Golub Capital announced that as administrative agent, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, it provided GOLD financing to support Thoma Bravo, LLC's acquisition of Bomgar Corporation. GOLD financings are Golub Capital One-Loan Debt facilities.
Bomgar is the leader in Secure Access solutions that empower the business. Bomgar's leading remote support, privileged access management, and identity management solutions help support and security professionals improve productivity and security by enabling secure, controlled connections to any system or device, anywhere in the world.
"Bomgar has been a Golub portfolio company since 2014 and during that time we have watched the company bolster its leadership position in the remote support sector while adding new product capabilities," said Spyro Alexopoulos, Managing Director at Golub Capital. "We are excited to continue to support the company under its new owners, Thoma Bravo, one of our top private equity relationships."
"Golub Capital continues to exceed our expectations with creative, flexible, and reliable financing," said AJ Rohde, a partner at Thoma Bravo. "We specifically chose Golub to lead the financing because they have a deep expertise in the software sector and have been a trusted lender to Bomgar since 2014. We look forward to continuing the partnership on Bomgar and to working with Golub again on future transactions."
Golub Capital's award winning middle-market lending team structures financing solutions with hold positions of up to $300 million. The team also underwrites and syndicates senior credit facilities and a proprietary suite of GOLD (one-loan debt) facilities, up to $500 million. Golub Capital has been a top 3 US Middle Market Bookrunner each year from 2008 through Q1 2016 for senior secured loans of up to $500 million for leveraged buyouts (according to Thomson Reuters LPC and internal data; based on number of deals).
Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm building on a 30+ year history of providing equity and strategic support to experienced management teams and growing companies. The firm seeks to create value by collaborating with company management to improve business operations and provide capital to support growth initiatives. Thoma Bravo invests with a particular focus on application and infrastructure software and technology enabled services. The firm currently manages a series of private equity funds representing more than $16 billion of equity commitments.