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Deerfield Capital Acquires CIFC

  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Deerfield Capital Corp. (NASDAQ) retained TM Capital as financial advisor regarding the acquisition of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp.
  • TM Capital advised the Special Committee of Deerfield and provided a fairness opinion in connection with this acquisition
  • Deerfield is an investment manager with approximately $9.4 billion of assets under management, including approximately $5.5 billion in collateralized loan obligations (“CLO’s”)
  • Commercial Industrial Finance Corp., a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners, is an investment manager with approximately $6.2 billion of CLO’s under management
  • Deerfield acquired Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. for 9,090,909 shares of common stock plus $7.5 million in cash payments and certain future consideration

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