M&A Deal Summary

Crown Capital Partners Acquires Active Exhaust

On December 21, 2017, lender Crown Capital Partners acquired machinery company Active Exhaust

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Crown Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Crown Capital Partners’ 30th transaction in Canada.
  • This is Crown Capital Partners’ 9th transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-12-21
Target Active Exhaust
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Crown Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Active Exhaust

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Active Exhaust is a manufacturer of exhaust systems and components for major global original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") operating in the off-road equipment sector, primarily in the agricultural, construction, and turf care markets. Active has a diverse group of blue-chip OEM customers, including four of the largest equipment manufacturers in the world. Active Exhaust was founded in 1958 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Buyer

Crown Capital Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Lender
Founded 2000
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Crown Capital Partners, Inc. is a Canadian investment manager that provides alternative debt financing for private equity backed and non-sponsored middle market transactions. The Firm typically invests $5 to $25 million in the form of subordinated debt and bridge loans to support acquisitions, management buy-outs, growth financings and recapitalizations. Crown Capital Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 44
Sector (Machinery) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 7 of 9
State (Ontario) 9 of 15
Country (Canada) 30 of 39
Year (2017) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-01 R Bee Crushing

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

R Bee Crushing operates a full range of mobile rock and gravel crushing activities including pit run crushing, quarry crushing, and stripping and cleaning of quarry pits. R Bee specializes in highway base aggregates, asphalt aggregates, concrete aggregates, and general crushed products. R Bee’s crushing equipment is capable of handling routine jobs of between 100,000 to 500,000 tonnes but has completed projects of up to 1.5 million tonnes. R Bee Crushing is based in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-29 Canadian Helicopters

Les Cedres, Quebec, Canada

Canadian Helicopters is the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, Canadian Helicopters provide helicopter transportation services to a diverse array of clients including onshore and offshore oil & gas, military support, mineral exploration, hydro/utilities, forest management, construction, air ambulance, and search & rescue. Canadian Helicopters also provide international helicopter support to military customers. Canadian Helicopters was founded in 1947 and is based in Les Cedres, Quebec.

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