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Published on 6/14/2018 in the Prospect News Convertibles Daily.

New Issue: TPG Specialty Lending prices $50 million add on to 4.5% convertible notes

New York, June 14 – TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. priced a $50 million add on to its 4.5% convertible senior notes due 2022, according to a news release.

The announcement did not disclose the reoffer price. Talk had been for a price of 100.5 to 101, according to a market source.

The company did say that the initial conversion premium was 16%.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. are joint bookrunners for the registered offering.

There is a greenshoe for a further $7.5 million.

The notes will have the same terms and form a single unit with the company’s existing 4.5% convertible notes, which have $115 million outstanding.

The original notes priced on Jan. 26 with a 15% initial conversion premium. BofA Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC were the bookrunners for that sale.

Since that offering, the conversion price has been adjusted to $21.05 from $21.34 originally.

The notes are non-callable. There is takeover and dividend protection.

Proceeds will be used to pay down debt under a revolving credit facility.

TPG Specialty Lending is a New York-based specialty finance company focused on lending to middle market companies.

Issuer:TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.
Issue:Convertible senior notes
Amount:$50 million
Greenshoe:$7.5 million
Total outstanding:$165 million
Maturity:Aug. 1, 2022
Coupon:4.5%
Initial conversion premium:16%
Conversion price:$21.05
Conversion rate:47.5093
Net share settlement:Yes
Contingent conversion:130%
Call:Non-callable
Bookrunners:J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co.
Pricing date:June 14, after close
Settlement:June 19
Distribution:Rule 144A
Stock symbol:NYSE: TSLX
Stock price:$18.08 at close on June 14
Market capitalization:$1.18 billion

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