M&A Deal Summary

Champlain Capital Acquires Badanco Enterprises

On February 1, 2005, private equity firm Champlain Capital acquired consumer products company Badanco Enterprises for 38M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Champlain Capital’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Champlain Capital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Champlain Capital’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Champlain Capital’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.
Investment Fate
  • Badanco Enterprises was sold to a strategic buyer in 2007 for 90M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-02-01
Target Badanco Enterprises
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Champlain Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 38M USD

Target

Badanco Enterprises

Totowa, New Jersey, United States
Badanco Enterprises, Inc., is a providers of premium-branded luggage to retailers in the U.S. The Company's product offering consists of a full line of designer luggage and accessories in a variety of brand names including Ralph Lauren/Polo Sport, Pierre Cardin, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Liz Claiborne. The Company also provides everyday luggage products under the Travel Gear, Frequent Traveler, Ventura, and Pegasus brand names.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Champlain Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 140M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Champlain Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth capital financings and investments in businesses facing succession issues. The Firm is a generalist investor investor and will consider opportunities in a broad range of manufacturing, service and distribution industries. Target businesses typically have revenues of $10 to $100 million and EBITDA of $3 to $15 million. Champlain prefers companies located in the US. Champlain will not invest in turnaround situations. Champlain Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 24
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 6
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 11
State (New Jersey) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 4 of 24
Year (2005) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Ohio Medical manufactures and distributes medical suction and oxygen therapy products and source equipment. SOT product offering includes branded suction/vacuum regulators, flowmeters, and medical gas hoses; Systems include medical gas pipelines, service, and source equipment. OMC was originally founded in 1910 and is based in Gurnee, Illinois.

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