Monroe Capital announced the funding of a subordinated debt facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition of BAE Systems Commercial Armored Vehicle Division and Transparent Armor Business by The O’Gara Group.

The O’Gara Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides global security and defense products and services for use in counter-terrorism and operates through three groups: Training and Services, Mobile Systems and Sensor Systems. This acquisition greatly expands the capacity of O’Gara’s Mobile Systems division, which currently designs, develops and manages the integration of highly engineered ballistic and blast systems to provide security vehicles with the highest levels of protection to counter terrorism.

Monroe Capital is a leading provider of senior and junior debt and equity co-investments to middle-market companies in the U.S. and Canada. Investment types include unitranche financings, cash flow and enterprise value based loans, acquisition facilities, mezzanine debt, second lien or last-out loans and equity co-investments.