Prestige floats $100 mil. note for Blacksmith buy
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Prestige Brands sells $100 million worth of debt to help finance its acquisition of Blacksmith Brands. The senior notes the firm announced Oct. 22 will have the same terms as the 8.25 percent notes the company issued in March and are due in 2018. Prestige Sept. 20 announced its $190 million acquisition of year-old Blacksmith, which markets brands including denture products Efferdent and Effergrip, cough and cold products PediaCare and Luden's and allergy drug NasalCrom (1"The Tan Sheet" Sept. 27, 2010)