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Investment Summary

American Capital Invests In CST Industries

On January 19, 2001, private equity firm American Capital invested in manufacturer CST Industries for 9M USD

Investment Highlights
  • This is American Capital’s 5th transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is American Capital’s 49th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is American Capital’s 42nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Capital’s 2nd transaction in Kansas.
Investment Fate
  • CST Industries was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2006.
  • CST Industries went bankrupt in 2017.
  • CST Industries was sold to a financial buyer in 2018 for 93M USD.

Investment Summary
Date 2001-01-19
Target CST Industries
Sector Manufacturing
Investor(s) American Capital
Deal Type Acquisition Financing
Deal Value 9M USD

Target

CST Industries

Kansas City, Kansas, United States
CST Industries is a manufacturer and erector of factory coated metal storage tanks. CST's product offering includes bolted and factory welded tanks for use in a wide variety of applications, aluminum geodesic domes, and agricultural feed and waste storage systems. CST Industries was established in 1893 and is based in Kansas City.

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Investor

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 43 of 265
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 5 of 23
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: Kansas M&A 2 of 4
Country: United States M&A 42 of 253
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 13
Size (of disclosed) 49 of 49
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-12-29 Sunvest Industries

Lake Forest, California, United States

Sunvest Industries is a holding company which operates through its subsidiaries and engages in contract manufacturing. The company is based in Lake Forest, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-01 TransCore Holdings

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, United States

TransCore Holdings, Inc is a provider of technologies and related services in areas such as radio frequency identification (RFID), satellite-based communication, mobile asset tracking, security applications and comprehensive toll system and processing services.

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