Alexin, LLC, headquartered in Bluffton, Indiana, is a leading aluminum extrusion billet manufacturer. The Company is one of five standalone remelt casthouses currently operating in the United States. Alexin commenced operations in 2008 as a startup company and was initially funded by a group of strategic and institutional investors, including Envest Ventures, Hollingsworth Capital, Archbrook Capital and management.
Situation:
- Alexin grew significantly in its first few years of existence, and while the Company maintained a good relationship with its existing bank group, its current credit facility was no longer adequate to support the Company’s needs
Challenges:
- Alexin was facing a significant principal payment, plus the maturity of its credit facility in the near-term, and needed to arrange a new credit facility within 90 days
- Alexin only had one year of historical cash flow coverage to adequately service the principal and interest payments on its new revolving credit facility and term loan request
Successful Solution:
- Anderson LeNeave contacted numerous financial institutions and received 10 proposals
- Anderson LeNeave originated and structured a $33.5 million senior secured credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in less than 90 days