KLH Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, KLH Capital has acquired 8 companies.

KLH Capital’s most common sectors for investment aremanufacturing (18%) and business services (18%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include recapitalization (59%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (36%). In total, KLH Capital has invested in 22 US states.

In the last 3 years, KLH Capital has exited 4 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (45%). KLH Capital’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2004 when it sold Rutland Plastic Technologies for $30M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity91
    • M&A Buy Activity62
    • M&A Sell Activity29
  • Total Sectors Invested 21
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 21
  • M&A Advisors 2

KLH Capital

601 Bayshore Blvd., Ste 850,
Tampa, Florida 33606
United States
(813) 222-0160
www.klhcapital.com

KLH Capital is a private investment firm focused on smaller company investments in a variety of growing industry sectors. KLH helps provide management teams with capital to facilitate recapitalizations, management buy-outs/buy-ins, family successions, and other ownership transitions. KLH generally pursues companies with $3 million in pre-tax earnings and will consider opportunities across the US. KLH will not invest in start-ups, high technology, software, biotech, restaurants, retail, real estate development, oil and gas operations, or new construction businesses. KLH Capital is based in Tampa, Florida.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Automotive, Building Materials, Business Services, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Defense, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy Services and Equipment, Engineering, Machinery, Manufacturing, Medical Products, Packaging, Plastics, Publishing, Real Estate, Safety/Security, Test/Measurement Equipment

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

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 10 100
Target EBITDA 3 -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 53 1 3 3 1 1 62
Sell (1.0/yr) # 24 1 2 - 1 1 29
vol $54M $54M
  91

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
D&H United Fueling Solutions, Inc. 2022-09-22 - Secondary Buyout
Humble, Texas · www.dh-united.com
Thorpe Specialty Services Corp. 2022-08-26 - Recapitalization
Houston, Texas · www.thorpeplantmaintenanceandengineering.com
The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies 2021-11-12 - Recapitalization
Greensburg, Pennsylvania · www.twrs.com
Premiere Precision Components 2021-01-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Holiday, Florida · www.premiere-components.com
B. Jackson Construction & Engineering, Inc. 2020-12-10 - Recapitalization
West Jordan, Utah · www.bjacksonconstruction.com
Insulations, Inc. 2020-08-26 - Recapitalization
New Orleans, Louisiana · www.insulationsinc.com
D&H United Fueling Solutions, Inc. 2020-03-02 - Recapitalization
Humble, Texas · www.dh-united.com
Frankston Packaging 2019-11-01 - Recapitalization
Frankston, Texas · www.frankstonpackaging.com
ElectriCom LLC 2019-04-01 - Recapitalization
Paoli, Indiana · www.electricominc.com
Mid-State Machine and Fabricating Corp. 2019-02-12 - Secondary Buyout
Lakeland, Florida · www.midstateindustrialcorp.com
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Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Decora Industries, Inc. 2015-05-29 DUCO Technologies, Inc. - Point-of-Purchase Assets 2018-09-26 1
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · www.dd-usa.com Grand Prairie, Texas

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services 3 (25%) - 11 (18%) -
Manufacturing 1 (8%) - 11 (18%) -
Distribution 2 (17%) - 9 (15%) -
Consumer Products - - 8 (13%) -
Packaging 1 (8%) - 3 (5%) -
Apparel/Textiles - - 2 (3%) -
Chemicals - - 2 (3%) -
Engineering 1 (8%) - 2 (3%) -
Plastics - - 2 (3%) -
Construction - - 1 (2%) -
Defense - - 1 (2%) -
Education - - 1 (2%) -
Electrical Equipment 1 (8%) - 1 (2%) -
Electronics 1 (8%) - 1 (2%) -
Energy Services and Equipment - - 1 (2%) -
Environmental 1 (8%) - 1 (2%) -
Infrastructure 1 (8%) - 1 (2%) -
Medical Products - - 1 (2%) -
Oil/Gas Exploration - - 1 (2%) -
Publishing - - 1 (2%) -
Safety/Security - - 1 (2%) -
Total 12 - 62 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 12 (100%) - 62 (100%) -
  Florida 2 (17%) - 11 (18%) -
  New Jersey 1 (8%) - 6 (10%) -
  Georgia - - 5 (8%) -
  Texas 3 (25%) - 4 (6%) -
  New York 1 (8%) - 4 (6%) -
  California - - 4 (6%) -
  Indiana 1 (8%) - 3 (5%) -
  Ohio - - 3 (5%) -
  North Carolina - - 3 (5%) -
  Colorado - - 3 (5%) -
  Pennsylvania 2 (17%) - 2 (3%) -
  Louisiana 1 (8%) - 2 (3%) -
  South Carolina - - 2 (3%) -
  Maryland - - 2 (3%) -
  Utah 1 (8%) - 1 (2%) -
  Tennessee - - 1 (2%) -
  Montana - - 1 (2%) -
  Mississippi - - 1 (2%) -
  Illinois - - 1 (2%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (2%) -
  Alabama - - 1 (2%) -
Total 12 - 62 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Recapitalization 9 (75%) - 36 (58%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 3 (25%) - 22 (35%) -
Consolidation - - 2 (3%) -
Growth Capital - - 2 (3%) -
Total 12 - 62 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 14 (48%) 24M (45%)
Secondary Sale 13 (45%) 30M (55%)
Merger 1 (3%) -
Unknown 1 (3%) -
Total 29 $54M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Capstone Financial Group, Inc.
 1
Legal Deals
Hill Ward Henderson
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
< $100M 2 $54M
TOTAL $54M
Largest Rutland Plastic Technologies, Inc.
$30M (2004-12-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
2%
1 (2%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
45%
13 (45%)
Strategic(s)
41%
12 (41%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

300M USD

Established

2005

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

John Kirtley

Co-Founder & Special Advisor

P. Jeffrey Leck

Co-Founder & Special Advisor

Christopher Hart

Partner

James Darnelllogo

Partner

Kyle Madden

Partner

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