Refinancing
Borromin’s ProFagus completes refinancing
Charcoal and natural additives company saw final bids from two banks and one direct lender
Rileys hires FRP to assist with rescue plan
Rileys CEO Craig Mayes confirmed the appointment of FRP to examine options going forward
Kartesia backs £26m refinancing for BGF-backed Clearway
Debt has been invested from Kartesia Senior Opportunities I, marking the fund’s first UK investment
Goldman Sachs and THCP invest £16.5m in Hunter Boots
Wellingtons manufacturer mandated AlixPartners to sell a stake in the business in March 2020
Towerbrook to inject €100m in BC-backed CarTrawler in debt-for-equity swap
CarTrawler has €120m of its TLB and €25m of revolving credit facility debt outstanding
Dunedin's FRA secures £100m refinancing
FRA recently opened offices in the Nordic region, as well as in New York, Dallas and Philadelphia
3i nets £102m from Audley Travel, Hans Anders dividends
3i receives proceeds of £67m from Audley Travel, while Hans Anders generates a €42m windfall
Vance recapitalises Eirtech
Neuberger Berman has provided debt and an equity co-investment for aviation services firm Eirtech
Latour Capital's Syclef secures refinancing
Latour acquired a controlling stake in the refrigeration systems provider in 2015
Phoenix-backed Just Childcare secures £50m financing package
Ares Management and the Royal Bank of Scotland will provide the financing package
Palatine-backed Vernacare refinances
Palatine-backed medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare refinances its debt facilities
Cartesian's Arlington Industries secures £95m refinancing
Deal will enable the automotive and aerospace components firm to bolt on Wahler
Towerbrook's ICS secures refinancing package
Transaction comes almost five years after the GP acquired the business in an SBO from Blackstone
Endless's Antler secures £8m refinancing
Development comes 19 months after the GP acquired the luggage manufacturer from LDC
Ares refinances PE-backed Daisy with £1bn
Deal will enable the telecommunications company's founder to buy out minority investors
Hg refinances A-Plan for second time in 19 months
GP previously secured a £170m refinancing package for the insurance brokerage in June 2017
3i reaps £52m from Aspen Pumps refinancing
Sum returned from the pump manufacturer equates to 0.8x 3i's initial investment in the business
IK-backed Colisée bolts on STS Grup
Colisée raised a new term loan of €120m in order to increase its financial capabilities
Beech Tree's Wavenet secures €85m refinancing
Ares and RBS provide a unitranche and super-senior revolving credit facility, respectively
Quadriga's Ipsen in dividend recap
In total, 20 banks and 12 debt funds were involved in the auction process for the recap
KKR, Pemberton agree to £150m refinancing deal for CDG
Capital injection and refinancing were led by KKR with the support of management and shareholders
Exponent's HSS Hire secures £245m refinancing
Development follows a difficult year for the tool hire group, in which adjusted EBITDA fell to £1.8m
LT Capital's B Live undergoes refinancing
Former debt structure included bonds with redeemable warrants underwritten in 2016 and 2017
Hg-backed Visma and Raet to merge
Visma has launched a €300m term loan add-on financing to syndication to finance the acquisition
