We have access to an American Hedge Fund with $36 billion Assets Under Management. This fund has a philosophy of structuring a funding facility to suit the needs of the SME client. The profile of such facilities is outlined below:
• Minimum loan £5 million
• Maximum loan £250 million
• Maximum term for 5 years
• Interest rate range from 3% per annum to 7% per annum
• Interest only facility available
Typical security required are:
- Receivables/Debtors
- Inventory/Stock
- Plant & Machinery
- Real Estate
• No asset class mix restrictions
• All SME sectors considered
• Additional cash-flow lends considered
• SME's located in U.K, Europe, Scandinavia and North America
Funding Situations:
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Refinance to release capital
- Turnaround/Restructuring/Insolvency
- Special Situations
- Event/Change Driven Scenarios
- Bridging back to stable position
- Shortfall with current borrowing
Examples of SME's assisted are as follows:
A major import/wholesaler was in trouble due to Covid.
There was a requirement for flexibility in relation to the receivables/debtors facility because some customers would not pay until 200 days had lapsed. The fund created a unique facility concerning the debtors as well as providing a revolving credit facility secured by the inventory/stock in the warehouses situated in the USA, U.K and Europe.
A management team wish to buy out the owners of the company.
This funder provided a flexible facility secured upon the debtors, the stock, the plant and machinery and the building. In addition to this a term loan facility based upon the EBITDA of the business.
A 2 year term was provided secured upon a portfolio of hospitality businesses
to free up capital for the SME to refurbish the properties with the intention of refinancing after 2 years by way of a more traditional term loan.