Wednesday, July 4, 2007

TPG, Affinity Partners Seek Asia's First Covenant-Lite Loan, People Say

(Bloomberg) -- TPG Inc. and Affinity Equity Partners
Ltd. plan Asia's first loan that provides banks with minimal
protection to fund their S$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) buyout of
Singapore's United Test & Assembly Center Ltd., said two people
with direct knowledge of the transaction.

The firms hired JPMorgan Chase & Co., ABN Amro Holding NV
and Merrill Lynch & Co. to arrange $1.25 billion of bonds and
loans, including the first so-called covenant-lite structure in
the region, said the people, who declined to be named because
the information isn't public. Covenant-lite loans have less
protection for lenders than other bank debt.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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