M&A Deal Summary

Bertram Capital Acquires Power Distribution

On April 1, 2007, private equity firm Bertram Capital acquired electrical equipment company Power Distribution

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bertram Capital’s 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Bertram Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bertram Capital’s 1st transaction in Virginia.
Investment Fate
  • Power Distribution was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 235M USD.
  • Power Distribution was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2017.
  • Power Distribution was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-04-01
Target Power Distribution
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Bertram Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Power Distribution

Richmond, Virginia, United States
Power Distribution, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of power distribution equipment for the North America data center market. Power Distribution produces power distribution units, static transfer switches, remote power panels, power conditioning units, medium and low voltage transformers and patented power monitors used mainly in data centre and alternative energy applications. Power Distribution was established in 1978 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

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Buyer

Bertram Capital

Foster City, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bertram Capital is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth equity investments in lower middle-market companies. Bertram looks for companies with revenues of $20 to $250 million and EBITDA of $5 to $35 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare services and infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, business and financial services, technology, and internet. Bertram will consider both control and non-control investments. Prospective transaction structures include management buyouts, shareholder liquidity events, acquisitions financing's, growth financing's, and PIPE. Bertram Capital was formed in 2006 and is based in Foster City, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 47
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 14
State: Virginia M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 44
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Author Solutions

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Author Solutions, is a provider of professional self-publishing services. It has enabled 150,000 authors to publish, market and distribute more than 190,000 books in print and electronic formats and benefits from several powerful growth trends including user-generated content, eBooks and digital publishing and marketing technologies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-01 Medibis

Oklahoma City, United States

Medibis LLC provider of business intelligence solutions for ambulatory surgery centers.

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