Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc to buy BlueMountain
Summary
The acquisition is consistent with our strategic objective to diversify into fee-based revenue sources, and we expect this platform to be the basis for further development of our presence in the asset management sector. Assured Guaranty is a well-capitalized, credit-focused financial services group that believes in BlueMountain’s strength and long-term prospects, and it sees alternative asset management as a key element of its long-term strategy. Assured Guaranty’s asset management business will capitalize on the many synergies between the companies, including BlueMountain’s significant experience in CLOs, asset securitization, infrastructure investments and health care finance.” Not less than $114.8 million of the approximately $160 million purchase price will be payable in cash. The remainder of the purchase price is payable, at Assured Guaranty’s election, in cash, its common shares, a one-year promissory note, or in a combination of the foregoing. As part of that payment, Assured Guaranty expects to issue $22.5 million of its common shares to Mr. Feldstein.