We are constantly
searching for new investment opportunities
— proactively looking to
acquire companies with management
teams open to partnering with
us on strategic direction, operational
effectiveness and growth initiatives.
The hard work we put in up front
along with our unique business
approach allows us to identify
investments with the greatest
potential and to appropriately
value these opportunities.
Our efforts are concentrated on
middle-market companies with stable
operations and attractive market
positions that can benefit from
our strategic and operational
guidance. Our criteria for
platform investments are as
follows:
Industry
Focus
• Manufacturing, specialty
distribution
or service companies
• We do
not
invest in: retail, media/telecom, information
technology,
financial services,
personnel based services, apparel or
businesses
driven by fad or
fashion
Company
Characteristics
• Attractive and
defensible market positions
• Favorable growth
prospects and stable competitive
dynamics
• Positive historical cash
flows
Management
Orientation
• Desire to work
collaboratively in setting
strategic objectives and
priorities, continuously
improving operational
effectiveness,
identifying growth
opportunities, and making add-on
acquisitions.
• We do not
become involved in day-to-day
operations
• We will invest in
management transition situations
Size Criteria
• Enterprise values of $25
million to $200 million
• At least $5 million pro
forma EBITDA for platform investments
• We will consider smaller
and unprofitable companies
as add-on
acquisitions for our
portfolio companies
• Equity investment of $10
million to $75 million
Our criteria for add-on
acquisitions can be downloaded here.
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