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Reorg's EMEA Core Credit team has published 19 updates so far this year on KME Group, one of the world's largest copper producers. In its second-quarter call in October 2020, KME’s management guided that the extension to its borrowing base facility would be concluded in November 2020. By mid-December 2020, the company said it had received extension commitments from 51% of its lenders. At the start of January this year, Reorg reported that the company had obtained the approval of over 70% of its lenders. The delay in the extension of the facility was due to some lenders’ concern about the sharp rise...

Discussing REIT chapter 11 filings and out-of-court restructurings and financings that certain REITs are using to avoid bankruptcies, our Americas Core Credit experts Mark Fischer, Kevin Eckhardt and Wing Li conducted a webinar on Friday, April 23 at 11:00am ET to help provide further transparency on the industry. Our team discussed certain REIT subsectors and how companies have restructured capital structures in light of reduced revenue caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Mall REITs CBL and Pennsylvania REIT have each sought chapter 11 protection, and Washington Prime Group has warned of a possible chapter 11. However, hotel REITs Ashford Hospitality and...

Written by Stephen Aldred, Managing Editor, Asia Core Credit || Indonesian textile company PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk’s (Sritex) restructuring will play out in an arena where the company has far narrower funding sources available. Sritex’s lenders are sounding the market to sell their holds. The company’s bonds are trading in the low to mid-30s and its unsecured loan debt is expected to price south of those marks. Somewhat perversely, reduced funding sources may serve the company well, as increased scale has not improved Sritex’s operating efficiency. Sritex has generally seen a lengthening working capital cycle financed by debt, resulting in poor...

More recently than ever, the success rates for lenders to push back against terms in their agreements or to push for the inclusion of others have increased. 2021 leveraged loan market trends have taken a turn to benefit lenders, plus some terms that used to be considered aggressive are becoming more and more familiar in these amendments. Our Americas Covenants team analyzes and reviews some of the most prominent 2021 leveraged loan market trends emphasizing the fact that these are exceptions to the rule.  First, the team discusses the most favored nations (MFN) protection where lenders have been trying to...