M&A Deal Summary

Wind Point Partners and Geneva Glen Capital Acquire Omniflight

On October 1, 2007, private equity firms Wind Point Partners and Geneva Glen Capital acquired transportation company Omniflight from Blue Sage Capital for 70M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 1st and Geneva Glen Capital’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 6th and Geneva Glen Capital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 31st and Geneva Glen Capital’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 2nd and Geneva Glen Capital’s 1st transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Omniflight was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 200M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-10-01
Target Omniflight
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Wind Point Partners
Geneva Glen Capital
Sellers(s) Blue Sage Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 70M USD

Target

Omniflight

Addison, Texas, United States
Omniflight, Inc. is a provider of air medical emergency transport services. Air medical services involve transporting patients requiring intensive medical care from either general care hospitals or the scene of an accident to highly skilled trauma centers or tertiary care centers.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Wind Point Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 7.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Wind Point Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquisitions of mid-sized companies operating in the business services, consumer products, healthcare services, and industrial products sectors. Wind Point looks to invest $60 to $130 million in companies valued up to $500 million. Prospective transaction types include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, and growth capital financings. Wind Point Partners began investing in 1984 and is based in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 82
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 5
Type (Secondary Buyout) 10 of 27
State (Texas) 2 of 9
Country (United States) 31 of 75
Year (2007) 5 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-19 Bushnell

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Bushnell, Inc. is a designer, marketer and distributor of branded sports optics, outdoor accessories and performance eyewear. Bushnell offers a broad portfolio of high-quality, innovative and affordable products targeted to the outdoor and sport enthusiast.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-14 Breeze Industrial Products

Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Breeze Industrial Products is a manufacturer of proprietary and patented steel clamps primarily serving the heavy duty truck, automotive and industrial sectors.

Sell -
Buyer

Geneva Glen Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Geneva Glen Capital is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle-market companies. The Firm partners with management when pursuing private companies with leading market positions, significant growth potential, and stable cash flows. Target businesses are located in the US or Canada and have $2 to $20 million of EBITDA. Sectors of interest include business/consumer services, consumer products, environmental services, education, healthcare, niche manufacturing, publishing, chemicals, insurance, and value-added distribution. Geneva Glen will not invest in high technology, retail, restaurants, real estate, or early-stage companies. Geneva Glen Capital was formed in 2008 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 15
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 4
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 15
Year (2007) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-27 Clinical Resource Network

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

Symphony Clinical Research is a provider of specialized in-home and alternate-site clinical services to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and other healthcare companies of specialized in-home and alternate-site clinical services utilized primarily to expedite clinical trial studies in most therapeutic areas and age groups. Symphony Clinical Research was founded in 2003 and is based in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-15 Container Recycling Alliance

Lombard, Illinois, United States

Container Recycling Alliance LLC is a glass recycler company. CRA utilizes state-of-the-art automated ceramic detection and color sorting equipment, as well as full bottle destruction and decasing capabilities.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Blue Sage Capital

Austin, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 400M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Blue Sage Capital is a private investment firm that invests in lower middle-market companies that have the potential to become market leaders. Target businesses typically generate sales of $20 to $125 million and are valued up to $125 million. Blue Sage is a generalist firm with broad industry interest. Target sectors include industrial, distribution, service, healthcare, manufacturing, energy and media. Blue Sage geographically prefers companies located in Texas and the Southwest US. Blue Sage will not invest in banks, life insurance companies, oil and gas exploration and development projects, real estate development or companies located outside of the United States. Blue Sage was formed in 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 22
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 6
State (Texas) 1 of 8
Country (United States) 1 of 21
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-02-01 Visual Merchandising

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Visual Merchandising, Inc. is an innovative designer, manufacturer, and distributor of custom mannequins, forms, and other visual merchandising products to the global retail industry.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-10 MultiCam

Dallas, Texas, United States

MultiCam is a provider of mechanized cutting machine tools. The company produces a full line of cutting solutions including routers, plasma, laser, water jet, and knife cutting machines. It sells through a global network of independently-owned distributors to a diverse set of end-users. MultiCam was founded in 1989 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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