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Black Rock Coffee Bar Announces Payoff of Founders’ Margin Loan and Investment by Cynosure
Margin Loan fully repaid and extinguished with no remaining obligationsSCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCB) (“Black Rock Coffee Bar” or the “Company”) today announced that entities and trusts affiliated with its founders (the “Founders”) have consummated a transaction with certain entities advised by The Cynosure Group, LLC (collectively, “Cynosure”) pursuant to which Cynosure purchased all of the equity interests in the Company and Black
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