August 1, 2012
 

Virtual Conference Addressing Legislative, Regulatory and
Legal Issues

CFA's Advocacy Virtual Conference
Sept. 19-21, 2012

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CFA's 68th Annual Convention
At the Commercial Finance Association's 68th Annual Convention,
November 14-16, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ, you will make connections and
learn the latest industry trends to help transform you and your business.
Be sure to SAVE THE DATE for the one event you can’t afford to miss!

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INDUSTRY HEADLINES


AGY Holding Corp. Amends its $60M Senior Secured Credit Facility and Extends Metals Master Lease Agreement: Read more

Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. Closes $3.6B Credit Facility for Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project: Read more

Comarco Announces $2M Bridge Financing and $3M Equity Purchase Commitment From Largest Shareholder: Read more

Comstock Mining Announces $10 Million Financings; Establishes Strategic, Industry Leading Alliances: Read more

Cronos Completes $1.215 Billion Warehouse Credit Facility Renewal: Read more

HCP Completes �137 Million Unsecured Term Loan Fixed At 1.81%: Read more

Law Firm Dewey Secures two Extra Weeks of Bankruptcy Funding: Read more

Level 3 Communications Seeks to Refinance Tranche A Term Loan: Read more

Regent Seven Seas Cruises Announces $340 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility Offering: Read more

The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Officially Emerges from Chapter 11 Effective July 30, 2012: Read more

Zynga, the Biggest Developer of Games Played on Facebook Inc.’s Social Network, Gets $100M Loan Financing for Corporate Purposes: Read more

 

The Secured Lender is looking for a lender who is willing to share his/her fraud story!
If you have survived a fraud and would be interested in writing an article for the Convention Issue of The Secured Lender so that others might learn from it, please contact Michele Ocejo, executive editor, mocejo@cfa.com. The article would be due Sept. 10.

 

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INDUSTRY DEALS

Capital One Bank closed a three-year $18 million revolving credit line for Hamilton Acquisition, Inc., an international provider of engineering and consulting services to oil and gas exploration and production companies. Proceeds of the facility will be used for ongoing working capital needs and to fund Hamilton Acquisition’s future growth. With its global footprint and offices in Texas, Louisiana, Brazil and India, Hamilton Acquisition’s experienced and skilled personnel focus on bringing forward unique technologies to help clients succeed. The company offers a suite of technical and execution services from consulting to drilling and completion project management services, as well as reservoir and geoscience consulting.

CIT Group Inc. announced the pricing of a registered public offering of $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”) and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes,” together with the 2017 Notes, the “Notes”). The 2017 Notes priced at par and will bear interest at a rate of 4.25%. The 2022 Notes priced at par and will bear interest at a rate of 5.00%. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of CIT, and will not be guaranteed by any of CIT’s subsidiaries. CIT expects the offering to close on or about August 3, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.
“This is our fourth bond offering this year, which highlights our efforts to further transform our funding profile and reflects the increased investor interest in CIT,” said John A. Thain, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
CIT plans to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes for general corporate purposes and the refinancing of its outstanding 7% Series C Notes due 2016 and/or 2017. he Joint Book-Running Managers for the offering are BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan.

Crestmark is pleased to announce four new clients from July 9 to July 31. Crestmark funded an $800,000 ledgered line of credit for a North Carolina transportation company on July 9. The company hauls furniture from manufacturers to retailers throughout the northwest.
On July 19 Crestmark provided a $700,000 ledgered line of credit to a Texas-based general contractor company. Funding will be used to pay off their prior financing company and provide working capital for the organization.
Crestmark also provided a $500,000 traditional factoring arrangement for a New Jersey-based toy company on July 23.
On July 27, Crestmark provided a mobile phone company a $2 million accounts receivable purchase facility. The Texas company will use the financing as additional working capital.

First Business Capital Corp.: Chuck Batson, president and CEO, announced that First Business Capital Corp. recently funded the following deals: $5.5 million revolving line of credit to a Kentucky distributor of kitchen and bath products and a $5 million revolving line of credit to a Texas manufacturer of residential cabinetry. First Business Capital Corp. is a part of First Business Financial Services, Inc.

Keltic Financial Services announced the recent funding of a $1,750,000 senior secured credit facility consisting of a $1.5 million revolving line of credit and $250,000 term loan to Sasco Safety, LLC. The company, headquartered in Barnwell, SC is a manufacturer of highway safety products that has established a manufacturing and distribution facility in Barnwell, SC.

North Mill Capital LLC is pleased to announce the funding of a $2 million factoring facility for an importer of displays for consumer businesses located in New York. The total facility will be utilized for working capital.

