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2 Feb, 2021
Investors today received allocations of Forcepoint LLC's $575 million, seven-year covenant-lite first-lien term loan that priced at L+450 with a 0.5% Libor floor and an issue price of 99.25 via a Credit Suisse-led arranger group, according to sources. There is a 25 bps margin step-down at 4x first-lien gross leverage. The loan was priced tight to talk following a $50 million upsizing. Proceeds will be used to back the $1.1 billion acquisition of the company by Francisco Partners, and the upsizing reduces the equity commitment by $50 million. Financing will also include a $75 million revolving credit facility with a springing first-lien net leverage covenant. Forcepoint offers a portfolio of cybersecurity solutions, helping enterprises worldwide monitor and protect networks, endpoints, data and users. Terms:
| Borrower | Forcepoint |
| Issue | $575 million term loan B |
| UoP | LBO |
| Spread | L+450 |
| LIBOR floor | 0.5% |
| Price | 99.25 |
| Tenor | 7-year |
| YTM | 5.23% |
| Four-year yield | 5.32% |
| Call protection | 101 soft call for 6 months |
| Corporate ratings | B-/B3/B |
| Facility ratings | B-/B3/B+ |
| Recovery ratings | 3/3 |
| Financial covenants | None |
| Arrangers | CS/UBS/DB/Nom |
| Admin agent | CS |
| Px Talk | L+475-500/0.5%/98.5 |
| Sponsor | Francisco Partners |
| Notes | Margin step-down of 25 bps at 4x gross first-lien leverage. Upsized by $50 million. |