Franklin BSP Lending Corporation

Franklin BSP Lending Corporation operates as a Business Development Company (BDC) that focuses on providing capital to privately held middle-market companies. The firm engages in a variety of investment activities, including financing leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and growth initiatives, as well as providing venture debt, CLO equity, delayed draw term loans, rescue financing for distressed or turnaround situations, and bridge loans. Its investments span both the debt and equity structures of these private enterprises. The company employs a comprehensive range of financial instruments, such as unitranche, senior secured, senior unsecured, and second-lien secured debt. It also utilizes various forms of subordinated debt (both secured and unsecured), mezzanine debt, convertible debt, and a spectrum of equity instruments including convertible preferred equity, preferred equity, common equity, equity co-investments, and warrants. Franklin BSP Lending Corporation strategically targets diverse sectors, including business services, energy, general industrial, government, healthcare, software, specialty finance, restaurants, technology/media/telecommunications (TMT), food and beverage, and consumer products. The firm's geographic scope covers the entire United States and Canada, and it often seeks to acquire majority stakes in its portfolio companies. For individual investments, the firm typically deploys between $1 million and $25 million into established businesses that generate revenues from $5 million to $1 billion and demonstrate stable operating cash flows. Within its broader BSP private debt platform, the company's middle-market loan investments generally range from $25 million to over $250 million, targeting companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $100 million. A key aspect of its investment strategy involves securing Board representation or observer rights within the companies it invests in.