Financial

TransDigm completes acquisition of Data Device Corporation

TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG) has completed the acquisition of ILC Holdings, the parent company of Data Device Corporation, from Behrman Capital for a total purchase price of US$1.0bn in cash. TransDigm financed the acquisition with cash proceeds from the recently completed term loan and notes offerings. The acquisition of DDC was previously announced on May […]

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€175m revolving credit facility for Finnair

On 22 June 2016, Finnair Plc signed a binding €175m syndicated revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes. The coordinator and bookrunner for the facility is Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ). Danske Bank, Nordea Bank, OP Corporate Bank and Swedbank AB (publ) also joined with equal tickets. The loan replaces a syndicated revolving credit facility

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Bombardier signs agreement to sell Amphibious Aircraft Program to Viking Air Limited

Bombardier has reached a definitive agreement for the sale of its Amphibious Aircraft program to British Columbia-based Viking Air Limited. The agreement covers the Type Certificates for all variants of the aircraft, the CL-215, the CL-215T and the Bombardier 415 aircraft as well as after-market services. The completion of this transaction is subject to the

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Lufthansa Technik enters into strategic partnership with FLYdocs

Lufthansa Technik AG has entered into a strategic partnership with the aviation data and records management software provider FLYdocs. As part of this agreement, Lufthansa Technik has become shareholder in the FLYdocs business, replacing the Private Equity partner GCP. FLYdocs will remain an independent entity that continues to drive the digitalization of paper-based processes under

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Delta Airlines and Burnham Sterling close US$450m in private placements

Burnham Sterling & Co., a financial advisor specializing in asset financing, has closed a US$450m private placement for the world’s second largest airline, Delta Air Lines. Burnham Sterling and affiliates have now financed 48 mainline aircraft and raised over US$1bn in private placement transactions directly for Delta Air Lines.

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Air Lease Corporation increases unsecured revolving credit facility to US$3.13bn

Air Lease Corporation (the Company)amended and extended its unsecured revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders named therein (as amended, the “Syndicated Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility”) whereby the Company extended the maturity date from May 5, 2019 to May 5, 2020 and increased total revolving commitments to US$3.13bn

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Nordic Aviation Capital completes closing of first turboprop JOLCO financing for a lessor

Nordic Aviation Capital has completed the closing of the first ever turboprop JOLCO financing for a lessor. The aircraft, an ATR72-600, was delivered to the world’s largest turboprop lessor in May, and financed with a JOLCO arranged by FPG AIM and with the equity arranged and underwritten by FPG. The senior loan was arranged by

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AerCap Holdings N.V. authorizes share repurchase program of US$250m

AerCap Holdings announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new US$250m share repurchase program, which will run through September 30, 2016. This program is in addition to the US$400m share repurchase program announced on February 23, 2016, which runs through June 30, 2016. Repurchases under the program may be made through open market

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