Pagaya Closes Five-Year $280M Credit Facility with BlackRock, UBS, JPMorgan Chase and Other Lenders
February 07 2024 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
World’s top global asset managers and financial institutions
provide capital to Pagaya to support the Company’s financial
strategy and future growth
Pagaya Technologies LTD. (NASDAQ: PGY) ("Pagaya" or “the
Company”), a global technology company delivering AI-driven product
solutions for the financial ecosystem, announced today the closing
of a credit facility with participation from Funds and Accounts
managed by BlackRock U.S. Private Capital (“BlackRock”), UBS
O’Connor, JPMorgan Chase, Valley Bank, and Israel Discount Bank.
The facility, which consists of a $255 million term loan and a $25
million revolver, provides the capital and liquidity needed to
support the Company’s future growth, extends its corporate debt
maturity to 2029 and validates investors' confidence in Pagaya's
business model and financial strength.
“This credit facility, led by BlackRock, showcases the
confidence and support from some of the largest and most
sophisticated financial institutions in the world, as we transform
the consumer finance ecosystem in the next phase of our growth
journey,” said Gal Krubiner, Co-Founder and CEO of Pagaya.
“We are pleased to partner with Pagaya and support its next
stage of growth through this facility,” said Dan Worrell, Managing
Director at BlackRock. “We are impressed by the company’s
differentiated business model, core product offering, and financial
strategy to create more financial opportunities and to enable new
customer relationships.”
“The capital commitment demonstrates our ability to access new
and diverse capital sources, bolstering our financial flexibility
and fortifying our business as we consistently pursue further
scale,” added Evangelos Perros, Interim CFO of Pagaya.
In the last four months of 2023, the Company secured four new
lending partners, including a top bank and top auto captive, which
are expected to drive a transformational step-change in Pagaya’s
network expansion. In addition, the Company recently pre-announced
strong full-year 2023 financial performance, with Network Volume
exceeding $8.2 billion and Adjusted EBITDA exceeding $75 million,
implying annualized run-rate Adjusted EBITDA of over $110 million
based on 4Q2023.
Proceeds from the facility will be used to pay off outstanding
borrowings from the Company's previous facility, invest in product
innovation, and grow its network with both existing and new lending
and investor partners.
Jefferies served as Sole Arranger on the transaction.
About Pagaya Technologies
Pagaya (NASDAQ: PGY) is a global technology company making
life-changing financial products and services available to more
people nationwide. By using machine learning, a vast data network
and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides
comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions
for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary
API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to
deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the
mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv.
For more information, visit pagaya.com.
Cautionary Note On Forward-Looking Statements
This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “intend” and similar expressions (as well as other
words or expressions referencing future events, conditions or
circumstances) are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited
to, statements regarding the impact of the new credit facility on
Pagaya’s business, Pagaya’s ability to effectively use the capital
and liquidity provided by the credit facility to support the
Company’s future growth, the impact of certain investors’
confidence in Pagaya's business model and financial strength, the
extent that the new facility bolsters the Company’s financial
flexibility and fortification as it pursues further scale, and the
intended use of the proceeds from the new credit facility. These
forward-looking statements are based on Pagaya’s expectations and
assumptions as of the date of this Release. Each of these
forward-looking statements involves risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by
these forward-looking statements. For a discussion of risk factors
that may cause Pagaya’s actual results to differ from those
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this
Report, you should refer to Pagaya’s filings with the SEC,
including Pagaya’s most recent Form 20-F, particularly the section
entitled “Risk Factors”. Except as required by law, Pagaya
undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by law. You should, therefore, not
rely on these forward-looking statements as representing Pagaya’s
views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Report.
Preliminary Financial Information
The preliminary financial information presented in this press
release are based on management’s preliminary, unaudited analysis
of financial results for the three months and year ended December
31, 2023 as of the date of this release and subject to change as a
result of the completion of the Company’s standard financial and
operating closing procedures and customary audit procedures. As of
the date of this press release, the Company has not completed its
financial statement closing process for the three months and year
ended December 31, 2023, and the company’s independent registered
accounting firm has not audited the preliminary financial data
discussed in this press release. As we complete our quarter and
year end close process and finalize our financial statements for
the quarter, it is possible that we may identify items that require
adjustments to the preliminary financial information set forth
above, and those changes could be material. We do not intend to
update this preliminary financial information prior to the release
of final fourth quarter and full year results later in February
2024. As a result, the preliminary financial information above
constitutes forward-looking information and is subject to risks and
uncertainties, including possible adjustments, which may cause the
Company’s actual results to be different from those set forth above
and the differences could be material. Accordingly, you should not
place undue reliance on this preliminary financial information.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release references the following non-GAAP financial
measures: Adjusted EBITDA. See our Q3 2023 earnings release press
release posted on our Investor Relations website for information
regarding non-GAAP financial measures. We do not provide a
reconciliation for non-GAAP estimates on a forward-looking basis
where we are unable to provide a meaningful calculation or
estimation of reconciling items and the information is not
available without unreasonable effort. This is due to the inherent
difficulty of forecasting the timing or amount of various items
that would impact the most directly comparable forward-looking U.S.
GAAP financial measure that have not yet occurred, are out of the
Company’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted.
Forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures provided without the
most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures may vary
materially from the corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures.
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