Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Restaurants

Allied Capital Acquires Huddle House

On December 21, 2006, Allied Capital acquired restaurant Huddle House for 124M USD

Acquisition Context

This is Allied Capital’s 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
This is Allied Capital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is Allied Capital’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
This is Allied Capital’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

Investment Fate

Huddle House was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2012.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	December 21, 2006
Target	Huddle House
Sector	Restaurants
Buyer(s)	Allied Capital
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value	124M USD

Target Company

Huddle House

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Huddle House, Inc. is a full-service family restaurant chain, is well-known for serving “Any Meal. Huddle House restaurants feature moderately priced food and beverage items, served during all day parts with full table service.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Allied Capital

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	1958
Size	Mega
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

Allied Capital Corp. was a publicly-traded business development company focused on providing debt and equity capital for leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and restructurings of established businesses. Allied Capital was established in 1958 and ceased investing in 2009 when it was acquired by Ares Capital.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	2 of 2
Sector: Restaurants	1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	1 of 1
State: Georgia	1 of 1
Country: United States	2 of 2
Year: 2006	2 of 2
Size (of disclosed)	1 of 1

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2006-03-08	Hot Stuff Foods Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States Hot Stuff Foods, L.L.C. (“Hot Stuff”) is a provider of branded foodservice products to convenience stores and other foodservice outlets. The Company designed and installed in-store kitchens and service points for its customers at individual retail locations and distributed a broad line of food products for on-site preparation under long-term supply agreements.	Buy	-

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TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2006-03-08

Hot Stuff Foods

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Hot Stuff Foods, L.L.C. (“Hot Stuff”) is a provider of branded foodservice products to convenience stores and other foodservice outlets. The Company designed and installed in-store kitchens and service points for its customers at individual retail locations and distributed a broad line of food products for on-site preparation under long-term supply agreements.

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