Industrial threads manufacturer and FTSE 250 firm Coats Group PLC (LON:COA) has entered the US debt market, issuing US$225mln of US private placement (USPP) notes, and struck a new five year bank facility.
The notes will mature in seven and ten years, while the US$350mln five-year bank facility is with a syndicate mainly of its existing lenders.
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"The USPP notes and new bank facility replace Coats' $680m bank facility that was due to mature in March 2020," it said.
"The refinancing has achieved the group's aims of diversifying the sources of debt financing and extending their maturity out to 2027.
At home in some 60 countries, Coats employs over 19,000 people across six continents. Revenues in 2016 were US$1.5bn.