TSL Express Daily News

New York, NY, January 5, 2022 – Abacus Finance Group, LLC – a leading provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of companies with $3 million to $15 million in EBITDA – today announced that it served as Senior Secured Credit Facilities Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger for senior secured credit facilities to support the growth investment in Wagner Logistics by LongueVue Capital.

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Kansas City, Wagner is a 3PL (Third Party Logistics Provider) providing contract warehousing and fulfillment and related transportation services to a blue-chip customer base that includes three of the largest paper and packaging companies. Founded in 2001, LongueVue Capital is a New Orleans-based private equity firm that focuses on providing human capital, financial capital, and a skill set built upon a successful 20-year track record of partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to drive value creation in middle market companies.

“It is always a pleasure to work with Eric and Rafal,” said LongueVue Partner Ray Jeandron, III. “This is our fifth financing with those animals, and they do not disappoint.”

“Everyone on this deal team will be promoted,” said Tim Clifford, President and CEO of Abacus. Added Abacus Managing Director Eric Petersen, “The team at LongueVue is always great to work with, and their long track record in logistics made underwriting easy.”

Abacus team members involved in the transaction included Eric Petersen and Rafal Rydzewski. Legal counsel was provided to Abacus by Goulston & Storrs, PC.

About Wagner Logistics

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Kansas City, Wagner is a 3PL (Third Party Logistics Provider) providing contract warehousing and fulfillment and related transportation services to a blue-chip customer base that includes three of the largest paper and packaging companies, as well as other large industrial companies. Wagner-managed facilities and associated logistics drive down costs and move products through customer supply chains, on time and accurately. Although serving a range of customers, the company has a niche focus on the packaging/corrugated sector. For more information, please visit www.wagnerlogistics

About LongueVue Capital

Founded in 2001, LongueVue Capital is a New Orleans-based private equity firm that focuses on providing human capital, financial capital, and a skill set built upon a successful 20-year track record of partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to drive value creation in middle market companies. Having managed over $500 million of capital spanning three funds coupled with 150 years of combined operating and investing experience, LVC’s team is the ideal partner for middle market companies at inflection points and seeking to maximize value. LVC has made successful investments in a wide variety of industries including specialty manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, business and industrial services, and food and beverage. For more information, please visit www.lvcpartners.com. For more information, please visit lvcpartners.com

About Abacus Finance Group, LLC

Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2021, Abacus Finance is a leading direct lending company, focused on providing cash flow senior financing to private equity/family office-sponsored, lower-middle market companies across diverse industries. Since Abacus’s inception in 2011, it has closed over $2 billion in financings. The firm targets private debt financing opportunities of up to $50 million and finances companies with EBITDA between $3 million and $15 million. Abacus is an affiliate of New York Private Bank & Trust, which was founded in 1850.

Abacus Finance is located at 335 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10017. All inquiries and new investment opportunities should be directed to Tim Clifford at 212-850-4620 or cliffordt@abacusfinance.com. Please visit abacusfinance.com for more information.

The Total Partnership Approach™, a registered trademark of Abacus Finance, LLC, brings together cash-flow financing expertise, deep industry knowledge and exceptional client service over the lifecycle of each investment – all providing our sponsors with certainty of close and giving them peace of mind. Our team’s deep industry knowledge combined with an obsession for efficiency results in a turnaround time of under 72 hours. This swift response time is just one aspect of our Total Partnership Approach™ – a comprehensive methodology that reflects our emphasis on growing relationships rather than just focusing on the number of transactions.

Why should you Count on Us™? The answer lies in the deep partnerships we forge by going well above and beyond what sponsors traditionally have come to expect. We don’t believe in the phrase “good enough.” We push ourselves to create custom financing solutions tailored for each company – deals are started from the ground up, and we work side-by-side with the private equity sponsors we serve during each stage of the transaction life cycle.