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The Walnut Group Acquires Flat Out Crazy

On January 1, 2006, The Walnut Group acquired restaurant Flat Out Crazy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Walnut Group’s 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is The Walnut Group’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Walnut Group’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-01-01
Target Flat Out Crazy
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) The Walnut Group
Deal Type Special Situations/Distressed

Target

Flat Out Crazy

Chicago, Illinois, United States
An expanding restaurant company operating both the Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Cuisine and Flat Top Grill concepts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Walnut Group

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Walnut Group was a private equity firm that made investments across a broad range of industry sectors. Sectors of interest included retail, consumer products, media, communications, consumer services, business services, manufacturing, real estate, entertainment, restaurants, and defense. The Walnut Group sought investments in privately held companies seeking to accelerate growth, corporate divestitures, late stage high-potential ventures which have not yet achieved significant levels of earnings or cash flow, or family-owned companies seeking to recapitalize. The Walnut Group was based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 9
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 2
Type (Special Situations/Distressed) 1 of 1
State (Illinois) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 5 of 9
Year (2006) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-06 The O Gara Group

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

The O'Gara Group is a provider of global security and defense products and services for use in counter-terrorism and operates through three groups, Training and Services, Mobile Systems and Sensor Systems. The O'Gara Group was founded in 2003 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-12 Medsite.com

New York, New York, United States

Medsite is a leading online marketing company, providing educational and value-based interactions with over 50% of US physicians. The company offers its clients innovative solutions and services through its two sales divisions: Physician Access Solutions (PAS) which focuses on providing solutions directly to pharmaceutical and biotech companies and Medsite Partnership Services (MPS) which focuses on providing services to pharmaceutical marketing and communications companies.

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