agreement (the "Agreement") with its key stakeholders, which will reduce the Company's debt by over $400 million, extend its debt maturity schedule by 5 years, and provide new capital of $125 million to deliver the resources for investment in long-term growth strategies. IPC's professional advisors included Kirkland & Ellis and Evercore.

Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. (“Matrix”), a leading, independent investment bank, announces that it has advised Lykins Companies, Inc., t/a Lykins Energy Solutions, (“Lykins” or the “Company”) on the sale of the Company’s commercial fuels, heating oil & propane, wholesale fuels, and electricity divisions. The commercial fuels, heating oil & propane division (collectively, “Bulk Fuels”) was acquired by World Fuel Services. T

Abacus Finance Group, LLC – a leading provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of companies – today announced that it served as Senior Secured Credit Facilities Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger for senior secured credit facilities to support the recapitalization of Next Net Media, LLC, a Clearview Capital portfolio company. Abacus also made an equity co-investment in Next Net Media.

Centerspace (NYSE: CSR) announced today that it has amended and extended its existing $250 million revolving credit facility. Bank of Montreal served as administrative agent for the extension of the credit facility with BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc. and PNC Capital Markets, LLC as, joint lead arrangers and joint book runners.

Sterling Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SBT), the thrift holding company for Sterling Bank and Trust, F.S.B. (the “Bank”), today announced that Karen Knott, current Senior Vice President and Controller, has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank. Ms. Knott’s promotion to Chief Financial Officer for the Bank is subject to the receipt of regulatory non-objection from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC) (the “Company”) and Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ: PMBC) (“Pacific Mercantile”) today announced that all required regulatory approvals for the mergers of Pacific Mercantile into the Company and Pacific Mercantile Bank into Banc of California, N.A. have been received. Subject to the satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions, the transaction is scheduled to close on or about October 18, 2021.

Winston & Strawn represented BofA Securities and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with Berenson Acquisition Corp. I (the "Company") initial public offering of 25,000,000 units.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) today announced that Sarah Lindstrom will become Head of Business Banking, effective October 4. Lindstrom will report to Simon Griffiths, Head of Core Banking for Citizens’ consumer bank.

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA) ("First Citizens"), the parent company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) ("CIT"), the parent company of CIT Bank, N.A., jointly announced that the two companies have agreed to extend the merger agreement from October 15, 2021, to March 1, 2022.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. ("Helix") (NYSE: HLX) announced today that it has entered into a new $80 million asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Facility”) with a syndicated banking group. Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. acted as Joint Lead Arrangers, and Bank of America, N.A. will continue to serve as Administrative Agent.

UPshow, the leading in-venue entertainment and marketing platform that develops interactive digital TV networks, announced today that it has closed a $10 million venture debt facility. The company will use the funds to make strategic investments in its product development and go-to-market engine.

The CFCC Board voted in favor of making the change to align itself with the name change embarked on by the CFA (Commercial Finance Association) which rebranded itself SFNet (short for Secured Finance Network).

Sallyport are thrilled to announce $1,500,000 in funding to a Canadian staffing firm serving the oil and gas services, mining and construction industries with permanent and temporary staffing solutions. The company is a subsidiary of one of Sallyport’s existing and very successful US clients and was originally referred to Sallyport by a contact in the UK.

CIBC Innovation Banking is pleased to announce a $15 million acquisition credit facility to Pennsylvania-based Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers (“Blue Cloud”), a leading provider of pediatric dental services in ambulatory surgical centers across the country.

Betterment, the largest independent digital investment advisor with $32 billion in assets under management and nearly 700,000 clients, announced today that it has secured $160 million in growth capital comprised of a $60 million Series F equity round and a $100 million credit facility.