Hunter Trust Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

Hunter Trust’s most common sectors for investment are life science (24%) and transportation (16%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (54%) and growth capital (31%). In total, Hunter Trust has invested in 11 US states.

In the last 3 years, Hunter Trust has exited 3 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (50%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity17
    • M&A Buy Activity13
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 10
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Hunter Trust LLC

80 South 8th Street #4924,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
United States
www.huntertrust.com
laceywismer@huntertrust.com

Hunter Trust is a private investment group focused on acquiring majority interests in private companies. The Firm is sector agnostic but has a particular interest in healthcare services, energy services and equipment, outsourced utility services, telecom infrastructure, security monitoring, and business/industrial services. Hunter looks for owners seeking liquidity and focuses on businesses valued between $5 and $30 million. Hunter Trust was formed in 2000 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Communications, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Energy Services and Equipment, Food, Forest Products, Healthcare Services, Internet Software and Services, Life Science, Manufacturing, Marketing, Medical Products, Metals/Mining, Oil/Gas Exploration, Safety/Security, Software, Staffing, Technology Hardware, Transportation, Utilities

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Recapitalization

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 5 30
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 12 1 - - - - 13
Sell (0.8/yr) # - 1 - 1 2 - 4
  17

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Eclipse Cash Systems LLC 2019-08-26 - Add-on Acquisition
Chandler, Arizona · www.eclipseatm.com
FMT Solutions LLC 2019-01-25 - Secondary Buyout
Lake Oswego, Oregon · www.fmtsolutions.com
EZ Shipper Racks, Inc. 2018-09-13 - Secondary Buyout
Westlake Village, California · www.ezrack.com
Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. 2016-04-07 - IPO
Austin, Texas · www.aegleabio.com
Eclipse Cash Systems LLC 2016-03-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Chandler, Arizona · www.eclipseatm.com
Rogers Software Development, Inc. 2015-12-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Chandler, Arizona · www.supersalon.com
Z Trim Holdings, Inc. 2015-10-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Mundelein, Illinois · www.ztrim.com
Population Diagnostics, Inc. 2015-10-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Melville, New York · www.populationdiagnostics.com
FMT Solutions LLC 2015-07-01 - Growth Capital
Lake Oswego, Oregon · www.fmtsolutions.com
dESCO LLC 2015-01-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Fort Myers, Florida · www.desco-soft.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Life Science 2 (33%) - 3 (23%) -
Transportation 1 (17%) - 2 (15%) -
Business Services - - 1 (8%) -
Education - - 1 (8%) -
Food 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
Forest Products - - 1 (8%) -
Internet Software and Services 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
Metals/Mining - - 1 (8%) -
Software 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
Technology Hardware - - 1 (8%) -
Total 6 - 13 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 6 (100%) - 13 (100%) -
  California 1 (17%) - 2 (15%) -
  Arizona 1 (17%) - 2 (15%) -
  North Carolina 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
  New York 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
  Illinois 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
  Florida 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
  Wisconsin - - 1 (8%) -
  Virginia - - 1 (8%) -
  Texas - - 1 (8%) -
  Oregon - - 1 (8%) -
  Minnesota - - 1 (8%) -
Total 6 - 13 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 5 (83%) - 7 (54%) -
Growth Capital - - 4 (31%) -
Recapitalization - - 1 (8%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (17%) - 1 (8%) -
Total 6 - 13 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 2 (50%) -
IPO 1 (25%) -
Trade Sale 1 (25%) -
Total 4 -

M&A Connections

Deals %
Exited to
PE Firm(s)
75%
3 75%
Strategic(s)
25%
1 25%

Investor Summary

Size

Small

Established

2000

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Andrew Hunter III

Co-Founder & Chairman

Lacey Wismer

Managing Director

Robert Horstman

CFO

Byron Evans

Operating partner

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