Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, has successfully refinanced its Term Loan and Revolving Credit facilities. The transaction took advantage of a favorable market issuance window and successfully repriced and extended maturities of the entire secured layer of its capital structure, approximately $4.0 billion.
The transaction:
- Repriced and extended $850 million Revolving Credit Facility due 2025 at par
- Reduced drawn spread by 0.50% across the pricing grid and removed credit spread adjustment (“CSA”) of 0.10% resulting in 0.60% reduction in aggregate
- Extended maturity by approximately 3.4 years to February 2029
- Repriced $452 million Term Loan B-2 due 2029
- Repriced coupon down by 0.25% (from SOFR+3.00% to SOFR+2.75%) at par
- Raised $2,652 million add-on to repriced Term Loan B-2, due 2029 at par and proceeds were used to repay existing initial Term Loans, resulting in a leverage neutral transaction
- Initially launched at $1,750 million and was successfully upsized in market to $2,652 million
- Effectively removed the CSA and extended maturity of the existing Term Loan B-1 due 2026 by approximately 3 years
- Added additional 0.25% coupon step-down upon achieving Ba3/BB– Corporate Family Ratings from Moody’s and S&P, respectively, for the entire $3.1 billion term loan amount
"By proactively capitalizing on the favorable debt market environment, we are very pleased with execution and closing of this refinancing,” said Bryan Hipsher, Chief Financial Officer of Dun & Bradstreet. “We continue to focus on investing in organic growth acceleration and improving our leverage profile through enhanced profitability and the reduction of debt to drive long-term shareholder value.”
Additional details on the terms of the amendment are available in the 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2024.
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