M&A Deal Summary

Blue Sage Capital Acquires Omniflight

On October 1, 2005, private equity firm Blue Sage Capital acquired transportation company Omniflight from Navigator Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Blue Sage Capital’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Blue Sage Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Blue Sage Capital’s 2nd transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Omniflight was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2007 for 70M USD.
  • Omniflight was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 200M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-10-01
Target Omniflight
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Blue Sage Capital
Sellers(s) Navigator Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Omniflight

Addison, Texas, United States
Omniflight, Inc. is a provider of air medical emergency transport services. Air medical services involve transporting patients requiring intensive medical care from either general care hospitals or the scene of an accident to highly skilled trauma centers or tertiary care centers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Blue Sage Capital

Austin, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 400M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Blue Sage Capital is a private investment firm that invests in lower middle-market companies that have the potential to become market leaders. Target businesses typically generate sales of $20 to $125 million and are valued up to $125 million. Blue Sage is a generalist firm with broad industry interest. Target sectors include industrial, distribution, service, healthcare, manufacturing, energy and media. Blue Sage geographically prefers companies located in Texas and the Southwest US. Blue Sage will not invest in banks, life insurance companies, oil and gas exploration and development projects, real estate development or companies located outside of the United States. Blue Sage was formed in 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 32
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 6
State: Texas M&A 2 of 10
Country: United States M&A 3 of 31
Year: 2005 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-09-26 Via seating

Sparks, Nevada, United States

Via seating is a manufacturer of chairs in the categories of executive, conference, task, multipurpose, lounge, and motion. Via seating was founded in 1987 and is based in Sparks, Nevada.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-06 C&M Conveyor

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

C&M Conveyor is a manufacturer and supplier of material handling systems to the corrugated sheet and container industry. C&M Conveyor was founded in 1982 and is based in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Navigator Partners

Summit, New Jersey, United States

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Navigator Partners LLC (formerly Navigator Equity Partners LLC) is a private equity firm focused on smaller middle-market company acquisitions and recapitalizations. The Firm is licensed as a SBIC and targets companies with revenues of $10 to $200 million and EBITDA of at least $2 million. Companies of interest include manufacturers and marketers of consumer and healthcare products, providers of consumer and business services, franchisors, healthcare service providers, select industrial products, and media businesses. Navigator will not invest in start-up, early-stage, or turnaround situations. Navigator Equity Partners is based in Summit, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 11
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 11
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 Oncology Molecular Imaging

Woodstock, Georgia, United States

Oncology Molecular Imaging, LLC (OMI) is a provider of Positron Emission Tomography ("PET") and Computer Tomography ("CT") imaging services to small and mid-sized oncology groups. Oncology Molecular Imaging was founded in 2005 and is based in Woodstock, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-02-01 US Syngas

Faustina, Louisiana, United States

US Syngas - based in Faustina, LA is developing a gasification facility to produce ammonia from petroleum coke feedstock for sale to agricultural/chemical industry customers at a discount from world ammonia market prices. The facility will also produce nitrogen and sulfur. The Project will be built on a 175-acre site adjacent to the Mosaic Company's DAP fertilizer plant in Faustina,

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