The Customer
The semiconductor company manufactures analog integrated circuits for more than 300 customers worldwide in growing markets such as consumer, automotive, medical, industrial, and aerospace & defense, among others.
The Challenge
- The customer had an approval with a global bank and after one portion of the $8.5 million project was near completion, the bank closed its division that was lending to this industry.
- Pressure to close by year-end to secure critical rebates and being forced to pay $2.5 million to fund the portion of the project already completed, there was a huge strain on the cash flows and uncertainty of moving forward with the remainder of the project.
- The project has high soft cost components and a long build cycle that requires progress payments and complex project coordination.
- Adding to the complexity, the finance term had to be long enough so the project could produce cash flow savings every year–not just in the aggregate.
Done Deal.
- First National was able to complete $8.5MM in financing for the customer quickly and reimburse them $2.5 million for the portion of the project they already paid for.
- We worked closely with the vendor and engineering firm to structure our financing so that the customer would qualify for critical rebates–estimated at $1.67 million–as well as an additional net savings of a little more than $9.3 million over the 7-year term.
- The collateral of plant fixtures are typically difficult to finance because most of their value is maintained only in an “in place – in use” scenario. We were able to fund the construction and other soft cost as the project was being completed and bill the client for only the amounts outstanding.
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