M&A Deal Summary

BDT & MSD Partners Acquires Alliance Laundry Systems

On August 6, 2015, merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners acquired manufacturer Alliance Laundry Systems from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BDT & MSD Partners’ 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is BDT & MSD Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is BDT & MSD Partners’ 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-08-06
Target Alliance Laundry Systems
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) BDT & MSD Partners
Sellers(s) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley
BMO Capital Markets
BofA Securities (Financial)
Debevoise & Plimpton (Legal)

Target

Alliance Laundry Systems

Ripon, Wisconsin, United States
Alliance Laundry Systems is a manufacturer of stand-alone commercial laundry equipment in North America. Alliance Laundry produces a full line of washing machines, dryers, and pressing machines under the brand names of Speed Queen, UniMac, Huebsch and Ajax. Alliance Laundry Systems was founded in 1908 and is based in Ripon, Wisconsin.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

BDT & MSD Partners


Category Merchant Bank
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 60.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BDT Capital Partners provides family-owned and entrepreneurially led companies with long-term, differentiated equity capital. BDT Capital Partners is an affiliate of merchant bank BDT & Company. The Firm is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 19
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 9
State: Wisconsin M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 15
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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New York, New York, United States

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2015-09-25 Clarience Technologies

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Clarience Technologies is a producer of forward and safety lighting, wiring harnesses, turn signal switches and safety accessories for the medium- and heavy-duty truck, trailer and commercial vehicle industries. The company also designs and manufactures Road Ready® telematics systems for heavy- and light-duty trailers and off-road industrial usage; fuel filtration and water separation systems; and rugged LED lighting for the off-road and marine industries. Clarience Technologies was founded in 1955 and is based in Southfield, Michigan.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Pension
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 116.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Teachers' Private Capital is the direct investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Teachers' Private Capital considers both private equity and venture related investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. Teachers' can support direct private equity investments between $100 million and $3 billion. Target sectors include business services, consumer products, retail, diversified industrials, financial services, technology, media, and communications. Teachers' Private Capital also makes private equity fund investments between $50 million and $750 million. Teachers' Private Capital was formed in 1991 and is based in Toronto, with additional offices in London and New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 83
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 21
State: Wisconsin M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 14 of 43
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Southbank, Australia

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Emeryville, California, United States

Tanium provides high-fidelity endpoint data to inform critical IT decisions. Tanium gives the world’s largest enterprises and government organizations the unique power to secure, control, and manage millions of endpoints across the enterprise within seconds. Tanium was founded in 2007 and is based in Emeryville, California.

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