This is one of the largest-ever private credit deals for an event-driven financing

Davis Polk is advising the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $5 billion term loan facility and a $500 million revolving credit facility for an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. to finance the proposed acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

The financing replaces a 364-day bridge financing for $5.75 billion that Clearlake initially entered into to finance the acquisition.

Dun & Bradstreet is a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics.

Clearlake Capital Group is a leading investment firm operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies. The firm’s core target sectors are technology, industrials and consumer. Clearlake has approximately $90 billion of assets under management, and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments.

The Davis Polk finance team includes partner Vanessa L. Jackson, counsel Anthony Pitruzzello and Roxanne Walton and associates Jonathan Morford, Catrell D. Jewel and Nazli Ungan. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York and Washington DC offices.

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