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Issuer:     Franklin BSP Capital Corp (FRBP)
CIK:        0001825248
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-001580
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

FBLC and FBCC acquire Encina Equipment Finance; management retains minority stake
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- FBLC and FBCC, BDCs advised by Benefit Street Partners, acquired substantially all equity interests of Encina Equipment Finance.
- EEF provides secured leases and loans of $5M-$50M to middle-market companies; has funded over $1B cumulatively since 2017.
- EEF CEO Rick Matte continues to lead; management team retains a minority ownership interest.
- The acquisition provides a permanent capital base to support EEF's expansion in US and Canada.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825248/000110465922001580/0001104659-22-001580-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825248/000110465922001580/tm221819d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-001580

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