Active Minerals International, LLC, (“AMI”), headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, is a processor and global distributor of industrial minerals. AMI conducts its operations in four facilities, located in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, and maintains four separate sales facilities throughout Asia in Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan; and Seoul, South Korea. AMI controls significant reserves of high quality kaolin and attapulgite clay in the Southeastern United States.

Merit provided subordinated debt and equity to finance the acquisition.