JPMorgan last week launched syndication of a $410 million refinancing credit for TriMas Corp. The proposed deal includes a $260 million senior secured "B" loan, a $100 million senior secured revolver and a $50 million senior secured synthetic facility. It will refinance an existing deal of the same size. Price talk is LIBOR plus 2 1/2-2 3/4% for the revolver and LIBOR plus 2 3/4-3% for term loan "B." The deal is set to close next week. Standard & Poor's assigned a B+ rating to the financing, and a 1 recovery rating.
Heartland Industrial Partners bought 66% of the company from Metaldyne for $840 million in 2002 (LMW, 6/16/2002). Calls to officials at Heartland and to Skip Autry, cfo of TriMas, were not returned.