Penfund provides $20 mln of expansion funding to GoodLife Fitness
Canadian private equity firm Penfund has provided $20 million in additional funding to GoodLife Fitness Centres Inc, a London, Ont.-based manager of over 350 fitness clubs located across Canada. The funding, which expands Penfund's $70 million second lien credit facility with Goodlife, announced last year, will support the company's new club program with an emphasis on its value banners: Fit4Less by GoodLife and Éconofitness by Énergie Cardio. To date, Penfund has provided and arranged $330 million of junior debt to GoodLife in six separate deals. The company is also backed by Manulife Capital, the private equity arm of insurance and financial services provider Manulife.




