Stonebridge Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

Stonebridge Partners’ most common sectors for investment are building materials (24%) and packaging (18%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (59%) and recapitalization (36%). In total, Stonebridge Partners has invested in 10 US states and 2 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2008 when it acquired American Dryer for $300M.

In the last 3 years, Stonebridge Partners has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (36%). Stonebridge Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2019 when it sold Trivium Packaging for $2.5B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity34
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity17
  • Total Sectors Invested 10
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 21
  • M&A Advisors 3

Stonebridge Partners

81 Main Street, Suite 505,
White Plains, New York 10601
United States
(914) 682-2700
www.stonebridgepartners.com
info@stonebridgepartners.com

Stonebridge Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in mid-sized privately-owned companies or divisions of public companies primarily serving the industrial or commercial marketplaces. The Firm 'particularly seeks companies where manufacturing equipment, processes, technology, patents, brand identity and/or reputation provide sustainable barriers to entry for potential competitors'. Target sectors include specialty manufacturing, value-added distributors, specialty packaging, building materials, and infrastructure. Stonebridge prefers businesses located in the US and Canada. Stonebridge Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in White Plains, New York.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Aerospace, Apparel/Textiles, Automotive, Building Materials, Business Services, Communications, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Distribution, Electrical Equipment, Energy Services and Equipment, Engineering, Food, Furniture, Infrastructure, Machinery, Manufacturing, Metals/Mining, Packaging, Plastics, Safety/Security

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

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - 200
Target EBITDA 3 20
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 16 1 - - - - 17
vol $300M $300M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 15 - - 2 - - 17
vol $409M $2.5B $2.9B
  34

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
BrandFX Body Co. 2019-11-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Fort Worth, Texas · www.brandfxbody.com
Trivium Packaging 2019-07-15 2.5B USD Add-on Acquisition
, Netherlands · www.exal.com
Cast-Crete USA LLC 2017-01-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Seffner, Florida · www.castcrete.com
American Distributors LLC 2016-04-29 - Growth Capital
Randolph, New Jersey · www.americandistr.com
American Dryer Corp. 2015-05-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Fall River, Massachusetts · www.amdry.com
Swiff-Train Co. 2014-12-23 - Recapitalization
Houston, Texas · www.swiff-train.com
BrandFX Body Co. 2013-08-30 - Recapitalization
Fort Worth, Texas · www.brandfxbody.com
Safety Infrastructure Solutions 2012-05-01 - Recapitalization
Salem, North Carolina
Boyd Corp. (old) 2011-08-01 - Merger
Modesto, California · www.boydcorp.com
Alpha Packaging, Inc. 2010-12-01 - Secondary Buyout
St. Louis, Missouri · www.alphap.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Cast-Crete USA LLC 2017-01-01 Curbco, Inc. 2020-08-20 1
Seffner, Florida · www.castcrete.com Bradenton, Florida
Specialty Bakers LLC 2010-09-01 Specialty Bakers LLC - Baking Plant 2020-05-18 1
Marysville, Pennsylvania · www.specialtybakers.com Smyrna, Georgia

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Building Materials 1 (17%) - 4 (24%) -
Packaging - - 3 (18%) -
Machinery 1 (17%) - 2 (12%) 300M (100%)
Distribution 2 (33%) - 2 (12%) -
Automotive - - 1 (6%) -
Business Services - - 1 (6%) -
Communications - - 1 (6%) -
Food 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Manufacturing - - 1 (6%) -
Safety/Security 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Total 6 - 17 $300M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 6 (100%) - 16 (94%) 300M (100%)
  Texas 1 (17%) - 4 (24%) -
  Florida 1 (17%) - 3 (18%) -
  Massachusetts - - 2 (12%) 300M (100%)
  Pennsylvania 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
  North Carolina 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
  New Jersey 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
  Michigan 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
  Missouri - - 1 (6%) -
  Illinois - - 1 (6%) -
  California - - 1 (6%) -
Netherlands - - 1 (6%) -
Domestic 6 (100%) - 16 (94%) 300M (100%)
Cross-border - - 1 (6%) -
Total 6 - 17 $300M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (33%) - 10 (59%) -
Recapitalization 3 (50%) - 6 (35%) 300M (100%)
Growth Capital 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Total 6 - 17 $300M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 7 (41%) 2.5B (86%)
Secondary Sale 6 (35%) 255M (9%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 3 (18%) 154M (5%)
Merger 1 (6%) -
Total 17 $2.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
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 1
Harris Williams & Co.
 1
Lincoln International
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $300M
TOTAL $300M
Largest American Dryer Corp.
$300M (2008-07-22)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.5B
$100M to $1B 2 $409M
TOTAL $2.9B
Largest Trivium Packaging
$2.5B (2019-07-15)

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Investor(s)
57%
8 (57%)
Strategic(s)
43%
6 (43%)

Investor Summary

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

850M USD

Established

1986

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Stephen Hanna

Managing Director

William Connors

Managing Director

Timothy Fulham

Managing Partner

Andrew Thomas

General Partner

John Thomson

Investment Committee Chairman

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