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Macquarie Capital and Stifel acted as financial advisors and provided committed financing, and McDermott Will & Emery LLP provided legal advice, to H.I.G. Capital. Harris Williams and Evercore acted as financial advisors, and Dechert LLP acted as legal counsel, to the Company on the transaction.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed John Scerbo as a Managing Director, with the firm’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) group. Concurrently, A&M is establishing Fund Management Solutions, led by Mr. Scerbo, as a new offering under its CFO Services practice. Fund Management Solutions will help private equity (PE) clients address the increasing requirements and complexities fund managers face resulting from explosive PE activity, expanding regulatory requirements and greater demands from investors

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) announced today that Karen Larrimer, head of Retail Banking and chief customer officer, has elected to retire after more than 27 years of service and leadership to the bank. Larrimer will remain as the bank's chief customer officer through 2022, as she transitions out of her role as head of Retail Banking, effective July 1.

LSQ, a leading provider of working capital finance and payments solutions, announces the acquisition of Qwil, a San Francisco-based fintech company that provides early payments to staffing firms. Founded in 2015 by Johnny Reinsch, Paul Tiplady and Trevor Branon, Qwil provides the contingent staffing market with financial tools and solutions. The company's marquee service is an embedded finance product offering early payments to staffing firms which helps them have liquidity up to 180 days before they’re paid by their clients.

Bank of America, N.A. is the Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner and Administrative Agent for the 35-bank syndicate participating in the Credit Facility. Bank OZK; Citibank N.A.; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC; PNC Bank, N.A.; Regions Bank; Royal Bank of Canada; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acted as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners. Truist Bank, N.A. acted as Joint Bookrunner.

Debt Refinancing Highlights: Established 5-year $3.25 billion senior secured credit facility consisting of a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility and $1.75 billion term loan Retired $1.0 billion revolving credit facility and $0.9 billion term loan

An affiliate of Shadowbriar Capital Partners, LLC ("Shadowbriar") is pleased to announce the acquisition of Benada Aluminum Products, LLC ("Benada" or the "Company") from Big Shoulders Capital ("Big Shoulders") and ABGB Capital, LLC ("ABGB"). White Oak Global Advisors, LLC and its financing affiliate, White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC, provided the debt financing for the transaction.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced that it has hired Carissa Biggie as Managing Director and Global Head of Broker Relationship Management Ms. Biggie will be based in New York and reports to Kristian West, Head of the firm's Investment Platform team, which is focused on building and managing best in class capabilities, maximizing return on investment and leveraging the scale of J.P. Morgan to deliver exceptional outcomes to clients.

-D.A. Davidson welcomes four seasoned bankers focused on senior living and structured housing to its Fixed Income Capital Markets Group, a nationally recognized team of capital markets professionals consistently ranked among the top leaders in fixed income financing. Richard (Rick) Lohr joins the firm as managing director and head of Senior Living and Structured Housing, Amy Hayman and Romy McCarthy come on board as managing directors and Ogieva Guobadia, CFA joins as senior vice president.

eCapital Corp. ("eCapital" or "the Company"), a leading finance provider across North America and the U.K., today announced the appointment of Mark Wilson as chief technology officer. As part of the executive leadership team, he will be responsible for advancing all platforms and improving infrastructure to execute the company’s technical vision and facilitate its ability to scale.

Kian Capital Partners, a middle-market focused private investment firm, is pleased to announce the addition of three new team members to support the firm’s continued growth. Thomas Bullock and Doyle Silvia join the firm as Associates, and Mikaela Palma as Senior Accountant.

Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) announced that Dave Galbreath has been named its Florida Market President, replacing David Kunik, who has decided to step down so he can focus more directly on managing the market's retail operations.

BMO Financial Group announced today a commercial banking office in Grand Rapids, Michigan, led by BMO's Michigan Managing Director, James Hess. Located at 250 Monroe Ave., it is comprised of five commercial bankers focused on diversified industries, equipment finance and treasury & payment solutions, all supported by BMO's national industry sector expertise.

SSG Capital Advisors, LLC (“SSG”) acted as the investment banker to Listen Technologies Corporation (“Listen” or the “Company”) in the placement of a financing package, which enabled Listen to refinance existing indebtedness and will provide additional capital for growth. The transaction closed in May 2022.

Austin Financial Services, Inc. (AFS) is pleased to announce the closing of a $1.5MM revolving A/R and inventory facility to a gourmet confectionary Company with a domestic & international presence. Proceeds from AFS’ revolver will provide new funds for ongoing working capital support, which will allow the company to grow inventory supply to meet their seasonal demands.

Orano has refinanced in advance its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) for a total amount of €880 million, including a margin indexed to environmental and governance criteria. This new confirmed syndicated line of credit signed with a pool of 10 banks has a maturity of five years and carries two one-year extension options exercisable in 2023 and 2024. It replaces the undrawn credit facility signed in July 2018.

International Seaways, Inc. (NYSE: INSW) (the “Company” or “INSW”), one of the largest tanker companies worldwide providing energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products, today announced that it has closed on a new senior secured credit facility (the “Facility”) with an aggregate capacity of $750 million, composed of a term loan of $530 million and a revolving credit facility of $220 million, of which $70 million was drawn on May 24, 2022. The Facility matures in May 2027.

Tiger Group is gearing up to auction surplus equipment from Red Star Pictures, a longstanding supplier of rental lighting, grip and production equipment to the entertainment and live event industry.

Summit Bank (OTC Pink: SBKO), a leading independent community bank, announced today that Brian Thomas has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Team Leader for the bank’s Portland and Southwest Washington Team. The announcement was made by Craig Wanichek, Chief Executive Officer and President of Summit Bank.

Blackstone Credit today announced the appointment of Abby Miller as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL), its business development companies (BDCs). BCRED and BXSL are part of the direct lending platform within Blackstone’s $230 billion credit business, the firm’s fastest growing segment.