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Published on 10/9/2014 in the Prospect News CLO Daily.

Alcentra, Blackstone/GSO price; euro issuance tops 2013 total; CVC plans $512.25 million CLO

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., Oct. 9 – New deals in the European CLO market brought year to date total issuance to more than €12.5 billion, much higher than the €7.8 billion priced in 2013, according to data compiled by Prospect News.

Alcentra Ltd. raised €566.7 million in the Jubilee CLO 2014-XIV BV deal, which was upsized from an initial €414 million estimated offering, according to a market source.

The CLO priced €319.5 million of class A-1 senior secured floating-rate notes at Euribor plus 127 basis points at the top of the capital stack.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc was the placement agent.

The transaction is Alcentra’s third European CLO in 2014. The London-based global asset management firm previously priced the €413.5 million Jubilee CLO 2014-XI BV deal in January and the €513.1 million Jubilee CLO 2014-XII BV transaction in April.

Also in the Europe primary market, Blackstone/GSO Debt Funds Management Europe Ltd. brought a €517 million private placement CLO offering, according to a market source.

Sorrento Park CLO Ltd. sold €290 million of the class A-1A senior secured floating-rate notes at Euribor plus 125 bps at the top of the capital structure.

Barclays Bank plc arranged the transaction.

Blackstone/GSO Debt Funds Management, a subsidiary of asset manager GSO Capital Partners LP, previously priced the €513,625,000 Holland Park CLO Ltd. transaction in April and the €413.25 million Phoenix Park CLO Ltd. deal in June.

CVC joins pipeline

Coming up in the U.S. deal pipeline, CVC Credit Partners, LLC plans to price $512.25 million of notes due 2026 in a Rule 144A-eligible CLO deal, a market source said.

The Apidos CLO XIX/Apidos CLO XIX LLC offering includes $220 million of class A-1 floating-rate notes (//AAA); $100 million of class A-2 floating-rate notes (//AAA); $53.25 million of class B floating-rate notes; $33 million of class C floating-rate notes; $29.5 million of class D floating-rate notes; $25.5 million of class E floating-rate notes; $7.5 million of class F floating-rate notes and $43.5 million of subordinated notes.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC is the placement agent.

The transaction is expected to close on Nov. 6.

CVC Credit Partners, the credit management arm of London-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd., previously priced the $519.25 million Apidos CLO XVII/Apidos CLO XVII LLC offering in March and the $733.6 million Apidos CLO XVIII/Apidos CLO XVIII LLC deal in June.


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