Acquirer: Castle Harlan Inc.
Rank Value: $250M
Target Description: Makes drilling fluids, and provides freshwater and production water transport services.
Notes: The acquisition was a leveraged buyout transaction.
Nike Bauer Hockey USA Inc.
Acquirer: Investment group
Rank Value: $200M
Target Description: Makes ice and roller hockey equipment and apparel.
Notes: The investor group consists of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and W Graeme Roustan, which acquired Nike Bauer Hockey from Nike Inc.
Newnan Utilities’ cable assets
Acquirer: Halyard Capital
Rank Value: $70M
Target Description: Municipal-owned utility.
Notes: The acquisition was a leveraged buyout transaction. Halyard, a New York-based private equity firm, bought the cable assets in partnership with cable veteran John Brooks.
Mullen Crane & Transport Inc.
Acquirer: Northwest Capital Appreciation
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides construction services to the energy, chemical and petrochemical industries.
CATV Tekov sro
Acquirer: Advent International
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides cable television services
Remesas Quisqueyana Inc.
Acquirer: Investment group
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates Hispanic-focused electronic fund transfer services.
Notes: Palladium Equity Partners led the investment group, which also included Baird Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners and Sewanee Ventures. The acquisition was a leveraged buyout transaction.
HerbThyme Farms Inc.
Acquirer: GreenLine Foods Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Produces culinary herbs and spices.
Notes: GreenLine is a unit of the Riverside Co.
Entretien de Voies Ferrees Coyle Inc.
Acquirer: Wind Point Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes railway tracks.
Instill Corp.
Acquirer: iTradeNetwork Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides procurement and data analysis software and services for the foodservice industry.
Notes: The deal was partially financed by Accel-KKR, which recently acquired a majority equity stake in iTradeNetwork. Instill previously raised $90M in venture backing (see Exit Watch, page 7).
Source: Compiled by Eamon Beltran from Thomson Reuters data.