Growth Capital • Consumer Products

CMS Mezzanine Invests In Fortessa Tableware Solutions

On April 6, 2011, mezzanine finance firm CMS Mezzanine invested in consumer products company Fortessa Tableware Solutions

Investment Context

This is CMS Mezzanine’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
This is CMS Mezzanine’s 4th transaction in the United States.
This is CMS Mezzanine’s 2nd transaction in Virginia.

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Investment Summary
Date	April 6, 2011
Target	Fortessa Tableware Solutions
Sector	Consumer Products
Investor(s)	CMS Mezzanine
Deal Type	Growth Capital

Target Company

Fortessa Tableware Solutions

Sterling, Virginia, United States

Fortessa Tableware Solutions is an integrated designer, developer, and marketer of quality tableware serving high-end hospitality and retail customers. It provides complete tabletop solutions to many of the finest and best-known properties in the world. Fortessa Tableware Solutions was founded in 1993 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.

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Investor Overview 1

Investor

CMS Mezzanine

Category	Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded	2008
Size	Small
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

CMS Mezzanine is a private investment firm focused on providing mezzanine capital to support private equity sponsored buyouts and companies requiring growth capital, acquisition funding, liquidity for existing shareholders, or that are undergoing an ownership transition. CMS Mezzanine looks to invest $2 to $6 million per transaction in support of companies with at least $10 million of revenue. Areas of interest include manufacturing, business services, consumer products, valued-added distribution, IT services, and specialty retail. The Firm prefers companies headquartered in the Eastern US, but will consider opportunities across the US. CMS Mezzanine is based in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Deal Context for Investor	#
Overall	4 of 6
Sector: Consumer Products	1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital	2 of 2
State: Virginia	2 of 2
Country: United States	4 of 6
Year: 2011	2 of 3

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2011-02-01

Skip Barber Racing School

Braselton, Georgia, United States

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FOLLOWING DEAL

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2011-11-17	Seitz Torrington, Connecticut, United States Seitz is an operator of plastic injection molding and custom product design and assembly company. The company is a value-injection molding and custom contract manufacturing partner to the world's most innovative and quality-conscious brands. Seitz was founded in 1949 and is based in Torrington, Connecticut.	Buy	-

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2011-11-17

Seitz

Torrington, Connecticut, United States

Seitz is an operator of plastic injection molding and custom product design and assembly company. The company is a value-injection molding and custom contract manufacturing partner to the world's most innovative and quality-conscious brands. Seitz was founded in 1949 and is based in Torrington, Connecticut.

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