Smyrna Ready Mix term loan frees to trade following changes; Tank Holding releases OID

By Sara Rosenberg

New York, March 24 – Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC increased the size of its term loan B, lifted the spread, widened the original issue discount and extended the call protection before breaking for trading on Thursday.

And, in more happenings, Tank Holding Corp. disclosed the original issue discount on its unitranche facility.

Smyrna revised, trades

Smyrna Ready Mix raised its seven-year term loan B to $750 million from $650 million, lifted pricing to SOFR+CSA plus 425 basis points from SOFR+CSA plus 400 bps, adjusted the original issue discount to 97 from talk in the range of 97.5 to 98 and pushed out the 101 soft call protection to one year from six months, according to a market source.

Furthermore, the MFN was changed to 50 bps for 24 months from 50 bps for 12 months, the source said.

As before, the term loan has a 0.5% floor and CSA of 10 bps one-month rate, 15 bps three-month rate and 25 bps six-month rate.

Recommitments were due at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday and the term loan began trading later in the day, with levels quoted at 98 bid, 98¾ offered, another source added.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is the left lead on the deal that will be used for acquisitions, general corporate purposes and, due to the upsizing, to repay ABL borrowings.

Smyrna Ready Mix is a Nashville-based manufacturer and retailer of ready-mixed concrete.

Tank sets OID

Tank Holding came out with an original issue discount of 98 on its $1.685 billion six-year unrated unitranche facility, a market source said.

As previously reported, the facility is priced at SOFR+CSA plus 600 bps with a 0.75% floor. When pricing was announced at launch on March 15, the discount was described as still to be determined.

CSA is 10 bps one-month rate, 15 bps three-month rate and 25 bps six-month rate.

The facility has hard call protection of 102 in year one and 101 in year two.

Allocations are expected either on Friday or early next week, the source added.

Antares Capital is leading the deal that will be used to refinance existing credit facilities and pay a dividend.

Tank Holding, backed by Olympus Partners, is a Lincoln, Neb.-based manufacturer of proprietary rotational molded polyethylene and steel storage tanks and containers.

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