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Paper, Packaging & Industrial Products Structured Finance · Debt Restructuring Confidential Client

Structured Debt Refinancing — Paper Board Manufacturer

A recovery-oriented structured refinancing for an established paper-board and packaging-materials manufacturer under liquidity pressure during a major modernisation and capacity-enhancement cycle.

The situation

  • Capex overrun
  • Approximately seven months of non / low operations
  • Approximately 31% revenue decline over two years
  • Promoter support to project completion, finance costs and working capital
  • Need to align debt servicing with the operational recovery cycle

Embee advisory approach

  • Stakeholder alignment and lender engagement
  • Structured refinancing
  • Debt swap / refinancing using listed secured NCDs
  • 42-month tenor
  • Lower initial coupon followed by a step-up structure
  • Recovery-oriented repayment design

Embee role

A viable manufacturing business can experience severe liquidity pressure even when the underlying expansion strategy is sound.

Embee Financial Services worked on a structured, recovery-oriented refinancing approach designed to reduce immediate repayment pressure, align debt servicing with the business’s operational ramp-up and create a more sustainable capital structure.

The transaction demonstrates how structured debt advisory can bridge the gap between temporary liquidity stress and long-term business strength.