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American Capital Acquires Safemark

On July 2, 2004, private equity firm American Capital acquired safety/security company Safemark

Acquisition Context
  • This is American Capital’s 4th transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is American Capital’s 114th transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Capital’s 6th transaction in Florida.
Investment Fate
  • Safemark was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2008.
  • Safemark was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2015.
  • Safemark was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2023.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date July 2, 2004
Target Safemark
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) American Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Safemark

Orlando, Florida, United States
Safemark is a provider of technology-enabled secure storage, mobility and guest amenity solutions. Safemark operates three brands (Safemark, Best Lockers and ScooterBug) whose products enable the Company to reach a broad set of end markets, including water parks, theme/amusement parks, resorts, hotels, zoos, and casinos, among others. Safemark was founded in 1983 and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

American Capital

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 22.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

American Capital was a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine investment firm. American Capital invested in buyouts, growth capital financings, acquistion financings, and recapitalizations. The Firm looked to finance businesses with at least $4 million in EBITDA and valued between $20 and $500 million. American Capital ws a generalist firm with broad interest in traditional industries such as manufacturing, distribution, and services. American Capital's European investment affiliate is European Capital. European Capital looked to invest $10 to $600 million of equity, mezzanine, and/or senior debt in similar opportunities across Europe. American Capital was formed in 1997 and in January 2017, merged with Ares Capital Management.

Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 117 of 265
Sector: Safety/Security 4 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 62 of 125
State: Florida 6 of 12
Country: United States 114 of 253
Year: 2004 15 of 35
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-25 synOdys Group SA

France

synOdys Group SA, a leading manufacturer of systems and equipment to protect people and goods from nuclear, biological and chemical risks.

Buy $72M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-14 Dynisco

Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Dynisco LLC is a provider of software and highly engineered test, measurement and control technologies utilized in process industries with emerging applications in life science.

Buy -

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