Refinancing
Duke Street's Marlin secures £80m senior credit line
Duke Street's UK portfolio company Marlin has secured an £80m revolving credit facility from RBS and Investec.
GE Capital and Ares provide unitranche for Vitruvian's Callcredit
GE Capital and Ares Capital Europe have provided a unitranche debt facility for Vitruvian Partners-backed credit information service Callcredit.
AXA PE provides additional €100m to Ceva
AXA Private Equity has injected a further €100m into portfolio company Ceva Santé Animale, a veterinary health company.
Palamon-backed Towry secures £47.3m refinancing package
Towry Group, backed by Palamon Capital Partners, has secured a £47.3m refinancing package.
Doughty Hanson secures £205m debt package for ASCO
Doughty Hanson has leveraged oil and gas portfolio company ASCO with a £205m senior debt package.
3i secures refinancing for Element Materials Technology
3i-backed Element Materials Technology has secured a $93.25m refinancing package from its existing banking syndicate and two new banks.
3i-backed La Sirena completes refinancing
La Sirena, a Spanish frozen foods firm backed by 3i, has completed its refinancing plan.
Permira considers €500m Iglo refinancing
Permira is believed to be considering a €500m refinancing for portfolio company Iglo Birds Eye Frozen Foods, following the cancellation of its sale.
Permira-backed Telepizza extends loans
Permira has led a €35m equity injection into Spanish fast food chain Telepizza as part of a larger refinancing operation, according to reports.
Motion and FSI inject additional €80m into Tokheim
Motion Equity Partners (formerly Cognetas) and Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement (FSI) have provided French fuel distribution solutions company Tokheim with an €80m equity injection as part of a larger refinancing operation.
Rutland Partners' Notemachine completes £63m refinancing
GE Capital, Barclays and European Capital have provided a £63m senior debt refinancing package for Rutland Partners' UK portfolio company Notemachine.
Eurazeo's Europcar turns to high-yield for refinancing
French car rental company Europcar, a portfolio company of listed private equity group Eurazeo, has raised €324m on the high-yield market to refinance its debt.
Permira’s Telepizza to extend loans
Spanish pizza delivery chain Telepizza, backed by Permira, is asking lenders to extend the maturities of its loans, according to reports.
Palamon concludes £23m refinancing of Cambridge Education Group
Palamon Capital Partners has completed a £23m refinancing deal for its portfolio company Cambridge Education Group (CEG) with Royal Bank of Scotland.
JPEL extends credit facility with Lloyds TSB
JP Morgan Private Equity Ltd (JPEL) has extended a $150m multi-currency credit facility with Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.
Synova Capital's CloudXL completes debt refinancing
Synova Capital's portfolio company CloudXL, a UK provider of cloud-based infrastructure services, has completed its debt refinancing operation.
Lenders urge GPs to talk about refinancing
The well-documented 2014 “wall of debt” is pushing many GPs down the refinancing route. Easier said than done given the current lending climate – but early birds could stand a better chance of catching the proverbial worm. Greg Gille reports
PE-owned SPIE in €375m high-yield refinancing
French engineering group SPIE, acquired by a consortium of private equity houses last year, has priced a €375m high-yield bond to refinance the debt structure put in place at the time of the buyout, according to reports.
CVC to refinance Formula One Group
CVC has launched a process to refinance portfolio company the Formula One Group.
Blackstone refinances Center Parcs
Blackstone has refinanced holiday provider Center Parcs, injecting a further £100m of equity
RJD reaps 1.5x on partial exit from Raphael Healthcare
RJD Partners has partially exited Raphael Healthcare in a refinancing, which has returned 1.5x of the original investment.
Four Seasons looks to raise equity from PE
Care home operator Four Seasons is reportedly looking to raise up to £230m equity as it struggles to refinance debt.
€119m refinancing for PE-backed FPEE
AtriA Capital Partenaires, Pragma Capital and Barclays Private Equity (BPE) have refinanced the 2009 buyout of French building materials company FPEE with a €119m debt package.
Ratos refinances Anticimex
Ratos has completed a SEK 476m refinancing round of cleaning and sanitation service provider Anticimex.