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Spectrum Brands Closes Multicurrency Credit Facility
- Client News
- June 23, 2015
Paul, Weiss client Spectrum Brands, Inc. closed an approximately $2.4 billion multicurrency credit facility. The new credit facility refinances all of Spectrum's current bank debt in U.S., European and Canadian currency and will also be used to refinance $300 million of its outstanding bonds. This closing completes a three-month continuous process during which Spectrum acquired Armor-All Group for $1.4 billion, raised $1 billion of bonds and $500 million of equity and refinanced all of its bank debt and all of Armor-All's debt.
The Paul, Weiss team for the credit facility included corporate partners Eric Goodison and Raphael Russo; intellectual property counsel Claudine Meredith-Goujon; tax partner Richard Bronstein; real estate partner Salvatore Gogliormella; environmental counsel William O'Brien; and employee benefits counsel Reuven Falik.