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Dallas-based Triumph Capital Advisors is a leading investor in syndicated bank loans, with a focus on CLOs. The Company's team has extensive experience investing in senior secured bank debt and CLO securities, and its knowledge of CLO deal structure, compliance, portfolio management and administration make it uniquely qualified to deliver value to investors.

Gibran Mahmud, chief investment officer of Triumph Capital Advisors, stated, "This is a major milestone in the development of Triumph Capital Advisors. I would like to thank Aaron Graft and Triumph Bancorp for their partnership over the past four years; our success to date is a testament to the effort and capabilities of all involved. Our team is excited about the opportunity to continue growing our CLO platform and expanding our product offering with the support of Pine Brook. We are confident our new partnership will accelerate growth in both of these key areas."

Bharath Srikrishnan, managing director of Pine Brook, added, "The implementation of risk retention has increased capital requirements for CLO managers, creating a need for strong management teams to attract significant amounts of equity capital. Pine Brook was formed for exactly this reason: to provide management teams with the capital they need to build their businesses. We view Gibran Mahmud and his team as best-in-class managers, and are excited to partner with them to grow a leading credit asset management business."

Aaron Graft, chief executive officer of Triumph Bancorp, noted, "Triumph Capital Advisors has established itself as a top CLO manager, and is one of only a handful of managers that have been designated as staff and services provider to dual risk-retention compliant CLOs. Going forward, we believe Triumph Bancorp shareholder value will be maximized by facilitating the transfer of Triumph Capital Advisors ownership to a platform whose activities are not impacted by regulations intended for depository institutions. I would like to thank the Triumph Capital Advisors team for their efforts over the past four years and wish them the best."

The transactions are subject to customary closing conditions and are expected to close in the first half of 2017. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Haynes and Boone, LLP acted as legal advisors to Triumph Bancorp in connection with the transaction. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal advisor and Wells Fargo Securities LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor to Pine Brook. Dechert LLP acted as legal advisor to Trinitas Capital Management, LLC. Eaton Partners served as advisor and global placement agent for Trinitas Capital Management, LLC.