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Industrial/Manufacturing

News

Lyondell Seeks $3.25B for Exit Financing

LyondellBasell is looking to raise $3.25 billion in exit financing. The package will include both junk bonds and a senior term loan facility.

Greentech Grows Private Placement Effort

Greentech Capital Advisors has nabbed Deutsche Bank private placement veteran Heather Smith to spearhead its efforts in the market.

Sun Capital Buys Arch Aluminum

Sun Capital Partners has acquired Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. through a 363 bankruptcy sale.

High Road Buys Celco

High Road Capital Partners bought Celco Controls, a Canadian designer of automation control systems across a number of industries.

Advent Lands in Big Apple

Advent International, which already has offices scattered across 16 countries worldwide, opened a New York office, relocating managing director Tim Franks from London to oversee the new outpost.

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Articles

How Courts See the 'Just Say No’ Defense

Tactics like the poison pill are rarely used but can be employed by a target board to get a better offer or a white-knight suitor.

Scoping the Tech Horizon

For all the bullishness over tech M&A, no one seems ready to proclaim the market fully open, nor does anyone predict another banner year like 2007, when $193 billion of tech transactions were completed.

Agribusiness Banking Crops Up Anew on Wall Street

Investment bankers have found that, at a time when food commodity prices are above historical levels, interest is heightened in cross-border transactions among agribusiness companies.

A Consumer Sector with a Healthy M&A Appetite

Food-and-beverage companies are seeking both product growth and distribution efficiency through acquisitions.

Junking Your Way Out of Chapter 11

More bankrupt companies are considering junk bonds to finance their exits, but while high-yield issues provide more flexibility and other advantages for debt-laden issuers, they are not a panacea and aren’t applicable to all businesses, market participants say.

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