One Year Ago In The Credit Markets

January 05, 2007 12:00 am

Investors were looking at the credit to back the leveraged buyout of Deluxe Film by MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, concerned about the affect digital imaging would have on the company.

Investors were looking at the credit to back the leveraged buyout of Deluxe Film by MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, concerned about the affect digital imaging would have on the company. [In November Credit Suisse brought a refinancing for the company to market, cutting 75 basis points of the term loan.]

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