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$12.1 Million One-Stop Credit Facility

Lighting by Gregory is a New York, NY-based retailer that sells brand-name luxury lighting products through a website and through a traditional brick-and-mortar showroom to contractors, restaurants, galleries, stores, and individual homeowners. Lighting by Gregory’s website and showroom collectively offer 100,000 units from over 1,000 lighting manufacturers. Fifth Street provided a $12.1 million one-stop credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$35.0 Million Second Lien Term Loan

Caregiver Services is a Miami, FL-based licensed nurse registry that places registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and home health aides in hospitals, hospices, and private homes. Caregiver Services’ nurse registry is licensed to operate in over thirty-two counties with a network that consists of over 10,000 independent contractors. Fifth Street provided a $35.0 million second lien term loan to support the company’s growth plans.

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$15.0 Million One-Stop Credit Facility

Martini Park is a New York, NY-based up-scale bar concept that caters specifically to adults in their mid-twenties. Martini Park offers live entertainment, DJ music, a menu of various appetizers, and a unique selection of over thirty specialty martinis as well as classic cocktails, wines, and spirits throughout its two locations in Plano, TX and Chicago, IL. Fifth Street provided a $15.0 million one-stop credit facility to support the company’s growth plans.

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$7.5 Million Second Lien Term Loan
Goldco is a Dothan, AL-based restaurant management company that owns and operates fifty-nine Burger King restaurants in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Goldco is one of the largest franchisees in the Burger King system and, in 2006, was the 99th largest franchisee restaurant company in the U.S. Fifth Street provided a $7.5 million second lien term loan to support the acquisition.

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RTMH

$14.3 Million One-Stop Credit Facility and Equity Co-Investment
RTMH is a Los Angeles, CA-based designer and marketer of high-end furniture and fabric products. RTMH sells its products through its own showroom in Los Angeles and through fourteen multi-line showrooms in major cities across the U.S. Fifth Street provided a $14.3 million one-stop credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$8.3 Million Second Lien Term Loan and Equity Co-Investment
Pacific Production Technologies is a Mt. Carmel, IL-based manufacturer of a wide range of highly engineered, specialized plastic and metal forming equipment, as well as complementary tooling, parts, refurbishment and repair and maintenance services. Pacific Production Technologies’ unique, in-house engineering capabilities allow the company to go from concept to complete analyzed designs in electrical, software, mechanical, and hydraulic systems. Fifth Street provided an $8.3 million second lien term loan and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$17.5 Million Second Lien Term Loan
Premier Trailer Leasing is a Grapevine, TX-based provider of long-term and short-term leases on truck trailers for periods ranging from a single month to several years. Premier Trailer primarily provides dry-van and flat-bed trailers for over-the-road and cartage applications through twenty-three branch locations in eighteen states. Fifth Street provided a $17.5 million second lien term loan to support the company’s recapitalization.

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$10.3 Million Second Lien Term Loan and Equity Co-Investment
Rossi American Hardwoods is a Cromwell, CT-based lumber products manufacturer with a diverse product portfolio, including high grade white oak, cherry, hard maple, red oak and other species. Rossi is also an exporter of premium American hardwoods to over forty international markets and has over 150 million board feet of production capacity, making it one of the largest producers in the U.S. Fifth Street provided a $10.3 million second lien term loan and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$13.7 Million Second Lien Term Loan and Equity Co-Investment

Boot Barn is an Orange County, CA-based specialty retailer of footwear and western apparel for men and women that include western boots, motorcycle boots, and work boots. Boot Barn has thirty-one retail stores, with the majority located in California. Fifth Street provided a $13.7 million second lien term loan and equity co-investment to support the acquisition. Post-closing, Fifth Street provided an additional $4.3 million of financing and equity to support the company's add-on acquisitions.

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$12.0 Million Second Lien Term Loan

Filet of Chicken is a Forest Park, GA-based further processor of chicken products that provides sizing, marinating, breading, battering, individually quick freezing, and packaging services. Filet of Chicken’s primary products include boneless, skinless breast, tenders, nuggets, party wings, and trim meats offered to national restaurant chains, chicken processors, and grocery stores. Fifth Street provided a $12.0 million second lien term loan to support the acquisition.

