7a loan - complex Borrower Structure

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March 07, 2026

by a searcher from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in United States

About to close on an acquisition and the lender is giving me a hard time about borrowers. Loan is approved and already have SBA loan # Have a somewhat complex structure for a 7a deal. Setting up a PE-like structure so this can turn into a platform. - 3 investcos 77.5%, 19%, 3.5% - investcos roll up into a holding company - there’s then an intermediate entity that serves as a blocker - finally there is an opco that holds the business and related assets Lender wants every entity (with the exception of the 19% and 3.5% owner) to serve as co-borrowers and me to individually be a co-borrower. In reality there should only be 2 borrowers (opco and potentially intermediate) - I obviously will have the PG as well Has anyone dealt with pushback on complex structures? / situations like this? Thanks in advance.
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from Eastern Illinois University in 900 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563, USA
Unless I am misunderstanding your particular situation, what you are dealing with is an SBA rule that you cannot get around. If you have other entities with an ownership interest, those entities are required to be a co-borrowers.
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from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Portland, OR, USA
^redacted might be able to help with 7a Structures. Press @ to tag someone! :-)
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