Investment Summary

GTCR and Midwest Mezzanine Funds Invest In NCP Solutions

On January 1, 1997, private equity firm GTCR and mezzanine finance firm Midwest Mezzanine Funds invested in business services company NCP Solutions

Investment Highlights
  • This is GTCR’s 2nd and Midwest Mezzanine Funds’ 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is GTCR’s 8th and Midwest Mezzanine Funds’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is GTCR’s 1st and Midwest Mezzanine Funds’ 1st transaction in Alabama.
Investment Fate
  • NCP Solutions was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2008.
  • NCP Solutions was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2013.
  • NCP Solutions was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2018.

Investment Summary

Date 1997-01-01
Target NCP Solutions
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) GTCR
Midwest Mezzanine Funds
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

NCP Solutions

Birmingham, Alabama, United States
NCP Solutions LLC is a provider of business communications to financial services, auto finance, secondary education, health, and insurance industries. NCP prints and distributes customer communications that facilitate billing accounts receivable and cash flow management. NCP Solutions was founded in 1974 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

GTCR

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 15.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GTCR is a private equity firm that typically partners with management when pursuing acquisitions. The Firm looks to grow companies through build-on acquisitions, consolidations, and internal growth. GTCR will consider both equity and mezzanine capital commitments and concentrates its investment activity in consumer products & services, healthcare services, outsourced business services, technology, transaction processing, and pharma/medical products. GTCR was formed in 1980 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 157
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 17
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 4 of 27
State: Alabama M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 148
Year: 1997 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-01-01 Managed Health Care Associates

Florham Park, New Jersey, United States

Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. is a health care services and technology company. MHA offers a variety of services to pharmaceutical manufacturers selling to the LTC industry, including contract administration, marketing, and continuing education. Managed Health Care Associates was formed in 1989 and is based in Florham Park, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-04-25 AnswerThink

Miami, Florida, United States

Answerthink is a leading business and technology consulting firm that enables companies to achieve world-class business performance levels and realize greater return from their SAP investments.

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Investor

Midwest Mezzanine Funds

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Midwest Mezzanine Funds (MMF) is a provider of junior capital to lower middle-market, US and Canadian companies. MMF looks to invest $4 to $15 million to support buyouts, acquisition financings, recapitalizations, and growth capital needs. Prospective companies generally have consistent profits ($3 million of EBITDA), low capital intensity, and sustainable competitive advantages. Broad areas of interest include manufacturing, value-added distribution, and services. MMF will not invest in high technology, energy, or real estate. Midwest Mezzanine was formed in 1992 and has offices in Chicago and Monroe, Michigan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 81
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 11
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 4 of 6
State: Alabama M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 81
Year: 1997 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1995-01-01 Total Safety

Houston, Texas, United States

Total Safety is a provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, comprehensive flare services, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management. Total Safety is based in Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-01 Syron Engineering & Manufacturing

Saline, Michigan, United States

Syron Engineering & Manufacturing LLC is a designer and manufacturer of proprietary material handling and sensing devices used primarily within the sheet metal operations of automotive OEMs and suppliers.

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