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First Brands Glad Bag Plants LBO Refinancing $146 million | · This was the first large lease financing for a recent leveraged buy out. · Unlike
most large leases, which were leveraged, these leases were executed as single investor leases to reduce the complexity of
the transaction. · The lease structure substantially reduced the debt
service of the company and the financial risk to the equity. · The
rent structure added $40 million (about 10%) to the market value of the First Brands when it was brought public. | Corpus Christi RefineryWest Plant Expansion Leveraged Lease $306 million Texas Union Pacific | This leveraged lease financing: · Was
the largest ever at the time it closed. · Was executed at an after-tax
yield 600 basis points lower than the immediately preceding investment grade lease. · Was
closed within 21 days of entering the market when leases of its type were expected to take six months to close. | Beneficial Lease Portfolio Sale $414 million | · The largest leveraged leasing portfolio sale executed as a single transaction. · Proceeds
to the buyer were more than doubled by changing the tax structure of the transaction. |
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