SVB Financial Group Enters into Definitive Agreement for the Sale of SVB Capital
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SVB Financial Group (Pink Sheets: SIVBQ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which a newly created entity affiliated with Pinegrove Capital Partners ("Pinegrove") and backed by permanent capital from Brookfield Asset Management ("Brookfield") and Sequoia Heritage, will acquire the Company's investment platform business, SVB Capital. Under the terms of the agreement, SVB Capital would be acquired for a combination of cash and other economic consideration.
- Under the terms of the agreement, SVB Capital would be acquired for a combination of cash and other economic consideration.
- On May 2, 2024, SVB Financial Group filed a motion seeking the Court's authorization to approve buyer protections for the Pinegrove affiliate and consummate a sale of the SVB Capital business.
- The transaction is supported by SVB Financial Group and key creditor groups, including the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, the Ad Hoc Group of Senior Noteholders and the Ad Hoc Cross-Holder Group.
- Centerview Partners LLC is serving as financial advisor, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is serving as legal counsel and Alvarez & Marsal is serving as the restructuring advisor to SVB Financial Group as debtor-in-possession.