Owl Rock Capital Group and Dyal Capital Partners Execute Definitive Business Combination Agreement to Form Blue Owl Capital and List on NYSE via a Business Combination with Altimar Acquisition Corporation
December 28, 2020
NEW YORK — December 23, 2020 – Owl Rock Capital Group (“Owl Rock”) and the Dyal Capital Partners (“Dyal”) division of Neuberger Berman Group LLC (“Neuberger Berman”) today announced they entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Altimar Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: ATAC) (“Altimar”) to form Blue Owl Capital Inc. (“Blue Owl”), an alternative asset management firm with over $45.0 billion in assets under management.
Blue Owl will enter the public market through a business combination with Altimar, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of HPS Investment Partners, LLC. The combined entity is expected to have a post-transaction market capitalization of approximately $12.5 billion. As a result of the transaction, Blue Owl is expected to be listed on the NYSE under the new ticker “OWL.”
The new firm’s main business will focus on two of the fastest growing areas of alternative asset management: Direct Lending, where Owl Rock is one of the leading private credit providers to middle and upper middle market businesses backed by top-tier financial sponsors, and GP Capital Solutions, where Dyal has been a leader and innovator since its founding. The Owl Rock and Dyal businesses will be autonomous but complementary. By bringing together two preeminent businesses in their respective fields, Blue Owl will be positioned as a differentiated provider of holistic solutions to the alternative asset management community. Each business will be led by its current long-tenured management, and its respective investment teams will continue to employ the disciplined investment philosophies that they have delivered since inception.
