Investors have received allocations of a $550 million term loan B due 2027 for Mattress Firm Inc. that priced wide of talk at L+525 with a 1% Libor floor and an original issue discount of 97.5 via a J.P. Morgan-led arranger group, according to sources. The loan broke for trading at 99/100. In other changes, the amortization was increased to 10%, from 5%, and the call structure was revised to 102/101 hard calls from 12 months of 101 soft call. Proceeds will be used to refinance the company?s $465 million exit term loan due November 2022 and $192 million HoldCo PIK loan due November 2023, according to S&P Global Ratings. The company is also extending the maturity of its $125 million ABL revolver by five years to November 2025. Mattress Firm operates as a specialty retailer of mattresses.
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As we near the end of what has been by any account an unprecedented year, LCD has expanded its quarterly loan default survey to gauge how leveraged finance pros are gearing up for 2021.