hard · Private Equity advanced-lbo
An LBO is financed with a $250M Term Loan B at SOFR + 550 bps and $80M in Mezzanine debt at 10% cash plus 4% PIK.
In Year 1, if SOFR is 4.5%, and the company uses its entire $20M excess cash flow to pay down the Term Loan B (after 1% mandatory amortization), what is the total interest expense for the Mezzanine tranche in Year 2?
- $14.00M
- $11.20M
- $11.65M
- $8.32M
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