Ares Management Leads $3B in Financing to Support Acquisition of Merchants Fleet

Ares Management served as the lead arranger and junior agent for $3 billion in asset-backed and operating company financing for Merchants Fleet as part of the acquisition by Bain Capital and the Merchants executive team.

May 4, 2023 Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | Bain Capital | BNP Paribas | Brendan P. Keegan | Felix Zhang | Merchants Fleet | Scott Rosen Ian Koplin

Ares Management Originates $2.1B in New Commitments in Q1/23

Funds managed by the credit group of Ares Management closed approximately $2.1 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 35 transactions during Q1/23.

May 1, 2023 Ares Management | Bain Capital | Banyan Software | Behrman Capital | Burton | Coupa Software | Evolent Health | ExtraHop Networks | Kohlberg & Company | LightBay Capital | New Mountain Capital | PerkinElmer | PestCo | Pyramid Global Hospitality | Ridgemont Equity Partners | Shur-Co | Thoma Bravo | Thompson Street Capital Partners | TZP Group | United Digestive | Worldwide Produce Ian Koplin

Ares Management Completes $5.7B in New Commitments in Q3/22

Ares Management’s credit group closed approximately $5.7 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 45 transactions during the third quarter of 2022 and approximately $32 billion in direct lending commitments across 251 transactions in the last 12-month period.

October 28, 2022 Ares Management | Bain Capital | Discovery Life Sciences | Evolent Health | Five Star Food Service | Freeman Spogli & Co | LeanTaaS | Legacy Service Partners | LJP Waste Solutions | Nonantum Capital Partners | NSM Insurance | OMERS Private Equity | Permira | Pueblo Mechanical & Controls | RedBird Capital Partners | Reorg | Revenue Management Solutions | Talent Systems | Tempus | The Carlyle Group | Thompson Street Capital Partners | Water Street Healthcare Partners Ian Koplin

Citizens Leads $1.8B Asset-Based Senior Credit Facilities for PRO Unlimited

Citizens led a $635 million increase to San Francisco-based PRO Unlimited’s existing $1.16 billion of asset-based senior credit facilities to support the company’s acquisition of Geometric Results.

June 30, 2022 Bain Capital | Citizens | EQT Partners | Geometric Results | MSX International | PRO Unlimited Global Solutions | Ted Swimmer Rita Garwood

Antares Provides Nearly $11B in Financing Commitments in H1/21

Antares closed 139 transactions totaling almost $11 billion in financing commitments to middle-market, private equity-backed companies in the first half of 2021.

July 30, 2021 Alacrity Solutions | AlertMedia | American Trailer Rental Group | American Veterinary Group | Antares | Astorg | Aurora Capital Group | Bain Capital | Cinven | Corsearch | Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services | David Brackett | Dessert Holdings | DrakeSoftware | Genstar Capital | Gryphon Investors | Hospitalist Group | Jeffrey Stammen | KIPU | Kohlberg & Company | Oak Hill Capital Partners | Odyssey Investment Partners | OEC | Protective Industrial Products | TCV | Vista Equity Partners | Wind Point Partners Ian Koplin

Citizens Advises Simple Admit on Merger with HST Pathways

Citizens M&A Advisory served as financial advisor to Simple Admit, a provider of automated patient relationship management solutions for surgery centers, on its merger with HST Pathways, a provider of cloud-based software for the ambulatory surgery center space.

May 27, 2021 Bain Capital | Citizens M&A Advisory | Dan Coholan | Dominic Barakat | HST Pathway | Justin Bentley | Simple Admit Ian Koplin

Toms Shoes Gets New Owners in Out-of-Court Debt Restructuring

The Wall Street Journal reported that Toms Shoes, the company that donates a pair of shoes to a poor child for each pair it sells, is handing ownership to creditors in an out-of-court recapitalization.

December 30, 2019 Bain Capital | Toms Shoes nadine

Antares, Bain, Others Support Wind Point Acquisition of A&R Logistics

Antares Capital, Bain Capital, First Eagle Investment Management, and Varagon Capital agreed to provide debt financing to Wind Point Partners’ acquisition of A&R Logistics.

May 9, 2019 A&R Logistics | Antares Capital | Bain Capital | First Eagle Investment Management | Konrad Salaber | Varagon Capital | Wind Point Partners Amanda Koprowski

ABCS Supports Frazier Healthcare Partners Acquisition

The Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution closed a $270 unitranche credit facility to support the acquisition of Comprehensive Pharmacy Services by Frazier Healthcare Partners.

May 8, 2019 Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution | Antares Capital | Bain Capital | Frazier Healthcare Partners. nadine

ABCS Facility Supports Bertram Capital Flow Control Acquisition

The Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution closed a senior secured unitranche credit facility to support Bertram Capital’s acquisition of Flow Control Group.

February 6, 2019 ABCS | Antares | Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution | Bain Capital | Kevin Yamashita | Mary Gaede | Michael Ewald Amanda Koprowski