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Sorgenia, EF Solare, Renovalia, and Renovalia Tramontana, the soon-to merge F2i’s energy companies, attracted a 600 million euros financing facility from a pool of 15 lenders (see here a previous post by BeBeez). After the merger, Sixth Street will have 38% of Sorgenia and F2i 62%. Legance assisted Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Banco BPM, Bayerische Landesbank, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, ING Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, BPER Banca, Commerzbank, Credit Agricole Italia, Mediobanca, Natixis, and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro which provided a 5-year financing that has a bullet depreciation profile and will allow the borrowers to refinancing their liabilities. Giovanni Chiura and Filippo Carella are the cfo and head of finance of Sorgenia which retained Chiomenti, Arcus Financial Advisors. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors F2i, Sixth Street, Asterion, Predica, and their portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
LMDV, the single-family office of EssilorLuxottica’schief strategy officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, attracted a 350 million euros M&A financing facility from Indosuez Wealth Management, part of Crédit Agricole (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Sources said to BeBeez that Marco Talarico, the ceo of LMDV Capital, is actively looking for acquisitions. Bonaventura Canino is the coo of Indosuez Wealth Management’s Italian branch. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors LMDV Capital and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Bitron Industrie, a 1.5 billion euros turnover Italian company, received a 105 million Schuldschein facility and a 150 senior loan (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit Germany (first lender) structured the Schuldschein item whose tranches will mature in three years (July 2028) and five years (July 2030). Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit and BNL BNP Paribas provided the five-year senior loan that has a term, capex and revolving line. Chiomenti and Gleiss Lutz assisted Bitron. Ashurst advised the lenders.
Premuda, an Italian shipping company that belongs to ceo Marco Fiori, cfo Enrico Barbieri and Pillarstone, received from ING a 65 million US Dollars acquisition finance in support of the company’s management buyout and a 40 million Sustainability Linked Loan for acquiring the product tankers eco-design PS Singapore and PS Sydney that costed 37 million and 38.5 million, sources said to BeBeez (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gaudenzio Bonaldo Gregori is the chairman and ceo of Pillarstone while Raimondo Bonfanti is a partner. Andrea Diamanti is the Head of Wholesale Banking of ING Italia. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Pillarstone and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
La Galvanina, an Italian bottler of mineral water and soft drinks that belongs to The Riverside Company since 2019, received an above 61 million euros financing facility with SACE warranty from UniCredit, Banco BPM, BPER, Solution Bank, and Azimut Diversified Corporate Credit ESG-8 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Clearwater, Chiomenti, Orrick, Alix Partners, Alvarez&Marsal, and EY Advisory advised La Galvanina for which Gianluca Privitera acts as ceo. Ashurst assisted the lenders. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors The Riverside Company, Azimut Diversified Corporate Credit ESG-8 and their portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Vetri Speciali, an even joint venture that Owens Illinois and Milan-listed Zignago Vetro signed in 1994 for the glass production, attracted an ESG-linked facility of 30 million euros from Crédit Agricole Italia with the Sace warranty (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Osvaldo Camarin is the ceo of Vetri Speciali which will pay a lower interest Growth upon the improvement of its Cerved ESG rating.
Italian vertical farm Kilometro Verde issued a convertible bond of 11.3 million euros that attracted the resources of institutional investors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such proceeds in its organic growth ahead of the launch of an IPO. Kilometro Verde retained Broletto Corporate Advisory, Advant NCTM and Banca Valsabbina.
Lotus Production (part of Italian media company Leone Film Group) received a 10 million euros loan from Banco BPM with the warranty of SACE (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Such proceeds will finance the production of a movie of Italian director Gabriele Muccino and screenwriter Delia Ephron starring Stefano Accorsi, Miriam Leone, Claudio Santamaria, Carolina Crescentini, Beatrice Savignani, and Margherita Pantaleo. Mattia Mastroianni heads the corporate department of Banco BPM. Alessia Iannoni Sebastianini is the senior relationship manager of SACE.
Gioia Group (fka Gesa), an Italian chocolate producer that belongs to the Ferrieri Family and MIR Capital (45.44%), attracted a 7 million euros financing facility from BCC Milano and Intesa Sanpaolo (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Such proceeds will support the company’s organic growth, Marco Dimauro, cfo of Gioia, said. Luca Bonomi is the coo of BCC Milano. Pierluigi Monceri is Intesa Sanpaolo director for Milan and Monza e Brianza. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors MIR Capital and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Sources said to BeBeez that Italian food producer Italysnack issued a 3.5 million euros senior secured minibond maturing on 21 July 2031 and paying a 7% coupon that Amundi Eltif Agritaly PIR subscribed (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Banca Finint acted as paying agent, issuing agent, calculation agent, and escrow agent. GU Capital and Symul Finance and SVS Lex assisted Italysnack. Amundi retained Linklaters. Italysnack belongs to ceo Nicola Visaggio (34%), Cinzia Danesi (33%) and Michele Zagaria (33%). Marco Bigliardi is Amundi’s managing director Alternative & Real Assets. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Amundi Eltif Agritaly PIR and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Italian steel company Officine Tecnosider appointed Petronio for issuing a 72 months 3 million euros minibond that Banca Valsabbina subscribed with the support of LX20 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Tecnosider belongs to Italian diversified group Fratelli Cosulich (51%) and Swiss commodity trader Vamonet (49%). The company will invest the raised proceeds in its organic growth and the modernization of its production plant in Aussa Corno di San Giorgio di Nogaro (Udine area). Hermes Bianchetti is the deputy coo of Banca Valsabbina. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Banca Valsabbina and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Sources said to BeBeez that Matteo Manzini, an Italian women ready-to-wear fashion firm that Matteo Evandro Manzini founded in 2016, attracted a direct lending facility of some million euros from Azimut Diversified Corporate Credit ESG-8 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company owns the brand Les Filles D’Eva and has sales of 9.8 million, an ebitda of 3 million and a net financial debt of 3.1 million. Antonio Chicca is the ceo of Azimut Direct. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Azimut Diversified Corporate Credit ESG-8 and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
