The RiteScreen Company, LLC, the largest independent manufacturer of window and patio door screens in North America, announced it successfully completed a refinancing and has entered into a new credit facility with U.S. Bank N.A. RiteScreen will use the proceeds, along with operating cash flow, to repay its existing debt, pay a dividend to Seven Point Equity Partners and its investors, invest in new product development, and fund working capital needs. The new credit facility provides an additional $18.0 million in committed, but undrawn, capital to enable the company to continue its growth trajectory and to ensure significant capital availability in the coming years. With the new facility, RiteScreen remains a conservatively capitalized company.

RiteScreen’s CEO Tom Himmel commented, “Our partnership with US Bank provides us with the liquidity to execute on our growth strategy of geographic expansion and weather any potential for variable market conditions. It also will allow us to rapidly scale up the production of Shadow^TM, our revolutionary, patented, low-profile window screen line.”

Seven Point Partner Mark Kammert noted, “RiteScreen received very positive feedback from the lending community, reflecting the management team’s progress in adding major new customers, increasing revenues, and improving operating profit margins since its acquisition by Seven Point in 2014. RiteScreen’s new capital structure provides a solid balance sheet foundation for its next decade of growth.”

FocalPoint Partners LLC and Duff & Phelps, LLC acted as financial advisors, and Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff acted LLP as legal advisor to Seven Point and RiteScreen in this transaction.