Using Subordination to Define Intercreditor Priority

The November 2009 issue of The RMA Journal, The Journal of Enterprise Risk Management, includes an article entitled “Using Subordination to Define Intercreditor Priority” by Ron Carleton and Tim Delaney of Financial Training Partners. The RMA Journal is...

Bondholders Agree to Let Bio-Rad Repay Loans First

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. is a life sciences company with sales of over $1.7 billion. In May of 2009, it issued $300 million of 7-year notes in a 144A offering through Credit Suisse. The company refers to the new debt as Senior Subordinated Notes. Does this mean the...

Michael Foods Term Loans Avoid Effective Subordination

When Thomas H. Lee Partners purchased Michael Foods in 2003,it financed the deal with a combination of term loans and bonds. All partiesagreed that if there was ever a problem, the term loans would be repaid before the bonds. In exchange for agreeing to take this...

I’m Thinking Structural Subordination

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. (ticker WEN) was formed in September 2008 through the merger of the Wendy’s and Arby’s fast food chains. In March 2009, WEN announced it had redone its main loan agreement to reflect the merger. Nothing unusual there....