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Stellus Capital Management, LLC Provides Unitranche Financing in Support of Palm Peak Capital’s Acquisition of Pacific Shoring Products, LLC
Feb 04, 2025SHARE
Houston, TX – February 4, 2025 – Stellus Capital Management, LLC (“Stellus”) announced today that its affiliates provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of Palm Peak Capital’s (“Palm Peak”) acquisition of Pacific Shoring Products, LLC (“Pacific Shoring” or “the Company”), a leading manufacturer of trench safety equipment.
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA, Pacific Shoring is a leader in a regulatory-driven niche, manufacturing trench safety products used by contractors to protect their workforce when working in trenches for infrastructure projects including water utility pipes, telecom fiber, gas & electric, and other underground building or maintenance jobs. Pacific Shoring’s products are sold at ~280 dealer locations across North America, Australia, and Europe to large, high quality equipment rental companies.
“Over the past 20 years, Pacific Shoring has proven itself as an industry leader and is poised for even greater success in the years ahead,” said Dante Pavone, Vice President at Palm Peak. Steve Liff, Managing Partner, added, “We were thrilled to collaborate with Stellus due to their extensive industry expertise and experience. Additionally, the team dedicated time to thoroughly understand the business, its prospects, and future capital requirements, which will help support our broader strategic goals and growth.”
Adam Pollock, Managing Director at Stellus, said, “We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with the Palm Peak and Pacific Shoring teams. It means a lot that Palm Peak entrusted us to finance their initial platform investment. The Company is well-positioned to benefit from favorable regulatory trends around worker safety and strong growth in infrastructure projects globally. We look forward to supporting Pacific Shoring’s next phase of growth.”
For inquiries related to this Press Release, please contact:
Adam Pollock
(713) 292-5407
apollock@stelluscapital.com
