asset-based lending, factoring and invoice discounting deals of the
past 12 months
Barclays Asset & Sales Finance
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● A £45m receivable finance facility to Kwik Fit Insurance
Services in July 2007.
● A new multi-currency facility and complete banking package to
Walker Greenbank, the Milton Keynes-based international group of
companies, in July 2007, to eliminate all of its previous
borrowings.
● A £1.3m funding package to Overlay (UK) Ltd, a strategic
trading partnership, to enable it to acquire the trading assets and
business of Lamboard Holdings, a producer of materials used in the
caravan, mobile home, portable accommodation and furniture
industries, in October 2007.
Barclays Commercial Bank and Burdale Financial
Limited
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By GlobalData● Barclays Commercial Bank and Burdale Financial Limited
provided a joint £330m financing transaction to support the
management buy-out of Palmer and Harvey (Holdings) Plc, a UK-based
wholesaler and distributor for the retail trade, in April 2008.
GE Commercial Finance
● A £15.75m finance facility to Total Polyfilm Ltd, a UK-based
polythene film producer, in December 2007, to help it advance
expansion plans.
● A £7.6m deal to Exmet Building Products, the Hartlepool-based
metalwork suppliers for the buy-in, management buy-out of Expament
Building Products Limited, in August 2007.
● A €170m pan-European transaction to Dana Automotive as a
five-year,multicurrency facility, in July 2007.
● Arranged the lending of £8.5m to Yuasa Battery Europe Ltd, a
global battery designer and manufacturer, in December 2007, for it
to refinance and expand in the UK and continental Europe.
● A £9m management buy-out facility for Atlantic Foods Ltd,
importers of menu solutions to the UK food service market, in May
2007, as part of its £17.5m buy-in, management buy-out.
GMAC Commercial Finance
● A £75m super senior credit facility to Focus DIY, a UK-based
DIY and gardening retailer.
● A £45m senior credit facility to Bridicso, a manufacturer and
distributor of electrical products.
● A £23m cross-border senior secured credit facility to Baumler, an
international fashion brand for men.
● An £8m senior credit facility to Friedola, a manufacturer and
distributor of table, floor and wall coverings, and leisure
products.
● A £1.6m confidential invoice discounting facility and
machinery loan to Jess Shirley and Hudson & Middleton,
manufacturers of fine bone china and ceramic products.
GMAC Commercial Finance and Burdale Financial
Limited
● GMAC Commercial Finance and Burdale Financial Limited jointly
structured and underwrote a £350m senior secured credit facility
for Woolworths Group Plc in February 2008.It was the largest
asset-backed loan deal in European retail sector history.
HSBC Invoice Finance
● A £13m facility, as part of a total HSBC facility of £43m, to
support the venture capital-backed secondary buy-out of a packaging
group.
● An £8m invoice finance facility, as part of a total HSBC
facility of £28m, to refinance the existing venture capital and
vendor loans for a wine importer and distributor.
● €45m invoice finance funding to enable the UK operation of an
Internet security hardware and software provider to acquire a
European Group.
● A £37.5m syndicated receivables line to refinance and support
a venture capital secondary buy-out of an outsourced HR service
provider, which has a turnover of £550m.
JP Morgan
● Arranged a $75m European revolving facility (of total global
facility of $250m) to refinance a soft drinks manufacturer.
● Arranged a $50m European revolving facility (of total global
facility of $150m) to refinance and provide working capital, growth
and trade finance for global player in the oil services
business.
JP Morgan and Burdale Financial Limited
● Arranged $235m of European revolving facilities (of total
global facility of $385m) to assist private equity acquisition and
provide ongoing working capital and expansion needs in the auto
sector.
KBC Business Capital
● A £25m asset-based lending facility to Multisol Group, an
international distributor of chemicals, oils and lubricants
additives, to conclude its management buy-out, in April 2008.
● A £31m integrated asset-based lending refinancing package and
new banking facilities to Burn Stewart Distillers Ltd, in January
2008.
● A £7m financing facility to Aluminiumwerk Unna A.G., a
specialist manufacturer of aluminium tubes, for the acquisition of
BA Tubes Ltd, in February 2008.
● Assisted Lloyds TSB Development Capital in the secondary
buy-out of Firstan, a specialist printing business, in September
2007.
Landsbanki Commercial Finance
● A £45m credit facility to IBP, a distributor and manufacturer
of plumbing fittings, in March 2008.
● A £65.5m credit facility to LPC Group Plc, a UK-based
manufacturer of specialist paper products in March 2008.
● A £23m inventory facility to Borders (UK) Ltd, the bookstore
chain, in February 2008.The facility is secured against book
inventory in its stores and distribution centre.
● A £19m debt facility to All Saints Retail Ltd, for its
refinancing of existing shareholder loans. The £19m debt facilities
were split between a £10m assetbased facility and £9m leverage-term
loan in August 2007.
Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance
● A $500m syndicated asset-based lending facility to a global
aerospace components company.
● A €120m syndicated pan-European assetbased lending facility to
a major international manufacturer.
● An undisclosed multi-million pan- European asset-based lending
facility and linked banking services, to a European fresh food
importing business.
● A €27m asset-based lending facility to a US-based
multinational industrials technology business that covers German,
Dutch and Belgian subsidiaries.
● A £31m asset-based lending facility to a European recruitment
consultancy to help fund a major public-to-private strategic
acquisition.
● An undisclosed multi-million Euro assetbased lending facility
to an Irish confectionery business to assist its completion of an
acquisition.
