M&A Deal Summary

Canpro King-Reed Acquires King-Reed & Associates

On June 7, 2011, Canpro King-Reed acquired retailer King-Reed & Associates from Granite Partners.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Canpro King-Reed’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Canpro King-Reed’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Canpro King-Reed’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-06-07
Target King-Reed & Associates
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Canpro King-Reed
Sellers(s) Granite Partners.
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

King-Reed & Associates

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
King-Reed & Associates Inc.™. was established in 1984 as a Private Investigation Agency providing a full range of services to the Corporate, Legal, Insurance and Government communities.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Canpro King-Reed

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1975
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Canpro King-Reed LP provides risk mitigation services to industry, government, corporate, legal, insurance, and financial markets in Canada and internationally.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Granite Partners.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Granite Partners specializes in management buyouts, time-sensitive or 'shotgun' transactions, as well as situations where business owners are looking to sell a portion of their company. Granite generally targets profitable, well-managed, manufacturing and service companies with sales of $10 to $100 million. Granite Partners was formed in 1996 and is based in Toronto.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 4
State: Ontario M&A 2 of 6
Country: Canada M&A 2 of 6
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-31 Granite Global Solutions

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Granite Global Solutions is a Canadian provider of risk mitigation services to insurance and corporate clients.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-17 Element Event Solutions

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Element Event Solutions is a premier provider of event and tent solutions, delivering more than 35,000 memorable events. Element Event Solutions was founded in 1911 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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