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Pathlight Capital LP ("Pathlight") announced today the final closing of its third fund, Pathlight Capital Fund III LP ("Fund III") as well as the initial Tranche of its Evergreen vertical, Pathlight Capital Evergreen Fund LP (the "Evergreen Fund" and together with Fund III, the "Fund").

Catalent, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., as borrower, and certain other wholly owned subsidiaries of Catalent, entered into an amendment, dated as of December 19, 2023, to its existing credit agreement for the issuance of new incremental term loans in an aggregate amount of $600 million, which was upsized due to very strong lender demand.

Leading banking, finance, and restructuring lawyer Kalyan “Kal” Das joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP along with Sharan Calay and Andrew Silverstein. They join from Seward & Kissel, where Das has spent over three decades and was head of its Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring Practice.

Ranked by Chambers as one of the leading lawyers in banking and finance, Katie focuses on fund finance matters, advising borrowers across numerous fund strategies, as well as private credit lenders, on the full spectrum of products available in the market. Her work includes advising on subscription financings, NAV and hybrid financings, secondaries, GP-support debt facilities and equity products.

Deerpath Capital Management, LP announced the closing of Deerpath CLO 2023-2, a $353.65 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO). This marks Deerpath's second new issuance CLO in 2023.

Ampla, a leading provider of innovative financial solutions for consumer brands, announced today the successful closure of a new $275 million credit facility with Citi and funds managed by Waterfall Asset Management. This brings the total capital raised by Ampla to over $600 million from top tier investors, including Goldman Sachs and Atalaya Capital.

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the refinancing of Expedited Travel, an existing portfolio company of Carousel Capital Partners.

Bird Global, Inc. (OTCQX: BRDS), ("Bird" or the "Company") a leader in environmentally friendly electric transportation, today announced its entry into a financial restructuring process aimed at strengthening its balance sheet and better positioning the company for long-term, sustainable growth.

First Citizens Bank today announced that CIT Northbridge Credit, as advised by First Citizens Institutional Asset Management LLC, has provided working capital financing via a revolving line of credit to Winona Foods in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Austin Financial Services, Inc. (AFS) is pleased to announce the closing of a $5MM ABL facility to a provider of communications and VoIP solutions to large enterprise businesses. Proceeds from AFS’ revolver were used to refinance the bank facility, with additional availability to support increased demand from existing customers, and to meet the Company’s long-term growth targets.

StoneCo Ltd. (Nasdaq: STNE; B3: STOC31) (“Stone” or “the Company”) announced that it has obtained a commitment of US$467.5 million in the form of a revolving securitization facility from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), an agency of the United States government.

The Board of Directors voted to appoint Tim Spence chairman of the board. Spence succeeds Nick Akins, who has been elected lead independent director. Spence’s responsibilities will include chairman, chief executive officer and president, Fifth Third Bancorp. Jamie Leonard, currently chief financial officer, will become chief operating officer (COO) with oversight of the Bank’s largest customer-facing employee groups.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset based lending, purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, today announced the completion of two Midwest-based transactions, including a $1 million asset-based lending facility and a $3 million non-recourse factoring facility.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset based lending, purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, today announced the completion of two Midwest-based transactions, including a $1 million asset-based lending facility and a $3 million non-recourse factoring facility.

FrontWell Capital Partners Inc. (“FrontWell”) today announced the increase of its secured credit facility with Mara Technologies Inc. and Mara Technologies USA Inc. (“Mara”) to CAD$45 million. Mara is a manufacturer of electronic boards and assemblies focused in infrastructure, broad band communications and power management systems.

The $190 million CFO will invest across the flagship strategies of Churchill and Arcmont Asset Management Limited, the operating businesses of Nuveen Private Capital, including U.S. senior lending, junior capital and equity co-investment, as well as European direct lending and capital solutions.

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Keith Kushin has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Transaction Opinions and Board Advisory practices. Mr. Kushin is based in New York and will expand the firm’s transaction opinions services for its clients in North America.

Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIN) ("Trinity" or the "Company"), a leading provider of diversified financial solutions to growth-stage companies, today announced the appointment of Ryan Kaeding as Managing Director, Life Sciences in San Diego, California. Mr. Kaeding, a veteran in the venture ecosystem, has been supporting venture capital-backed growth-stage companies for 20+ years.

Connext Networks, LLC (Connext), a Utah fiber infrastructure provider serving business and retail internet customers, announced the successful completion of a $70 million credit facility, including a $50 million accordion, arranged by Woodforest National Bank.

Austin Financial Services, Inc. (AFS) is pleased to announce the closing of a $5MM ABL facility to a provider of communications and VoIP solutions to large enterprise businesses. Proceeds from AFS’ revolver were used to refinance the bank facility, with additional availability to support increased demand from existing customers, and to meet the Company’s long-term growth targets.