Sixth Street Partners, LLC, KKR & Co. Inc., Bayview Asset Management, LLC and CardWorks, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire GreenSky, Inc. from Goldman Sachs Bank USA (New York).
October 10, 2023
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Sixth Street Partners, LLC, KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), Bayview Asset Management, LLC and CardWorks, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire GreenSky, Inc. (NasdaqGS:GSKY) from Goldman Sachs Bank USA (New York) on October 11, 2023. CPP Investments is providing strategic financing for the transaction. Until closing, Goldman Sachs will continue to operate the platform and record ongoing business results. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024, subject to standard closing conditions.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal counsel to Goldman Sachs. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is serving as financial advisor, BofA Securities and Mizuho Americas are also serving as financial advisors and Ravi Purushotham, Lee Meyerson, Sophie Staples, Tristan Brown, Harry Hudesman, Lori Lesser, Marisa Geiger, Krista McManus, Peter Guryan, Richard Jamgochian, Kelly Karapetyan, Caroline W. Phillips, Steven R. DeLott and Dennis Loiacono of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Stephen Ornstein, Shanell Cramer, Maria Merritt, Andrew Petersen of Alston & Bird LLP are serving as legal counsel to the consortium led by Sixth Street Partners, LLC, KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), Bayview Asset Management, LLC and CardWorks, Inc. for the transaction.
KKR & Co. Inc. is an investment company, which offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. The Company's asset management business offers a range of investment management services to fund investors around the world. It operates in two segments: Asset Management and Insurance. The Asset Management business offers a range of investment management services to investment funds, vehicles and accounts (including Global Atlantic) and provides capital markets services to portfolio companies and third parties. The Insurance business is operated by Global Atlantic, which is a United States retirement and life insurance company that provides a suite of protection, legacy and savings products and reinsurance solutions to clients across individual and institutional markets. It offers individuals fixed-rate annuities, fixed-indexed annuities and targeted life products through a network of banks, broker-dealers and independent marketing organizations.
Sixth Street Partners, LLC, KKR & Co. Inc., Bayview Asset Management, LLC and CardWorks, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire GreenSky, Inc. from Goldman Sachs Bank USA (New York).