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NPC International, Inc. (“NPC” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement (“RSA”) with lenders holding approximately 100% of the Company’s first lien priority debt and 70% of its first lien debt (collectively, the “Senior Secured Lender Group”) to substantially reduce NPC’s long-term debt and strengthen the Company’s capital structure. NPC and the Senior Secured Lender Group contemplate that the terms of the RSA would become part of a comprehensive Chapter 11 plan to restructure the Company’s balance sheet and optimize its portfolio of restaurants throughout the country.

Epiq, a global leader in legal services, released the June 2020 bankruptcy filings statistics today from its AACER business. Notably, commercial Chapter 11 filings are up 43% over June of last year, with 609 new filings, up from 424 from the same period last year. For the first half of 2020, total commercial Chapter 11 filings are up 26% with 3,604 new filings, up from 2,855 from the same period last year.

Last month, SFNet alerted members to CA AB2559, which expands the DBO’s enforcement powers by allowing the DBO to seek ancillary relief in the form of refunds, restitution, disgorgement or damages paid by the lender subject to the California Financing Law (“CFL”) which is found to be violating the CFL. Such ancillary relief is in addition to any fee or citation levied by the DBO and collected for the benefit of the State and is to be paid directly to the aggrieved borrower.

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce the successful placement of $2.15 billion of capital for MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA), consisting of a $500 million private senior secured loan with warrants funded by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (Apollo), and a $1.65 billion new asset-level term facility funded by Athene USA Corporation and Barclays Bank PLC.

J D Factors announces it has provided: $700,000 to a transportation company in California; $100,000 to a transportation company in Georgia; $75,000 to a transportation company in Quebec; $300,000 to a transportation company in Illinois...

Love joins CIBC from PNC Business Credit, where he served as Senior Vice President, Business Development. In this role, he handled business development of Asset-based loans for middle market companies experiencing growth or business transition. At CIBC, Love will focus on origination in the Great Lakes region, continuing to provide creative solutions to family-owned or sponsor-backed, middle market companies.

Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton officially became Troutman Pepper (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP) today, a national law firm with 1,100 attorneys in 23 U.S. cities. The new firm offers clients greater resources and bench strength, enhanced practices, and expanded geographical reach. Troutman Pepper is one of the 50 largest law firms in the country, with offices in eight of the 10 largest U.S. markets. The firm supports some of the country’s biggest industry sectors, including health sciences, energy, real estate, insurance, finance, private equity, construction, and technology.

The commercial bank business in the Nordics, covering Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, serves the middle market segment in a wide range of traditional industries as well as the fast growing digital sector. Mariève will be based in Stockholm and will start transitioning to her new role with immediate effect.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Jacques Mulder as a Managing Director in its Healthcare Industry Group to expand its biopharmaceutical and medical technology (MedTech) sector offerings. Mr. Mulder’s appointment reflects A&M’s commitment to assist clients in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry to address multifaceted market challenges, which have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the continued investment in its Turnaround & Restructuring practice within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment with the appointment of Kevin Barrentine as a Senior Managing Director. Mr. Barrentine , who will be based in Atlanta, brings more than 30 years of experience in restructuring and performance improvement for underperforming or distressed businesses.

Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX: HCG) (“Home Capital” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the renewal of its $500 million committed standby secured funding facility (the “Credit Facility”) entered into by its subsidiary, Home Trust Company, and Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada for a period of one year.

Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, today announced that three leaders specializing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory for the healthcare sector have joined the firm's Frankfurt office. Dirk Loeffler joins as Managing Director and head of healthcare for the DACH region and Julian Knirim and Jens Gerlach join as Directors. All will advise shareholders, management teams and financial sponsors on complex private and public M&A transactions in the global healthcare sector.

The Federal Reserve announced that the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility opened for business Monday, the last of its nine pandemic emergency lending programs to become operational. The program to support up to $500 billion in direct credit to corporate borrowers was announced in March as a flight from risk as the coronavirus spread began raising borrowing costs for corporations of all kinds.

Horizon North Logistics Inc. ("Horizon North" or the "Corporation") (TSX: HNL.TO) announced today that the Corporation has negotiated a new credit facility with a syndicate of lenders led by Scotiabank (the "Credit Facility"). Key features of the Credit Facility include an extended maturity date to December 31, 2022 and an increase in credit availability from $150 million to $175 million.

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, announced that Brendan Smyth has been named Head of the Australian Valuation team. The appointment will facilitate targeted, high-touch service to Australian clients of the company’s growing Valuations business.

Cardinal Energy Ltd. ("Cardinal" or the "Company") (TSX: CJ) has received approval to extend the revolving period applicable to the Company’s existing reserves-based credit facility to July 15, 2020.

Bank of America Business Capital is pleased to announce that Meredith Gall was named Senior Business Development Officer. Based in Denver, she will be responsible for originating new ABL financing opportunities in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Wyoming.

Pacific Western Bank is pleased to announce that Bill Black has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. In this newly created role, Mr. Black will focus on sourcing and evaluating prospective strategic opportunities for the Bank with the goal of generating improved financial results and shareholder value over time. He will serve as a member of the Bank’s executive management team and will maintain his primary office in the Bank’s New York City location.

U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Senate Banking Committee members, today introduced the “Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act,” bipartisan legislation to streamline forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for small businesses.

The Federal Reserve purchased more than $16 million in debt from WarnerMedia owner AT&T, more than $13 million in debt issued by NBCUniversal owner Comcast and $4.5 million in debt issued by Fox Corp., among others. The U.S. government has purchased millions of dollars in corporate bonds issued by entertainment giants like Fox Corp., Comcast, AT&T and others as part of a debt liquidity program spurred on by the novel coronavirus pandemic.