Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) has successfully closed a five-year senior secured infrastructure debt financing package for FirstLight Fiber, an independent fiber bandwidth infrastructure provider in Northeast U.S. Natixis CIB acted as coordinating lead arranger alongside Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), J.P. Morgan, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and TD Securities.
The proceeds from this senior secured financing package will be used to refinance FirstLight Fiber’s existing credit facilities and to support its future capital expenditure needs.
“We are extremely proud to have secured this innovative financing from many of our core relationship banks,” Kevin Genieser, managing partner at Antin Infrastructure Partners and FirstLight board member, said. “This is an exciting evolution for us and well positions FirstLight for the future.”
“Natixis CIB has a proven track record of leading digital infrastructure financings globally, and this transaction contributes to reinforce our regional and sectorial leadership position.” Damien Auguste, executive director of infrastructure and energy finance at Natixis CIB, said. “We are pleased to accompany longstanding clients of the bank in their strategic investments and look forward to continuing to support Antin in the future.”
