Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Consumer Products

ACI Capital Co. and American Securities Acquire Healthy Directions

On September 1, 2004, ACI Capital Co. and private equity firm American Securities acquired consumer products company Healthy Directions

Acquisition Context
  • This is ACI Capital Co.’s 1st and American Securities’ 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is ACI Capital Co.’s 7th and American Securities’ 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ACI Capital Co.’s 1st and American Securities’ 2nd transaction in Maryland.
Investment Fate
  • Healthy Directions was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2014 for 195M USD.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date September 1, 2004
Target Healthy Directions
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) ACI Capital Co.
American Securities
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Healthy Directions

Potomac, Maryland, United States
Healthy Directions LLC is a provider of branded nutritional supplements, health-oriented newsletters and related health products.
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Buyers Overview 2

Buyer

ACI Capital Co.

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 500M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

ACI Capital is a private investment firm that targets investments in mid-sized companies. ACI primarily looks for US based businesses with revenues between $25 and $500 million and operating profits of at least $5 million. ACI prefers control investments and will consider a variety of investment structures including buyouts, restructurings, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, PIPEs, secondary purchases, and bridge financings. Sectors of interest include consumer (consumer products, direct marketing, restaurants, franchising, healthy living), industrial (niche manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure, alternative energy), and services (business services, healthcare services, financial services, logistics, media). ACI Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 7 of 10
Sector: Consumer Products 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 6 of 9
State: Maryland 1 of 2
Country: United States 7 of 10
Year: 2004 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-06 Excel Polymers

Solon, Ohio, United States

Excel Polymers LLC is a provider of customized thermoset elastomer (rubber) compounds and additives for various industrial applications.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-01 Accent Energy

Dublin, Ohio, United States

Accent Energy is a provider of electricity and natural gas supply services to over 140,000 residential and commercial customers in the states of New York, Texas, and California.

Buy -
Buyer

American Securities

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 23.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

American Securities is a large private equity firm that typically partners with management when pursuing company acquisitions. American Securities typically targets US-based with $50 to $200 million of EBITDA and valued up to $2 billion. Areas of interest include consumer products, restaurants, healthcare, industrial, aerospace, defense, agriculture, environmental, paper/packaging, energy, and specialty chemicals. The Firm was originally formed in 1947 as the family office for William Rosenwald, an heir to the Sears Roebuck & Company, and began accepting outside investors in 1994. American Securities is headquartered in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 20 of 81
Sector: Consumer Products 2 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 14 of 28
State: Maryland 2 of 2
Country: United States 19 of 80
Year: 2004 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-09-01 Anthony

Sylmar, California, United States

Anthony, Inc. is a manufacturer of specialty glass, commercial glass refrigerator and freezer doors, case lighting, and display and merchandising systems. Anthony operates globally with locations in the U.S., Italy, China and South Africa.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-06-02 VUTEk

Meredith, New Hampshire, United States

VUTEk, Inc. is a manufacturer of superwide format digital printers for the global outdoor advertising industry.

Sell $281M