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United Window & Door Manufacturing announced the transaction on October 12, 2026.
DFX calculationDFX's private equity records hold five earlier announcements naming The Sterling Group since April 24, 2026, when DFX's private equity records begin: three add-on acquisitions, one platform investment, and one sale.
DFX's private credit records name 13 investment advisers behind BDC loans to other companies DFX attributes to The Sterling Group, including companies it may since have sold; none is recorded as financing this deal. Among them: Apollo Credit Management, LLC, Apollo Investment Management, L.P., Bcpc Advisors, LP, and Bcsf Advisors, LP and others.
Source: the parties and roles DFX recorded for this story, from the documents it cites. Solid lines are documented, lighter lines calculated by DFX, dashed lines inferred by DFX.
| From | Connection | To | Basis | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sterling Group (Investor) | invests in | United Window & Door Manufacturing (Company) | Documented in filings | |
| Apollo Credit Management, LLC (Lends to the sponsor's other companies) | lends to its other companies | The Sterling Group (Investor) | Calculated by DFX | |
| Apollo Investment Management, L.P. (Lends to the sponsor's other companies) | lends to its other companies | The Sterling Group (Investor) | Calculated by DFX | |
| Bcpc Advisors, LP (Lends to the sponsor's other companies) | lends to its other companies | The Sterling Group (Investor) | Calculated by DFX | |
| Bcsf Advisors, LP (Lends to the sponsor's other companies) | lends to its other companies | The Sterling Group (Investor) | Calculated by DFX | |
| Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC (Lends to the sponsor's other companies) | lends to its other companies | The Sterling Group (Investor) | Calculated by DFX | |
| Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC (Lends to the sponsor's other companies) | lends to its other companies | The Sterling Group (Investor) | Calculated by DFX |
DFX inferenceIf the purchase uses debt, lenders that already finance other The Sterling Group's companies, such as Apollo Credit Management, LLC, Apollo Investment Management, L.P., and Bcpc Advisors, LP, are candidates; DFX holds no record tying any of them to this deal.
DFX inferenceThe Sterling Group is one of the more active dealmakers in DFX's records over the past 12 months, which makes its portfolio companies and lenders a recurring source of follow-on activity.
Buyer: The Sterling Group. Company: United Window & Door Manufacturing.
Advisers and dates from DFX's private equity transaction records, read from the parties' announcements.
Context, not this deal
BDC loans to other companies DFX attributes to the sponsor; none is recorded as financing this deal.
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BDCs hold 1,075 loan positions due in the next 12 months. Of the 88 borrowers that two or more lenders put on non-accrual, in default or at 70% of cost or below last quarter, 11 appear in DFX's maturity records for that window, and software, the largest such group, has none there.
River Associates built the rope and sling group over six years, from Yale Cordage in 2020. No price was disclosed, and no lender for the purchase appears in the record yet.
The merger filing shows how the deal is paid for: $2.87 billion of equity from CD&R and McKesson and up to $3.15 billion of committed bank loans, against about $5.95 billion of uses.
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Source: DFX private equity events (press releases and firm news pages). Period: Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026. One point per distinct announcement naming the firm. The green mark is this story.
| Date | Development | Kind | Figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Healthcare Linen Services Group, a Portfolio Company of the Sterling Group, announces the acquisition of Texas Textile Services | ||
| May 19, 2026 | Pavement Preservation Group, a Portfolio Company of the Sterling Group, announces the acquisition of Asphalt Paving Systems | ||
| Jul 31, 2026 | Sold Tangent Technologies to Platinum Equity | ||
| Sep 29, 2026 | AGS American Glass Services, a portfolio company of the Sterling Group, acquires Mark Industries | ||
| Oct 6, 2026 | The Sterling Group Foundation Fund acquires Slingmax Group | ||
| Oct 12, 2026 | United Window & Door Mfg. Partners with the Sterling Group to Support Future growth |
6 borrowers, 19 lenders, $951M of principal. 2 of the 28 loans have no mark reported.
Source: BDC schedules of investments (SEC Inline XBRL), read by DFX. Period: Jun 30, 2026. Loans BDCs held on their schedules dated June 30, 2026 in companies DFX attributes to The Sterling Group, which may include companies it has since sold. Each lender is one BDC fund, so funds sharing a manager are counted apart. Each entry gives the principal the fund held and its fair value as a share of cost, or says the mark is not reported where the schedule gives no fair value; a mark below 90% of cost is flagged.