Investment Summary

Canal Holdings Invests In Lanter Distributing

On January 1, 2012, mezzanine finance firm Canal Holdings invested in transportation company Lanter Distributing

Investment Highlights
  • This is Canal Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Canal Holdings’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Canal Holdings’ 1st transaction in Illinois.

Investment Summary

Date 2012-01-01
Target Lanter Distributing
Sector Transportation
Investor(s) Canal Holdings
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Lanter Distributing

Madison, Illinois, United States
Lanter Distributing provides temperature sensitive LTL and TL deliveries less-than-load shipping and logistics. Lanter Distributing provides a dependable, cost-efficient multi-temperature logistics solution for our customers. Lanter Distributing was founded in 1973 and is based in Madison, Illinois.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Canal Holdings


Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 35M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Canal Holdings is a private equity firm investing junior capital (subordinated debt and minority equity) in growing businesses at the smaller end of the middle-market. Canal provides investment capital and strategic insight to the owners and management teams of closely held companies. Companies seek Canal’s investment to finance growth, acquisitions, buy?outs and recapitalizations. Canal looks to invest with independent sponsors and experienced management teams. Canal Holdings was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 2 of 3
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 9
Year (2012) 1 of 1
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