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Published on 3/15/2019 in the Prospect News CLO Daily.

New Issue: Prudential prices $939.95 million notes in second refinancing of Dryden 33 CLO

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., March 15 – Prudential Investment Management, Inc. sold $939.95 million of notes in a second refinancing of a vintage 2014 collateralized loan obligation deal that closed on Friday, according to a market source and a notice of revised proposed supplemental indenture.

Dryden 33 Senior Loan Fund/Dryden 33 Senior Loan Fund LLC priced $630 million of class A-R2 floating-rate notes at Libor plus 123 basis points; $113 million of class B-R2 floating-rate notes at Libor plus 175 bps; $80 million of class C-R2 deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 245 bps; $51 million class D-R2 deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 385 bps; $42.65 million of class E-R2 deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 697 bps and $3.95 million of class F-R2 deferrable floating-rate notes at Libor plus 850 bps.

Goldman Sachs & Co. was the refinancing agent.

The maturity on the CLO notes was extended to April 15, 2029 from Oct. 15, 2028.

The reset CLO has a one-year non-call period and a two-year reinvestment period.

The CLO was first refinanced on Nov. 22, 2016 in a $937.35 million deal. In that offering, the CLO priced $630 million of class A-R floating-rate notes at Libor plus 143 bps; $113 million of class B-R floating-rate notes at Libor plus 185 bps; $80 million of class C-R floating-rate notes at Libor plus 250 bps; $51 million class D-R floating-rate notes at Libor plus 435 bps and $44 million of class E-R floating-rate notes at Libor plus 754 bps.

The original transaction was issued May 7, 2014.

The CLO is collateralized primarily by broadly syndicated first-lien senior secured corporate loans.

Proceeds from the refinancing were used to redeem the outstanding notes.

Prudential is the primary asset management business of Newark, N.J.-based Prudential Financial, Inc.

Issuer:Dryden 33 Senior Loan Fund/Dryden 33 Senior Loan Fund LLC
Amount:$939.95 million refinancing
Maturity:April 15, 2029
Securities:Floating-rate notes
Structure:Cash flow CLO
Refinancing agent:Goldman Sachs & Co.
Manager:PGIM, Inc.
Call feature:April 15, 2020
Pricing date:Feb. 20
Settlement date:March 15
Distribution:Rule 144A and Regulation S
Class A-R2 notes
Amount:$630 million
Securities:Floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 123 bps
Rating:S&P: AAA
Class B-R2 notes
Amount:$113 million
Securities:Floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 175 bps
Rating:S&P: AA
Class C-R2 notes
Amount:$80 million
Securities:Deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 245 bps
Rating:S&P: A
Class D-R2 notes
Amount:$51 million
Securities:Deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 385 bps
Rating:S&P: BBB-
Class E-R2 notes
Amount:$42.65 million
Securities:Deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 697 bps
Rating:S&P: BB-
Class F-R2 notes
Amount:$3.95 million
Securities:Deferrable floating-rate notes
Coupon:Libor plus 850 bps
Rating:S&P: B-

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