London, 19th June, 2012: Bank of Ireland, GE Capital, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds, RBC Capital Markets and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, have arranged and underwritten £125 million of senior facilities to support the secondary buyout of Lifeways by OMERS Private Equity.
Lifeways is the UK's market leading provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities and has been acquired from August Equity.
Via its national network of 33 offices, Lifeways enables service users to live more independently and take control of how their care and support is planned and delivered, giving them greater empowerment over decisions affecting their lives. Lifeways supports more than 3,400 people, with over 6,300 trained staff able to offer a high level of in-house expertise and experience.
GE Capital is one of Europe's leading providers of leveraged finance for mid-market private equity backed transactions and has a leveraged loan portfolio in excess of €5 billion across EMEA covering 160 companies in the region. The firm has been lead arranger of over 30 deals in the last 18 months and has a strong pipeline in place for the year ahead.
Michael Goodbody
GE Capital EMEA
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