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LBO France-backed Exxelia-Eurofarad completes EUR175m refinancing

March 28, 2014 at 4:05 pm

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LBO France-backed Exxelia-Eurofarad, a provider of customised passive components including capacitors, filters and sensors, has completed a EUR175m refinancing.

Crédit Mutuel-CIC and Société Générale CIB acted as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners of a EUR130m senior financing.
 
ICG has underwritten a EUR45m mezzanine tranche.
 
Thanks to this refinancing package a EUR82m dividend was distributed to shareholders.
 
The new financing structure, which includes a redefinition of covenants, is portable.
 
In 2013, Exxelia-Eurofarad recorded turnover of EUR115m compared to EUR73m in 2010.
 
LBO France acquired the company in December 2010.