Targeted Investments

Financing Solutions. Flexible Capital. Integrated Platform.

ACF leverages the scale and flexible capital of the Ares platform to provide innovative asset-based and cash flow solutions to small and middle-market companies, as well as asset-backed facilities to specialty finance companies. ACF is part of the Ares Credit Group, which as of December 31, 2024, had over $348.9 billion of assets under management. Our senior ACF investment professionals have on average over 23 years of experience in commercial finance and asset-based lending.

Our team uses a combination of specialized credit and collateral monitoring to provide clients with flexibility and greater credit availability. ACF has the ability to structure and agent deals to support the growth and changing capital needs of its clients. Our asset-based lines of credit may be structured as working capital financing, bridge financing, turnaround financing, acquisition financing, debtor-in-possession financing and special accommodation financing.

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Our Investments

ACF Targeted Investment Sizes

Deal Size:

Up to $300 million with ability to hold up to $150 million

EBITDA:

No minimum requirement

Products

Senior Secured Working Capital Lines of Credit
Machinery & Equipment and Real Estate Terms Loans in conjunction with a Working Capital Line
Stretch ABL Term Loans
Priority Cash Flow Loans
Supply Chain Finance
Trade AR Securitizations
Equipment Loans

Transaction Types:

Leveraged Buyouts
Acquisitions
Recapitalizations
Restructurings
General Refinancing
Rescue Financing
Growth Capital
Special Situations
DIP/Exit Financings
Working Capital
Bridge Financing

Partners

Direct Lenders
Restructuring Firms
Sponsors
Intermediaries
Commercial Banks
CPAs
Attorneys

Our Scale

Scaled and national platform with the ability to underwrite and hold up to $150 million

Value Proposition

ACF offers several valuable advantages to companies seeking alternative financing solutions. Our deeply experienced team draws upon the broader Ares platform and its long term, patient capital to provide flexible financing solutions with enhanced certainty of closing. We are able to offer creative structures and continue to lend across capital market and economic cycles.

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Long Term, Patient Capital

We are a long-term, patient investor
Our long-term capital enables us to grow with our clients' needs over time
We deliver fully committed financing solutions with no market flex or syndication risk
We provide one-stop financing solutions

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Flexible and Creative Financing Solutions

Financing solutions for our clients are structured by a team of seasoned and committed professionals with significant industry and lending experience
We provide a wide spectrum of financing structures and are not limited to conventional market terms
We are active in all market environments

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Speed and Enhanced Certainty of Execution

Small deal teams with single point of contact that are committed to executing financing solutions for our clients
Our streamlined and transparent approval process and flat organization provides enhanced certainty of closing

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The Ares Advantage

The ACF Team works with the broader Ares platform, providing access to extensive relationship networks and insights into industry and macro-economic trends
The Ares platform additionally provides access to cash flow, mezzanine and equity capital