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Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Lead Financing for Truelink Capital's Acquisition of SouthernCarlson from Kyocera Corporation
BOSTON, February 10, 2026--Bain Capital today announced that its Private Credit Group, alongside Private Credit at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, acted as co-Administrative Agents and Joint Lead Arrangers on a senior secured credit facility to support Truelink Capital’s acquisition of SouthernCarlson from Kyocera Corporation, a global Japanese conglomerate. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
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