CPP Investments and Silver Lake Acquire Qualtrics for $12.5B

Qualtrics, a provider of experience management (XM) software, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Silver Lake, a technology investor, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), in an all-cash transaction that values Qualtrics at approximately $12.5 billion.

March 13, 2023 Barclays Capital | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Egon Durban | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Goldman Sachs | Goodwin Procter | Hafiz Lalani | J.P. Morgan | Kyle Paster | Latham & Watkins | Morgan Stanley | Qualtrics | Ryan Smith | Shearman & Sterling | Silver Lake | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Zig Serafin Ian Koplin

CPPIB Credit Investments Provides $300MM in Financing to Gordon Brothers

Gordon Brothers, a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, received $300 million in financing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) through its subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments, increasing the firm’s capital base to more than $1 billion.

April 22, 2022 Andrew Edgell | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | CPPIB Credit Investments | Gordon Brothers | Ken Frieze Ian Koplin

DigitalBridge Credit Provides $220MM Term Loan Investment to Everstream Solutions

DigitalBridge Group’s digital credit division invested $220 million in the form of a holding company term loan to support the continued growth of Everstream Solutions. 

April 4, 2022 Brett Lindsey | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Chris Moon | CPPIB Credit Investments III | DigitalBridge Group | Everstream Solutions | Geoffrey Souter Ian Koplin

JPMorgan Chase-Led Syndicate Provides $10B to Support McAfee Acquisition

McAfee, a global provider of online protection, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group, which obtained a commitment from a JPMorgan Chase Bank-led syndicate for nearly $10 billion in debt financing to support the transaction.

November 9, 2021 Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | Advent International | Bank of America | Barclays Bank | Barclays Capital | BofA Securities | Brian Ruder | Bryan Taylor | Bryant Stibel Group | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Citibank | Citigroup Global Markets | Condor BidCo | CPPIB Credit Investments III | Credit Suisse | Credit Suisse Loan Funding | Crosspoint Capital | Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson | GIC Private Limited | Goldman Sachs | Greg Clark | HSBC Bank | HSBC Securities | Intel Americas | Jon Winkelried | JP Morgan Securities | JPMorgan Chase Bank | Kirkland & Ellis | McAfee | Morgan Stanley | Moulton Moore Stella | Neuberger Berman | Permira | PSP Investments Credit | RBC Capital Markets | Ropes & Gray | Royal Bank of Canada | Tim Millikin | TPG Global | UBS | UBS Securities and PSP Investments Credit II Ian Koplin

CPPIB Credit Investments Provides $70MM Term Loan to David’s Bridal

David’s Bridal closed a $70 million term loan provided by CPPIB Credit Investments, a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. David’s Bridal will use the new term loan, which matures in 2024, to fund operations and for general corporate purposes.

May 4, 2021 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Christine Pope | CPPIB Credit Investments | David’s Bridal | Greenhill & Co. | Jim Marcum | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Ian Koplin

Aligned Energy Secures $495MM Facility from Goldman Sachs, Others

Goldman Sachs Bank, among others, closed a $495 million secured credit facility for Aligned Energy.

October 24, 2019 Aligned Energy | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | CPPIB Credit Investments | Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs Bank Amanda Koprowski

GE Completes Sale of U.S. Sponsor Finance Business to CPPIB

GE completed the sale of its U.S. Sponsor Finance business and a bank loan portfolio, representing an aggregate ENI of $10 billion to the CPPIB. The transaction was valued at more than $11 billion.

August 24, 2015 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | GE Capital | GE Capital Sponsor Finance Rita Garwood

Antares Buyout Loan Backing Sale to CPPIB Includes $10.7B ABL

Reuters reported Antares Capital is in the market with $13.9 billion of credit facilities backing its sale to CPPIB from GE Capital, which includes a $10.7 billion asset-backed loan.

August 3, 2015 Antares Capital | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | GE Capital Rita Garwood

Antares Said Lining Up GE Capital Financing Package

Reuters reported that Antares Capital is lining up a $13.9 billion financing package that backs GE Capital’s sale of the sponsor finance platform to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

July 22, 2015 Antares Capital | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | GE Capital ABF Journal