Ares Fund to Acquire First Capital ABL Portfolio

Ares Management signed a definitive agreement to acquire the ABL portfolio of First Capital Holdings, a portfolio company of H.I.G Capital.

April 22, 2015 Ares Management | First Capital Holdings ABF Journal

GE & Ares Invest $3.95MM in KKR’s Acquisition of theTrainline

GE Capital & Ares Management make an anchor investment in £265M ($3.95MM) debt package supporting KKR’s Acquisition of theTrainline.

March 23, 2015 Ares Management | GE Capital ABF Journal

ESSLP Provides Unitranche Financing for Wireless Logic Buy

Ares Management and GE Capital’s European Senior Secured Loan Programme provided a $114.4 million financing package to fund the acquisition of Wireless Logic by CVC Growth Partners.

March 9, 2015 Ares Management | GE Capital ABF Journal

ESSLP Provides Unitranche Financing for Wireless Logic Buy

Ares Management and GE Capital’s European Senior Secured Loan Programme provided a $114.4 million financing package to fund the acquisition of Wireless Logic by CVC Growth Partners.

March 5, 2015 Ares Management | GE Capital ABF Journal

ESSLP European Unitranche Debt Supports Montagu Acquisition

Ares Management and GE Capital’s joint venture ESSLP has provided a £187 million (approximately $291.6 million) financing package to fund the acquisition of Open GI by Montagu Private Equity.

December 8, 2014 Ares Management | European Senior Secured Loan Program | GE Capital ABF Journal

Ares Management/GE Capital JV Announces €1B in Total Commitments

ESSLP, a joint venture between affiliates of Ares Management and GE Capital, announced that it has reached a total of €1 billion (approximately US$1.28 billion) in commitments since inception in 2012.

October 20, 2014 Ares Management | GE Capital ABF Journal

GE Capital International Supports Hillarys’ Refi

European Capital said it has completed a $191 million refinancing of their portfolio company, Hillarys. GE Capital International, Ares Management and Permira Debt Managers were said to be the incumbent lenders.

August 4, 2014 Ares Management | European Capital | Hillarys | Permira Debt Managers ABF Journal

Ares Management, GE Capital Provide InfoVista Unitranche Debt

Ares Management and GE Capital International have provided a $62.3 million debt facility to French firm InfoVista through the firms’ $2.3 billion joint venture, the European Senior Secured Loan Programme.

August 1, 2014 Ares Management | GE Capital International ABF Journal

Ares Management Expands into Commercial Finance with Keltic Buy

Ares Management has expanded into the commercial finance sector through its acquisition of Keltic Financial Services and Keltic Financial Partners.

June 6, 2014 Ares Commercial Finance | Ares Management | Keltic Financial ABF Journal

Merrill Lynch, Others Arrange Ares Revolver

Ares Management closed its amended and restated revolver that was entered into in connection with the company’s initial public offering. Merrill Lynch, Pierce and others acted as joint lead arrangers.

May 20, 2014 Ares Management | Bank of America | J.P. Morgan Securities | JPMorgan Chase Bank | Merrill Lynch | Morgan Stanley Bank | SunTrust Bank | Wells Fargo Bank ABF Journal