 

CFA's Operations  Virtual Workshop

 

COMPANY NEWS
Capital One Bank: Shane Passarelli has joined the Commercial and Specialty Finance Business as a senior vice president. Passarelli joined the bank to support the Healthcare Sponsor Finance, Asset Based Lending and the Real Estate Finance businesses. In this role, Passarelli will focus on providing capital to middle market healthcare companies in connection with acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings and other financing needs. He will report to Brian Morris, managing director, Capital One Bank, and will be based in Los Angeles.
Prior to Capital One Bank, Passarelli served as senior vice president of the Healthcare Finance Group, LLC where he established a Los Angeles office and a west coast franchise for the company. Passarelli also served as a vice president at GE Healthcare Financial Services where he originated and structured senior secured asset based credit facilities, providing working capital to middle market healthcare companies on the west coast. Additionally, Passarelli was responsible for executing middle market secured lending transactions at Ableco Finance LLC, a hedge fund affiliated with Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

The Porter Capital Corporation is proud to announce Gay Denny has joined the company as business development officer. Located in St. Louis, MO, Denny will represent Porter Capital throughout the Midwest. Denny has 23 years of experience in the factoring and asset-based lending industry holding positions from account executive to management. Her passion for helping clients one-on-one brought her back to the business development side of the business.
Denny plays an active role with the Missouri Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and served as President of the Board in 2011 and is a past board member of the Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce. She also retains memberships with the Missouri Independent Bankers and the N.W. Chamber of Commerce. She holds RCGA, CFA and RMA certifications.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct a massive mining and earthmoving equipment auction on September 27, 2012 during the Company's grand opening auction at its new permanent auction site in Raleigh-Durham, NC. More than 180 pieces of mining and earthmoving equipment are already featured in the auction, including more than 60 Caterpillar D11 crawler tractors, more than 35 Caterpillar 777 rock trucks, more than 30 wheel loaders and more—selections so large that they're rarely seen in the heavy equipment industry in a single sale. The September 27 unreserved public auction, which is set to take place one day after the completion of MINExpo International 2012 in Las Vegas, is a divestiture of non-strategic equipment from West Virginia based Trinity Coal Corporation.

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

Upcoming CFA Professional Development Programs and Chapter Events

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Conferences/Workshops | Virtual Programs | Chapter Events

Conferences/Workshops

CFA's Introduction to Syndicated Asset-Based Lending Workshop
September 24, 2012 - Winston & Strawn, LLP, New York, NY
CFA's Introduction to Syndicated Asset-Based Lending Workshop

CFA's Account Management Workshop
October 1- 3, 2012 - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA
CFA's Account Management Workshop

CFA's Fraud Awareness Workshop
October 3 - 5, 2012 - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA
CFA's  Fraud Awareness Workshop

CFA's Loan Documentation Workshop
October 15 - 17, 2012 - Goldberg Kohn, Chicago, IL
CFA's Loan Documentation Workshop

CFA's Collateral Control Workshop - Save the Date!
October 18 -19, 2012

CFA's 68th Annual Convention
November 14 - 16, 2012 - JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa,
Phoenix, AZ

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Virtual Programs

Operations Virtual Workshop
September 11 - 13, 2012 - 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. EDT

CFA Webinar: Trends in the M&A Markets
September 12, 2012 - 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
CFA Webinar: Trends in the M&A Markets

CFA's Virtual Advocacy Conference
September 19 - 21, 2012
CFA's Virtual Advocacy Conference

Financial Statement Analysis Virtual Workshop
October 9 - 11, 2012 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

 

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Chapter Events

CFA's California Chapter - Summer BBQ
August 1, 2012 - Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, CA

CFA's Houston Chapter - Advisory Board Luncheon
August 14, 2012 - Ouisie's Table, Houston, TX

CFA's Southwest Chapter - 2nd Annual Sporting Clays presented by Patton Boggs
August 15, 2012 - Elm Fork Shooting Range, Dallas, TX

CFA's Florida Chapter - Tampa Bay Luncheon
August 29, 2012


CFA's Southwest Chapter - Back to School Happy Hour
September 13, 2012 - Eddie V's, Dallas, TX


CFA's Florida Chapter - Lauderdale Yacht Club Luncheon
September 11, 2012 - Fort Lauderdale, FL


CFA's Houston Chapter - Annual State of Private Equity Markets in Houston
September 12, 2012 - Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse, Houston, TX


CFA's New England Chapter - Annual Golf Tournament
September 20, 2012


CFA' s Florida Chapter - Tampa Bay September Luncheon
September 26, 2012


CFA's Carolinas Chapter Golf Outing - Verdict Ridge Country Club
September 27, 2012 - Catawba Springs, NC

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For more information on CFA's education programs and CFA's chapter events please contact info@cfa.com or call 212-792-9390.

Have an idea for a new program, roundtable or webinar? LET US KNOW! The Commercial Finance Association is looking for new ideas for educational programs. If you have an idea for a program, simply fill out this form and let us know. You do not need to be a presenter to share your program ideas with us; we want to hear your thoughts!

CFA is now offering CLE credit and CPE Credit. Credits vary for each program, click on the program link for credit information.


 
THE SECURED LENDER
The Secured Lender's  June 2012 Digital  issue
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