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Welcome to The Secured Lender’s Sixth Women in Secured Finance issue.
Rising Together. This concept serves as both the theme for this month’s issue and SFNet’s upcoming online conference Women in Secured Finance: Where Women Rise.
During this challenging time, it’s more important than ever to highlight and celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of women in our industry. Statistics show that the pandemic has had serious effects on women in the workplace, as we struggle with added pressures on the job, increased unemployment and increasingly challenging caregiving responsibilities.
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Gerber Finance Closes New Deal Under its Naturally Gerber Division
Gerber Finance, an eCapital company and leading finance partner for companies experiencing accelerated growth, today announced it closed a $6MM line of credit to natural products company, Puracy, a plant-based personal care and cleaning products company. The deal was managed under the Naturally Gerber Finance division, which works with companies within the fast-growing natural products space, from clean label, organic and non-GMO products, to sustainable design and packaging.
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Vivint Smart Home Successfully Completes Refinancing Transactions
Vivint also announced that, concurrently with the Notes offering, the Issuer refinanced its existing credit facilities with (i) a new $1,350.0 million first lien senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2028 (the “New Senior Secured Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) a new $370.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility maturing in 2026 (the “New Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the New Senior Secured Term Loan facility, the “New Senior Secured Credit Facilities”), with lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as a lender, administrative agent and collateral agent.
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CIT Serves as Sole Lead Arranger of $17.4 Million Financing for Medical Office Buildings in Bakersfield, California
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that its Healthcare Finance business served as sole lead arranger on a $17.4 million loan to finance the acquisition of a portfolio of three medical office buildings in Bakersfield, California.
The medical office building portfolio includes more than 65,000 square feet, is fully leased and is located on the campus of Bakersfield Heart Hospital. A majority of the building tenants are practice groups affiliated with the hospital.
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North Mill Capital Provides $15 Million Accounts Receivable Factoring Facility
North Mill Capital announced it provided a $15,000,000 accounts receivable factoring facility to provider of oral and personal hygiene products.
The funds were used to pay off the previous lender and provide additional working capital to support the Company's growth. NMC also entered into an inter-creditor agreement with a purchase order financing partner to help meet substantial near-term growth needs.
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SFNet to Host “Navigating the End of LIBOR: Recent Developments and Market Updates” Webinar Tomorrow
SFNet will host a webinar tomorrow, May 21, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., EDT titled "Navigating the End of LIBOR: Recent Developments and Market Updates." This webinar is free for employees of SFNet member organizations and $95 for non SFNet members.
As we approach December 31, 2021, the financial markets are closer to the end of LIBOR for most currency and tenor settings. This webinar will provide important updates regarding LIBOR transition, including the extension of U.S. Dollar LIBOR for the dominant tenors to June 30, 2023, developments on SOFR and other overnight RFRs to replace IBOR rates and the emergence of certain “credit sensitive rates.” Panelists will also discuss recent developments impacting fallback provisions in documentation, including for business loans and derivatives, as well as the status of the New York State and Federal LIBOR discontinuation legislation.
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Encina Business Credit Provides $115 Million Revolving Credit Facility to Retailer
Encina Business Credit, LLC announced today that it is the Revolving Agent on a $115 million senior secured credit facility used to support the acquisition of a mid-sized discount retailer of home décor.
The revolving line of credit, which is collateralized by accounts receivable and inventory was used to support the purchase price and ongoing working capital needs of the borrower.
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Fifth Third Business Capital Provides $21.5 Million for Spray Products
Fifth Third Business Capital, a division of Fifth Third Bank, announced it acted as sole lender and administrative agent on the funding of a new $21,500,000 senior credit facility to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based Spray Products Corporation and affiliates.=
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Meet YoPro Chapter President Drew Loughlin of SFNet's New York Chapter
Avi Levine, vice president at Star Funding, Inc. (pictured left) and Andrew (Drew) Loughlin, vice president, People's United Bank, catch up and discuss Drew’s involvement with the SFNet New York Chapter over the years. Drew has currently served as the President of the Chapter for the past two years. Drew can be reached at andrew.loughlin@peoples.com and Avi at alevine@starfunding.net. -
Prominent Banking Partner Rejoins Latham & Watkins In New York
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer Ezring has rejoined the firm's New York office as a partner in the Banking Practice. Ezring has significant experience advising commercial and investment banks on leveraged finance and asset-based lending transactions.



