Citizens Financial : Bank leads credit facility for acquisition of medical device services provider MedPlast by Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners

01/24/2017

TEMPE, AR - Citizens Bank announced today that Citizens Commercial Banking is leading a credit facility for the acquisition of medical device services providerMedPlast by Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners. Citizens is Left Lead arranger and administrative agent.

Tempe, Ariz.-based MedPlast offers a range of engineering and manufacturing capabilities that support the production of diagnostic, orthopedic, surgical and other medical products by leading manufacturers.

'We're very happy to be able to help the team achieve their strategic and financial goals,' said Doug Cornett, managing director for healthcare at Citizens Commercial Banking. 'Raising capital and leading these types of deals is just one of the ways that Citizens delivers value for clients at every stage of their business life cycle.'

Citizens is positioned as a strategic and financial partner, offering deep expertise, great ideas and seamless deal execution. The Citizens Commercial Banking approach puts clients first, and offers solutions that help clients make the best decisions throughout the life cycle of their business.

For more information about Citizens, visit theCitizens Commercial Bankingwebsite.

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation's oldest and largest financial institutions, with $149.5 billion in assets as of December 31, 2016. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers 'bank better' with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides wealth management, mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.

Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Citizens Bank, Citizens Commercial Banking and Citizens One. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.