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$9.2 Million One-Stop Credit Facility
Fitness Edge is a Fairfield, CT-based owner of six fitness centers that operate under two primary brands: the Fitness Edge and the Edge Fitness. Fitness Edge facilities range from 8,500 to 33,000 square ft., and offer a broad diversity of group exercises, spinning, and baby sitting/kids programming for approximately 22,400 middle-to-upper-income members. Fifth Street provided a $9.2 million one-stop credit facility to support the acquisition.

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$15.0 Million One-Stop Credit Facility
TBA Global is a Los Angeles, CA-based producer and marketer of brand events and experiences for Fortune 1000 companies. TBA’s goal is to help clients create, produce, and execute unique and compelling programs that deliver brand messages, build loyalty, and increase sales. Fifth Street provided a $15.0 million one-stop credit facility to support the company’s recapitalization.

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$17.7 Million One-Stop Credit Facility and Equity Co-Investment
Nicos Polymers & Grinding is a Nazareth, PA-based provider of post-industrial plastic size reduction and plastic reclamation services. Nicos’ services include grinding, pulverizing, blending, fiber separation, certified destruction and auxiliary services for materials such as plastic packaging, garden hoses and manufacturing trim waste. Fifth Street provided a $17.7 million one-stop credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$15.0 Million Credit Facility
Traffic Control and Safety Corporation is a Honolulu, HI-based provider of traffic control and related safety products and services. Safety Systems sells, rents, and services traffic control equipment and personal safety products, provides safety training seminars and designs and implements traffic control plans. Fifth Street participated in a $15.0 million credit facility to support the acquisition. Post-closing, Fifth Street provided an additional $15.1 million of financing and equity to support the company’s add-on acquisitions.

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$11.8 Million One-Stop Credit Facility and Equity Co-Investment
MedKnowledge Group is a Chester, CT-based medical communications and continuing medical education company. MedKnowledge Group assists pharmaceutical and biotechnology brand teams with educating healthcare professionals on the features, benefits and appropriate prescribing of drugs. Fifth Street provided an $11.8 million one-stop credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$7.5 Million Second Lien Term Loan
Elephant & Castle is a Vancouver, Canada-based owner, operator, and franchisor of full-service British pub themed restaurants. Elephant & Castle has fifteen corporate restaurants, one joint venture location, and eight franchise locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Fifth Street provided a $7.5 million second lien term loan to support the acquisition.

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$11.0 Million Second Lien Term Loan and Equity Co-Investment
CPAC is a Leicester, NY-based specialty chemicals blender and marketer that operates in the consumer and commercial cleaning and personal care industries, as well as the imaging sector through its two principal business segments: Fuller Brands and CPAC Imaging. CPAC’s products are manufactured on four continents and sold in over one hundred countries to photographic, healthcare (medical and dental), and graphic arts professionals. Fifth Street provided an $11.0 million second lien term loan and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$5.0 Million Second Lien Term Loan
Best Vinyl is an American Fork, UT-based vinyl fence installer and distributor. Best Vinyl’s products and services are offered to residential, commercial, military/government and wholesale distribution customers throughout Utah, Hawaii, and Idaho. Fifth Street provided a $5.0 million second lien term loan to support the acquisition.

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$13.5 Million One-Stop Credit Facility and Equity Co-Investment
O’Currance Teleservices is a Salt Lake City, UT-based outsourced provider of inbound telesales services. O'Currance deploys a unique mix of more than 600 home-based and brick and mortar center-based sales representatives to handle inbound consumer calls from marketing promotions, including radio, television, direct mail, newspaper and internet campaigns. Fifth Street provided a $13.5 million one-stop credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition.

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$16.4 Million First Lien Term Loan
Rail Acquisition Corp. is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of linear slides and precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products for original equipment manufacturers in the computer hardware, telecommunications and industrial equipment markets. The company is headquartered in Tucson, AZ. Fifth Street provided a $16.4 million First Lien Term Loan to support the acquisition of the company.

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