Investment Summary

American Capital Invests In S-Tran Holdings

On December 31, 2002, private equity firm American Capital invested in transportation company S-Tran Holdings

Investment Highlights
  • This is American Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is American Capital’s 72nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Capital’s 3rd transaction in Tennessee.

Investment Summary

Date 2002-12-31
Target S-Tran Holdings
Sector Transportation
Investor(s) American Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

S-Tran Holdings

Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
Local Trucking Operator Trucking Operator-Nonlocal, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload

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Investor(S) 1

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 74 of 265
Sector: Transportation M&A 3 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 8 of 25
State: Tennessee M&A 3 of 6
Country: United States M&A 72 of 253
Year: 2002 M&A 19 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-12-19 Futurelogic

Glendale, California, United States

Futurelogic is a leading developer of small-format embedded thermal printing subassemblies. Headquartered in Glendale, CA, the company customizes its products to meet the specific demands of OEM customers for a variety of end products, including cashless slot machines, gas dispensers, medical devices, self-service kiosks, and others.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-03 TestAmerica Environmental Services

North Canton, Ohio, United States

TestAmerica Environmental Services LLC is the largest provider of outsourced laboratory testing services in several of the most attractive niche segments within the $10 billion non-clinical outsourced laboratory testing services market. Company headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina.

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