Hana Financial, Inc., a non-bank specialty commercial lender, announced that it has secured a new $100 million factoring credit facility through an issuance of the Series 2017-1 Factoring Contract Backed Notes.
The new credit facility by Hana Financial SPV I, LLC, is a multi-tranche facility with $70 million allocated for term tranches and $30 million allocated for revolving tranches. This transaction replaces the existing credit facility for Hana Financial’s factoring business.
For the financing, Guggenheim Securities, LLC acted as sole syndication agent and arranger, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell, LLP acted as legal counsel for the borrower, and Alston & Bird LLP acted as legal counsel for the syndication agent and arranger. For the new credit facility, CBIZ MHM, LLC will act as note agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. will act as custodian, backup servicer and note agent’s bank.
In conjunction with the refinancing, Hana Financial has reorganized its corporate structure, creating a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Hana Commercial Finance, Inc. for its factoring and asset based lending units. Established in 1994, Hana’s factoring unit is one of the ten largest factoring businesses by factoring volume in the nation with operations in Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY.