M&A Deal Summary

Incyte Capital Holdings and Colchester Capital Acquire American Messaging Services

On November 1, 2005, private equity firms Incyte Capital Holdings and Colchester Capital acquired communications company American Messaging Services

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Incyte Capital Holdings’ 2nd and Colchester Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Incyte Capital Holdings’ 6th and Colchester Capital’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Incyte Capital Holdings’ 1st and Colchester Capital’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-11-01
Target American Messaging Services
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Incyte Capital Holdings
Colchester Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

American Messaging Services

Lewisville, Texas, United States
American Messaging Services is a provider of critical messaging services. American Messaging Services was founded is based in Lewisville, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Incyte Capital Holdings

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Incyte Capital Holdings LLC is a private holding firm focused on investing in companies seeking to complete a turnaround or recapitalization transaction. Incyte invests in companies generating sales of $25 to $200 million. Incyte prefers opportunities located in the US and Canada and has a particular interest in telecommunications, developed technology and software, healthcare, energy, basic industries, and consumer products. The Firm invests in the range of $20 to $150 million per transaction. The Incyte Capital was founded in 2000 and has offices in Dallas, Texas, and New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 8
Sector (Communications) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 7 of 7
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2005) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-01 USA Global Logistics

Bensenville, Illinois, United States

USA Global Logistics LLC is a non-asset-based, third-party logistics and freight transportation provider.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-01 Silicon Entertainment

Campbell, California, United States

Silicon Entertainment, Inc., formerly based in Campbell, CA, is the creator and operator of NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway, an advanced racing simulator location-based entertainment experience.

Sell -
Buyer

Colchester Capital

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Colchester Capital is a private investment firm focused on investing in small and mid-sized public and private companies. Colchester prefers investing in control situations and looks to commit $5 to $50 million of equity capital per transaction. Sectors of interest include technology, business services, industrial, healthcare and consumer products/services. Investment funds are typically used to recapitalize balance sheets, provide liquidity to investors, or fund growth. Colchester will consider investing in overleveraged, illiquid or insolvent companies. In addition to investing in smaller businesses, Colchester also provides financial/m&a advisory services. Colchester Capital was formed in 2003 and is based in Summit, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Communications) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 3
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2005) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-12-01 PageNet

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

PageNet is a provider of wireless messaging carriers. PageNet was founded in 1996 and is based in Mississauga, Canada.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-10 Synchronoss

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

Synchronoss is a provider of cloud solutions and software based activation serving communication service providers. Synchronoss was founded in 2000 and is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Sell -