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Scrap Steel Trader Secured $28M Multi-Lender Trade Facility
A commodities trading company specializing in scrap steel and secondary ferrous metals was scaling rapidly across Southeast Asia. With strong supply networks and secured offtake contracts with steel manufacturers in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia, the company needed greater working capital. Traditional banks, however, remained cautious toward mid-sized commodity traders due to legacy risk concerns.
Klar’s principals arranged a multi-lender capital raise, successfully arranging $28 million in trade finance facilities from prominent international lenders.
Key Structuring Highlights: The facility blended import/export letters of credit (LCs), inventory-backed credit lines, and a revolving receivables facility. Klar’s principals managed syndication and diligence across lenders, providing clear trade transparency and building lender confidence. Terms included 90–120 day LC tenors, competitive pricing, and a scalable framework to increase limits as trade volumes grew.
Outcome and Rationale: With $28M secured, the company expanded procurement capacity, added supply yards in Malaysia and Thailand, and fulfilled larger export contracts. 2019’s stable steel demand and tightening Chinese scrap import policies created favourable conditions for this agile trader.
Maritime Logistics Operator Secured $95M Special Situations Credit for ESG Fleet Upgrades
A Southeast Asian maritime logistics operator required funding to retrofit its fleet for ESG compliance and secure a long-term port access concession. Facing tight regulatory timelines and complex port authority approvals, the company needed a flexible capital solution. Traditional lenders were unwilling to underwrite the transaction due to capital timing constraints and jurisdiction-specific regulatory hurdles.
Klar’s principals arranged a $95 million private credit facility tailored to the operator’s execution needs, enabling both environmental upgrades and strategic infrastructure access.
Key Structuring Highlights: The facility featured a senior secured term loan with staged disbursements tied to CapEx milestones and regulatory clearances. A convertible tranche was included to align lender upside with operational performance, including EBITDA thresholds and vessel utilization rates. Klar secured the facility with a robust collateral package encompassing operating vessels, route-level contracts, and future receivables, balancing downside protection with execution flexibility.
Outcome and Rationale: The financing enabled the operator to complete ESG retrofits ahead of schedule, win a 10-year port concession, and increase route capacity by 40%. Klar’s structure provided capital certainty and agility in a transaction demanding rapid execution and deep maritime sector expertise.
Components Manufacturer Secured $13M Loan for Operational Streamlining
A components manufacturer faced mounting pressure from rising operating costs, fragmented production sites, and shifting customer demands. To regain competitiveness, the company initiated a major operational streamlining project—centralising production into a single national facility, reducing SKUs from over ten to two core product lines, and investing in R&D and production floor optimization. Traditional lenders, however, were cautious about funding operational restructuring without hard asset expansion.
Klar’s principals advised on a targeted capital raise, successfully arranging a $13 million structured senior term loan to fund the transformation.
Key Structuring Highlights: The senior secured term loan was backed by consolidated real estate and machinery assets, with drawdowns released in stages based on progress in facility centralization, key R&D milestones, and operational transition targets. A grace period on principal repayments during the restructuring phase provided essential cash flow relief.
Outcome and Rationale: With $13M secured, the company consolidated three regional production sites into a new national hub, upgraded its R&D capabilities, and streamlined production around two high-margin SKUs. Within 18 months, operating costs were reduced by over 20%, and profitability improved significantly. Amid ongoing cost pressures and customer consolidation trends in 2024, operational efficiency became essential to winning and retaining major contracts.
Consumer Goods Company Secured $125M Facility to Execute Strategic Share Buyback
A publicly listed consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in Southeast Asia sought capital to initiate a strategic share buyback amid macro-driven equity volatility and elevated commodity input costs. Despite maintaining category leadership and strong cash flows, its valuation remained depressed, prompting the need for a capital solution that preserved liquidity while enhancing shareholder value.
Klar’s principals structured a $125 million private credit facility to enable a phased buyback program without compromising operational momentum.
Key Structuring Highlights: The facility featured flexible drawdowns across defined tranches with an initial interest-only period to support cash flow preservation during the repurchase cycle. Pricing included performance-linked ratchets tied to gross margin recovery and working capital efficiency. Security included receivables, inventory, and flagship brand cash flows, offering a diversified collateral base across defensible assets.
Outcome and Rationale: The company completed its share buyback in two phases, boosting earnings per share and returning over 10% of market capitalization to shareholders during a market trough. Klar’s tailored solution allowed decisive execution without disrupting supply chain investments or growth initiatives, reinforcing investor confidence ahead of its next strategic cycle.
Solar EPC Firm Secured $34M Growth Capital Facility for National Expansion
A mid-sized solar EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) company experienced surging demand as the government ramped up its renewable energy deployment targets. With over 25 GW of installations projected annually through 2030, solar EPC players were under pressure to scale execution capacity and expand into new states. However, high upfront working capital needs and tightening credit availability made it difficult for growing EPC firms to access traditional bank funding at speed.
Klar’s principals advised on a targeted capital raise, successfully arranging a $34 million growth capital facility to support operational expansion and team scale-up.
Key Structuring Highlights: The facility was structured as a senior unsecured loan with light covenants and minimal dilution, with staged drawdowns linked to project pipeline conversion and state-wise rollout milestones, and a flexible repayment profile designed to accommodate the uneven cash flow cycles typical of EPC contracting.
Outcome and Rationale: With $34M secured, the company expanded its presence into five additional national states, built out project execution teams, and secured larger commercial and industrial contracts. 2023 marked a turning point in the energy transition, with heightened corporate demand for clean energy and central government production-linked incentives boosting solar sector momentum.
Fintech Platform Secured $5M Venture Debt Facility Amid Funding Slowdown
A fintech company specializing in embedded payments and financial services faced a critical growth phase. While demand for digital payment solutions remained strong across Southeast Asia, global equity markets weakened, venture capital slowed, and rising interest rates shifted investor appetite away from high-growth tech companies. The fintech needed flexible, non-dilutive funding to scale its product suite and expand into new regional markets without waiting for the next equity window.
Klar’s principals advised on a targeted capital raise, successfully arranging a $5 million venture debt facility to fuel the company's expansion plans.
Key Structuring Highlights: The facility was backed by the platform’s payment receivables and technology IP, with drawdowns structured around user growth and transaction milestones, and a 12-month interest-only period provided to support reinvestment into growth.
Outcome and Rationale: With $5M secured, the fintech accelerated product development, expanded its embedded finance offerings, and grew its merchant base across South East Aisa. As equity funding contracted sharply in 2022, companies with access to alternative financing gained strategic ground.