Investment Summary

EagleTree Capital Invests In Sunbelt Plastics

On January 1, 1997, private equity firm EagleTree Capital invested in plastics company Sunbelt Plastics

Investment Highlights
  • This is EagleTree Capital’s 1st transaction in the Plastics sector.
  • This is EagleTree Capital’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is EagleTree Capital’s 1st transaction in Louisiana.
Investment Fate
  • Sunbelt Plastics was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 1999 for 85M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 1997-01-01
Target Sunbelt Plastics
Sector Plastics
Investor(s) EagleTree Capital
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Sunbelt Plastics

Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Sunbelt Plastics, Inc. is a manufacturer of plastic bags and sheeting products.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

EagleTree Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 5.6B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EagleTree Capital is an independent private equity and investment firm focused on mid-market leveraged buyouts. The Firm's buyout group looks to invest $50 to $200 million to support acquisitions of profitable companies in the media/communications, consumer products, and water/industrial products and services sectors. EagleTree Capital was formerly known as Wasserstein Partners, an investment firm formed by Bruce Wasserstein, the late CEO of investment bank Lazard Freres. EagleTree Capital is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 46
Sector (Plastics) 1 of 1
Type (Stake Purchase) 2 of 3
State (Louisiana) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 44
Year (1997) 1 of 2
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-02-01 Maybelline

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-12-01 ALM Media

New York, New York, United States

ALM Media is a content and information services business, providing subscription-based, must-have news, insights, data, and analyses to legal, insurance, finance, commercial real estate, consulting, and business professionals. ALM’s premier brands, such as The American Lawyer, National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, ThinkAdvisor, Judy Diamond, Kennedy Consulting, and Real Estate Media provide critical, timely, and unique information to users regionally, nationally and internationally. ALM Media was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City.

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