Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Plastics

Kinderhook Industries Acquires Blitz U.S.A.

On September 21, 2007, private equity firm Kinderhook Industries acquired plastics company Blitz U.S.A.

Acquisition Context

This is Kinderhook Industries’ 1st transaction in the Plastics sector.
This is Kinderhook Industries’ 8th transaction in the United States.
This is Kinderhook Industries’ 1st transaction in Oklahoma.

Investment Fate

Blitz U.S.A. was sold to a strategic buyer in 2012.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	September 21, 2007
Target	Blitz U.S.A.
Sector	Plastics
Buyer(s)	Kinderhook Industries
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s)	Aspen Advisors (Financial)

Target Company

Blitz U.S.A.

Miami, Oklahoma, United States

Blitz USA, Inc. is the manufacturer of plastic gas containers in the world and is a recognized brand name throughout retail chains in the United States.

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Buyer

Kinderhook Industries

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	2003
PE ASSETS	8.5B USD
Size	Mega
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

Kinderhook Industries targets control investments in companies valued between $25 to $250 million. Prospective transaction situations include acquiring non-core divisions of public companies, existing small capitalization companies lacking institutional support, management buyouts of entrepreneurial-owned businesses, and troubled companies. Sectors of interest include consumer products and services, media, packaging, industrial products, communications, and business services. Kinderhook Industries was formed in 2003 and is based in New York, New York.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	9 of 69
Sector: Plastics	1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	6 of 29
State: Oklahoma	1 of 2
Country: United States	8 of 67
Year: 2007	4 of 5

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2007-09-06	Mastro s Restaurants Woodland Hills, California, United States Mastro's Restaurants LLC owns and operates nine premium fine dining steakhouses and seafood restaurants, comprised of six steakhouse restaurants under the brand name of Mastro’s Steakhouse and three seafood restaurants under the brand name of Mastro’s Ocean Club, in prime locations in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and Illinois.	Buy	-

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DEAL TYPE

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2007-09-06

Mastro s Restaurants

Woodland Hills, California, United States

Mastro's Restaurants LLC owns and operates nine premium fine dining steakhouses and seafood restaurants, comprised of six steakhouse restaurants under the brand name of Mastro’s Steakhouse and three seafood restaurants under the brand name of Mastro’s Ocean Club, in prime locations in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and Illinois.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2007-11-01	RealTruck Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States RealTruck is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer accessories for pickup trucks. RealTruck also produces truck bed liners under the BedRug brand. RealTruck was founded in 2007 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.	Buy	-

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2007-11-01

RealTruck

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

RealTruck is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer accessories for pickup trucks. RealTruck also produces truck bed liners under the BedRug brand. RealTruck was founded in 2007 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Buy

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