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Banks prep TLB for DSM Firmenich’s carve-out

9fin | Banks are set to market a €775m term loan B to back the higher-margin “Solution Company” within CVC’s DSM-Firmenich’s Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) carve-out, according to 9fin sources.

Banks pitch up to 7x leverage for Telepass ahead of first round bids

9fin | Banks have pitched a total debt package worth up to 7x leverage to support the sale of Italian mobility payments giant Telepass, 9fin sources said, in what is set to be Italy’s biggest leveraged buyout of the year.

Stark relevers in EBITDA slump in Q2 26

9fin | Stark Group reported a sharp down in quarterly EBITDA and leverage hike in its Q2 26 results last week, according to 9fin sources, as the the Danish building-materials distributor hunts for €500m in cash from property sales and financing to offset its sliding profitability.

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