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Boardriders backs Billabong acquisition with $600 million of loans

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Reuters
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Jan 11, 2018

US surfwear retailer Boardriders Inc will use $600 million of loans to back its purchase of Australian peer Billabong International Ltd, according to three sources familiar with the matter.


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The acquisition, announced on January 4, comes roughly two years after California-based Boardriders - formerly known as Quiksilver - emerged from a five-month stint in bankruptcy court precipitated by competition and operational issues that plagued performance.

The designer and distributor of brands including Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2015 and transferred control to US private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management, its largest debtholder, as part of the restructuring process.

The investment firm currently holds 19% of Billabong, owner of the eponymous brand as well as RVCA, Element, VonZipper and Xcel. Oaktree received the stake in connection with a rescue financing package it provided to Billabong in 2013 along with US private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, which currently owns 19.2%.

Boardriders’ new debt will include a US$150m asset-based revolving credit facility and a $450 million term loan with a first priority claim, the sources said.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch will arrange the revolving credit facility, the sources said. Deutsche Bank will lead the term loan alongside BAML and Macquarie Capital.

Proceeds will be used to fund the Billabong acquisition and refinance debt at both companies.

BAML, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie and Oaktree declined to comment.

Boardriders is buying Billabong for an enterprise value of A$380m, or a multiple of 7.4 times Billabong’s pro forma 2017 Ebitda, or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, according to a Billabong press release. The valuation is equivalent to roughly $300 million.

The combined company’s Ebitda will total roughly $100 million, not accounting for synergies arising from the merger, two of the sources said.

Syndication of the financing is likely to begin in March, although timing is dependent on factors influencing the transaction such as shareholder, court and regulatory approval, the same sources said.

The deal is expected to close in April.

 

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