Deals
Direct Lenders Finance Thoma’s Anaplan Buyout With $2.5 Billion Loan
- Owl Rock led and was joined by Golub, Blackstone, Apollo
- Loan is the latest in the trend of billion-dollar unitranches
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Direct lenders provided $2.5 billion to fund private-equity firm Thoma Bravo’s $10.7 billion purchase of software company Anaplan Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
Owl Rock Capital led the debt financing, another person with knowledge of the deal said. It was joined by Blackstone Credit, Apollo Global Management and Golub Capital.