1. Home >
  2. M&A >
  3. Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) >
  4. United States >
  5. New Hampshire >
  6. American Capital Acquires Warner Power

M&A Deal Summary

American Capital Acquires Warner Power

On December 23, 1999, private equity firm American Capital acquired electrical equipment company Warner Power

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is American Capital’s 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is American Capital’s 29th transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Capital’s 1st transaction in New Hampshire.
Investment Fate
  • Warner Power was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-12-23
Target Warner Power
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) American Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Warner Power

Warner, New Hampshire, United States
Warner Power LLC is a designer and manufacturer of electrical transformers and power systems. Warner Power was founded in 1948 and is based in Warner, New Hampshire.

Search 214,239 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try Free

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

American Capital

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 22.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

American Capital was a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine investment firm. American Capital invested in buyouts, growth capital financings, acquistion financings, and recapitalizations. The Firm looked to finance businesses with at least $4 million in EBITDA and valued between $20 and $500 million. American Capital ws a generalist firm with broad interest in traditional industries such as manufacturing, distribution, and services. American Capital's European investment affiliate is European Capital. European Capital looked to invest $10 to $600 million of equity, mezzanine, and/or senior debt in similar opportunities across Europe. American Capital was formed in 1997 and in January 2017, merged with Ares Capital Management.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 265
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 6
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 22 of 125
State: New Hampshire M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 29 of 253
Year: 1999 M&A 14 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-11-03 o2 Wireless Solutions

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

o2 Wireless Solutions, Inc. is a leading engineering and construction services provider to the telecommunications industry that builds wireless and wireline telecommunications networks for fiber, cable, carriers and tower owners. Clear Group will be the largest independent wireless site engineering and construction company in the United States, having completed projects in every one of the continental United States and eleven foreign countries. Atlanta-based o2wireless provides a full range of network services to all sectors of the global wireless telecommunications industry.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-12-28 A. H. Harris & Sons

West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

A.H. Harris distributes building products to the heavy & highway, commercial, industrial and residential markets with the same goal in mind as its founding fathers.

Buy -
Mergr

Solution for

Product

Company

Legal