Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners’ most common sectors for investment are business services (20%) and information technology (20%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (48%) and growth capital (29%). In total, Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners has invested in 10 US states.

In the last 3 years, Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners has exited 5 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (50%). Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2012 when it sold maxIT Healthcare Holdings for $473M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity41
    • M&A Buy Activity21
    • M&A Sell Activity20
  • Total Sectors Invested 12
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12
  • M&A Advisors 2

Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners

10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850,
Los Angeles, California 90024
United States
(310) 405-7200
www.rlhequity.com
clewis@rlhequity.com

Riordan, Lewis, & Haden (RLH) is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies with a preference for opportunities located in the Western US. RLH look for market leaders generating sales of $20 to $250 million with high growth potential. General areas of interest include business services (including IT services), high value-added manufacturing, specialty distribution, healthcare, and financial services. The firms invest in the range of $10 - $50 million per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include growth equity financings, shareholder liquidity, recapitalizations, and management buyouts. RLH was formed in 1982 and is based in Los Angeles with an additional office in Irvine, Naperville.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Agriculture, Apparel/Textiles, Business Services, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Defense, Distribution, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Life Science, Manufacturing, Plastics, Retail, Staffing, Technology Hardware

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

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 25 200
Target EBITDA 5 20
Investment Size 10 50
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) # 20 1 - - - - 21
Sell (1.2/yr) # 14 1 - 3 1 1 20
vol $1.0B $1.0B
  41

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Clarity Insights Group LLC 2020-01-16 - Trade Sale - Public Company
Chicago, Illinois · www.clarityinsights.com
The Chartis Group LLC 2019-05-03 - Secondary Buyout
Boston, Massachusetts · www.chartisgroup.com
Mondo 2018-12-10 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.mondo.com
Avella Specialty Pharmacy, Inc. 2018-11-14 - Unknown
Phoenix, Arizona · www.avella.com
Total Woman Gym+Spa 2018-02-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California · www.totalwomanspa.com
Utegration LLC 2016-11-10 - Growth Capital
Houston, Texas · www.utegration.com
Blue Wolf Group LLC (dba Bluewolf) 2016-03-31 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.bluewolf.com
Inspirage LLC 2015-01-13 - Growth Capital
Bellevue, Washington · www.inspirage.com
Clarity Solution Group, Inc. 2014-06-24 - Growth Capital
Chicago, Illinois · www.clarity-us.com
Cymetrix Corp. 2014-05-14 100M USD Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California · www.cymetrix.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services 1 (25%) - 4 (19%) -
Information Technology 1 (25%) - 4 (19%) -
Consumer Services 1 (25%) - 2 (10%) -
Distribution - - 2 (10%) -
Staffing - - 2 (10%) -
Apparel/Textiles - - 1 (5%) -
Engineering - - 1 (5%) -
Food - - 1 (5%) -
Healthcare Services 1 (25%) - 1 (5%) -
Life Science - - 1 (5%) -
Marketing - - 1 (5%) -
Software - - 1 (5%) -
Total 4 - 21 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 4 (100%) - 21 (100%) -
  California 1 (25%) - 11 (52%) -
  Florida 1 (25%) - 2 (10%) -
  Washington 1 (25%) - 1 (5%) -
  Texas 1 (25%) - 1 (5%) -
  Virginia - - 1 (5%) -
  Vermont - - 1 (5%) -
  Massachusetts - - 1 (5%) -
  Indiana - - 1 (5%) -
  Illinois - - 1 (5%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (5%) -
Total 4 - 21 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (50%) - 10 (48%) -
Growth Capital 2 (50%) - 6 (29%) -
Recapitalization - - 2 (10%) -
Stake Purchase - - 2 (10%) -
Consolidation - - 1 (5%) -
Total 4 - 21 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 8 (40%) 1.0B (100%)
Secondary Sale 5 (25%) -
Trade Sale 4 (20%) -
IPO 1 (5%) -
Merger 1 (5%) -
Unknown 1 (5%) -
Total 20 $1.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Guggenheim Securities
 1
The Spartan Group LLC
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $924M
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $1.0B
Largest maxIT Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
$473M (2012-07-17)

M&A Connections

Deals %
Exited to
PE Firm(s)
41%
7 41%
Strategic(s)
59%
10 59%

Investor Summary

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

700M USD

Established

1982

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

J. Christopher Lewis

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Adam Frankinburger

CFO & CCO

Kevin Cantrell

Investment Professional

Michael Orend

Investment Professional

Michel Glouchevitch

Investment Professional

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