Prospect Capital Funds $55 Million First Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Term Loan to Enseo
June 22, 2021 | Prospect Capital Corporation
NEW YORK, June 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that Prospect has funded a $55 million first lien senior secured floating rate term loan to support the acquisition of Enseo Holdings, Inc. (“Enseo”) by an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC (“H.I.G.”).
Enseo is the premier provider of customer experience management technology in the U.S., offering solutions in hospitality, senior living, education, and healthcare. Located in Plano, TX, Enseo has been engineering innovative hardware and software solutions for 21 years that deliver in-room entertainment, managed WiFi, smart room automation (IoT) and energy management, and a suite of health & safety solutions including employee emergency alert system, MadeSafe®, and touchless technology. Enseo is enjoyed by more than 85 million users annually.
“We are once again pleased to engage with the Prospect team, which deployed its diligent approach of providing a creative and flexible financing solution for the Enseo investment,” said Todd Ofenloch, Managing Director of H.I.G. “This transaction constitutes our 31st financing with Prospect.”
“Our assessment of Enseo’s customer-centric solutions validated Enseo as a leader versus competitive offerings in the hospitality sector,” said Jason Wilson, a Managing Director at Prospect Capital Management L.P. “Our work also demonstrated the positive application of Enseo’s technology solutions to enhance both guest experience quality and employee safety in the hospitality, senior living, education, and multifamily residential sectors.”
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Grier Eliasek, President and Chief Operating Officer
grier@prospectcap.com
Telephone (212) 448-0702
