GoldenTree Asset Management Announces Closing of $500 Million CLO Under GLM Strategy

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GLM III, LP (“GLM III”) and its affiliated investment manager GoldenTree Asset Management LP (along with other affiliated investment managers “GoldenTree”), announced the closing of a $500 million collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) to be managed by GLM III. With the closing of this CLO, GoldenTree Loan Management US CLO 24 (“GLM US CLO 24”), GoldenTree has issued 32 CLOs totaling over $17 billion under its GLM CLO strategy. Since its inception in January 2017, the GLM strategy was intended to be compliant with applicable Risk Retention regulations. While a US Court of Appeals ruling on February 9, 2018 led to the repeal of US risk retention rules for open market CLOs, GLM CLOs are intended to continue to comply with European Union and United Kingdom Risk Retention regulations.

GLM US CLO 24 will initially be backed by a 100% ramped $499 million portfolio of primarily senior secured loans as of closing and will have a five-year reinvestment period and a two-year non call period. The CLO was structured and placed by J.P. Morgan as sole lead. The placement agent globally distributed the rated notes issued by the CLO, while GLM III invested in the CLO’s equity.

GLM US CLO 24 issued $320 million of AAA rated senior notes with a coupon of S+1.15%, along with lower rated senior, mezzanine and junior notes, for an overall weighted average coupon of S+1.55%.

Since its inception in 2000, GoldenTree has issued over $26 billion of CLOs/CBOs, with over $14 billion currently outstanding. GoldenTree’s investment team is comprised of nearly 100 individuals covering over 30 industries and having on average 16 years of experience. In addition, GoldenTree has been an active investor in structured credit since 2007 and currently manages nearly $8 billion of structured credit investments across the firm.

About GoldenTree

GoldenTree is an employee-owned, global asset management firm that specializes in opportunities across the credit universe in sectors such as high yield bonds, leveraged loans, private credit, distressed debt, structured credit, emerging markets, real estate, private equity and credit-themed equities. GoldenTree was founded in 2000 by Steven Tananbaum and is one of the largest independent global credit asset managers. GoldenTree manages approximately $58 billion for institutional investors, including leading public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. GoldenTree has over 310 employees, with offices in New York, West Palm Beach, Charlotte, Newport Beach, Dallas, London, Dublin, Munich, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Dubai. For more information, please visit www.goldentree.com.