Axis Auto Finance Inc. ("Axis" or the "Company"), (TSXV: AXIS) a fintech lender servicing the alternative auto finance market, announced today that it has expanded its senior secured credit facility, lowered its borrowing costs and increased the advance rate on the facility.

Winston & Strawn represented TKB Critical Technologies 1, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $200 million initial public. The units are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) and began trading under the ticker symbol “USCTU” on October 27, 2021.

GTT Communications, Inc., “GTT” or “the Company,” a leading global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today that the Company and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries have commenced prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to effectuate a deleveraging of GTT’s capital structure. GTT’s foreign businesses and operations outside of the U.S. are not included in the filing and are unaffected by the chapter 11 cases.

CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) today announced that it successfully completed its Chapter 11 reorganization. CBL emerged with a significantly improved capital structure, greater financial flexibility and a lowered cost of capital, positioning the company with a much-improved balance sheet and primed to pursue future growth opportunities.

Allspring Global Investments™ today announced that the firm has officially commenced operations as an independent asset management firm. This marks the close of the previously announced acquisition of Wells Fargo Asset Management by GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, L.P.* The firm's new name, Allspring Global Investments (Allspring), takes effect today.

CIBC Innovation Banking is pleased to announce a debt facility of $50 million for Atlanta and Indianapolis-based Terminus Software (“Terminus”), a leading account based marketing platform. Terminus will use the capital to aid in M&A transactions, international expansion, and future product development. This includes its recent acquisition of Zylotech, a B2B customer data platform, now known as Terminus CDP.

armers National Banc Corp. (“Farmers” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FMNB), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (“Farmers National Bank”), announced today that it completed the merger of Cortland Bancorp (“Cortland”) (NASDAQ:CLDB), the holding company for The Cortland Savings and Banking Company (“Cortland Bank”), with and into FMNB Merger Subsidiary IV, LLC, a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers (the “Merger”).

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Tom Delaney has joined its Washington, DC office as a partner. With over 30 years of experience, Delaney is regarded as one of the leading financial services lawyers in the United States.

Amerisource Business Capital announced the closing and funding of a $1,000,000 senior credit facility for a Texas-based Bioscience firm. The proceeds were used to support growth and working capital needs.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset-based lending and purchase order financing firm in the U.S., today announced the completion of a recent $500,000 purchase order finance facility to support the production financing requirements of a Florida-based importer of laboratory supplies.

Crown Partners LP, a debt advisory firm specializing in senior credit facilities and loan products for US companies, announced the closing of an $8.0 million credit facility consisting of a $5.0 million revolving line of credit, $2.5 million real estate term loan and a $500K CapEx line of credit, for Boston Battery, LLC and its subsidiary companies.

Cuttic joins the company from Synovus Bank in the southeast, where he developed an ABL program and was instrumental is overseeing significant growth. Before that, he was part of the founding senior management team that started Veritas Financial Partners, which was sold to the White Oak Group in 2019. He also held senior positions in ABL at First Capital and Capital Business Credit, both in Atlanta.

With HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, the syndicate bank group includes BMO Harris Bank N.A., Silicon Valley Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and PNC Bank National Association. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. is the administrative agent.

Brightwood Capital Advisors, a leading private credit firm focused on providing capital to growing North American middle-market businesses, announced that it supported the sale of portfolio company ECP-PF Holdings Group, one of the nation's largest Planet Fitness franchisees, to TowerBrook Capital Partners, an international investment management firm.

On November 1, 2021, Gary Strong accepted his appointment to the Boards of Directors of Oak Valley Bancorp (the “Company”) [NASDAQ: OVLY] and its wholly owned subsidiary Oak Valley Community Bank (the “Bank”). Strong is the Chief Executive Officer of the California Gold Country Region of the American Red Cross and has served in this role since 2015. In this position, he leads the Sierra Delta and Northern California Chapters, which include more than 2,000 volunteers and 40 employees who respond to nearly 800 local disasters each year and serve close to four million residents in 26 counties.

Moritt Hock & Hamroff (MH&H) is pleased to report that the Firm’s managing partner, Marc L. Hamroff, will be speaking at the upcoming SFNet Annual Convention. Now in its 77th year, the Convention brings together secured lenders and their allied service providers for two days of networking and learning. The 2021 Convention is taking place in Phoenix, AZ from Nov. 3-5.

The company sought a growth-orientated ABL facility that would unconditionally support their growth and post-COVID business renewal plans. The company is a promotional products manufacturer that services large fortune 1,000 companies across the automotive, technology, finance, energy and retail industries throughout the US.

Barganski has more than 22 years of financial services and entrepreneurial experience. Prior to joining PlainsCapital, Barganski spent eight years overseeing two restaurants in the Coastal Bend area. Under Barganski’s leadership, both restaurants received performance-based Champions Circle awards for three consecutive years. Before his time as an entrepreneur, he served as senior vice president at BBVA Compass for more than eight years.

PopReach Corporation ("PopReach" or the "Company") (TSXV: POPR) (OTCQX: POPRF) today announced that it has entered into an amendment to its US$7.5 million senior secured credit facility (the "Facility") with a leading Canadian Schedule I Bank, to modify certain aspects of the agreement.

Lenders under the new credit agreement include JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.