TSL Express Daily Articles & News

Drew McManigle, Founder and Managing Director of Houston-based MACCO Restructuring Group, LLC (MACCO), announced the opening of new offices in Wilmington, Delaware and Denver, Colorado together with several notable additions to the firm.

Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. today announced the completion of their merger to become Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The resulting company represents one of the broadest and most capable full-service investment banking platforms on Wall Street complemented by one of the largest securities distribution and trading franchises with market-leading research aligned to serve the middle-market.

BNP Paribas, a premier global banking partner, today announced that it has closed a bi-lateral, incentive-linked corporate revolving credit facility (“RCF”) with Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (TSX: BEP.UN; NYSE: BEP), structured as a sustainability-linked loan (“SLL”). This is one of the first SLLs offered in Canada and the first for BNP Paribas in Canada.

Tradewind Finance has closed a reverse factoring deal with a Hong Kong-based electronics company whose buyer is located in the United States. The deal marks the addition of a second supplier to the vendor finance program that Tradewind has set up for the US buyer.

The existing term loans of approx. EUR 1.2 billion will be replaced with new committed three- and five-year term loans for the same amount. The existing EUR 500 million revolving credit facility will be refinanced for the same amount with a five-year maturity plus two one-year extension options.

TAB Bank is pleased to announce it has received a “Best Factoring Companies” award from Factoring Club for 2020. Every year, Factoring Club selects the top factoring companies in the industry based on contract terms, customer service, and company leadership.

Constellis Holdings LLC, a security contractor backed by Apollo Global Management Inc., is in talks with creditors on a deal to restructure its $1 billion of debt, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

36th Street Capital Partners LLC (“36th Street Capital”), an independent provider of alternative funding solutions for the equipment financing industry, announced the appointment of Thomas Linebarger as Senior Vice President of Business Development.

STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. (SSKN) (“STRATA” or the “Company”), a medical technology company in Dermatology and Plastic Surgery dedicated to developing, commercializing, and marketing innovative products for the treatment of dermatologic conditions, today announced that it has closed a refinancing of its existing debt with a lower interest one-year cash-secured loan facility with Israel Discount Bank of New York, a multi-national commercial bank.

ovia (NYSE:CVIA), a leading provider of mineral-based material solutions for the Industrial and Energy markets, announced a series of actions that are expected to improve its financial flexibility: $85 Million Committed Standby Credit Facility - The Company has received a commitment from PNC Bank, National Association for a new, 3-year credit facility for up to $85 million.

Alimera Sciences, Inc. (ALIM) (“Alimera”), a leader in the commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmology treatments for the management of retinal diseases, today announced that it refinanced its debt facility by entering into a new $45 million term loan agreement with its current lenders, investment affiliates managed by Solar Capital Partners, LLC, on December 31, 2019.

The company is working with a team of advisers to restructure operations, including Kirkland & Ellis LLP, AlixPartners LLP and Guggenheim Partners LLC. Representatives from those firms declined to comment.

Midcoast Energy Holdings, a portfolio company of an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, has completed an $830 million refinancing with a consortium of Korean lenders and institutional investors. The refinancing involves a Midcoast Energy subsidiary that indirectly holds a 35% interest in the Texas Express Pipeline, a 594-mile, 20-inch natural gas liquids pipeline which begins in Skellytown, Texas and ends in Mt. Belvieu, Texas. Midcoast Energy will continue to own and control its 35% interest in Texas Express.

Otterbourg P.C. announced today that Ikhwan A. Rafeek has been promoted to Member of the Firm in the Banking and Finance Group, effective January 1. Mr. Rafeek represents institutional lenders, banks, commercial finance companies, and factors in connection with the documentation of domestic and international secured lending arrangements, including asset-based, factoring, term loan, healthcare, real estate, middle market, leveraged, and first and second lien loan transactions. He also frequently represents secured lenders in workouts and restructurings and in portfolio acquisitions and dispositions.

AgroFresh has entered into an agreement with Bank of Montreal to extend AgroFresh’s existing $12.5 million revolving credit facility to April 1, 2021. The amendment also includes favorable revisions to the senior secured net leverage ratio.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Nasdaq: CCMP) today announced that it has amended its credit agreement entered into on November 15, 2018 to reduce the interest rate on borrowings under the agreement’s term loan facility by 25 basis points. The new term loan facility of the amended credit agreement has an aggregate principal amount of $957.0 million and bears interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the company’s option, either (a) a London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), subject to a 0.00% floor, or (b) a base rate, in each case plus an applicable margin of 2.00% for LIBOR loans and 1.00% for base rate loans.

Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNT) (the “Company” or “Melinta”), a commercial-stage company focused on the development and commercialization of novel antibiotics to treat serious bacterial infections, today announced that it has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the lenders under its senior credit facility, Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. and Deerfield Private Design Fund IV, L.P. (the “Supporting Lenders”).

BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BXC), a leading distributor of building and industrial products in the United States, today announced that it has completed sale-leaseback transactions for aggregate net cash proceeds of $27.2 million, which were used to repay indebtedness under the Company’s term loan. The transactions closed on December 31, 2019.

Air Industries Group (“Air Industries” or the “Company”), an integrated manufacturer of precision equipment assemblies and components for leading aerospace and defense prime contractors is pleased to announce that on December 31, 2019 it entered into a new 3-year, $19.8 million credit facility, consisting of a $16 million revolving credit line, and a $3.8 million term loan.

S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced it has closed a new $35 million asset-based revolving credit facility with CIBC Bank USA ("CIBC").