M&A Deal Summary

Madison Parker Capital Acquires IPATH

On January 24, 2011, private equity firm Madison Parker Capital acquired apparel/textiles company IPATH from Timberland

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Madison Parker Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is Madison Parker Capital’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Madison Parker Capital’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-01-24
Target IPATH
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) Madison Parker Capital
Sellers(s) Timberland
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

IPATH

Torrance, California, United States
IPATH designs develop, and market skateboarding-inspired casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. IPATH was founded in 1998 and is based in Torrance, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Madison Parker Capital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Madison Parker Capital is a private investment provides growth and liquidity capital to mid-sized businesses. Madison also considers buyouts of stand alone businesses as well as divestitures of larger corporations. Prospective companies are typically profitable with up to $150 million in revenues. Sectors of interest include advanced materials, business services, consumer products, retail/restaurants, and manufacturing. Madison Parker Capital is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 8 of 9
Year: 2011 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-13 Paper House

Saugerties, New York, United States

Paper House is a small greeting card company that provides stationery, scrapbooking, and various gift items. Paper House has distinguished itself as the photo-real design house for papers, cardstock stickers, glitter rub-on, and cut-outs within the Scrapbook/Craft industry. Paper House was founded in 1983 and is based in Saugerties, New York.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-01 Utrecht Manufacturing

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States

Utrecht is a niche retailer of fine arts supplies (i.e. art supplies for the serious artist as opposed to crafts) with 35 stores nationwide.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Timberland

Stratham, New Hampshire, United States

Category Company
Founded 1952
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Employees5,600
DESCRIPTION

Timberland LLC provides design, engineering and marketing of premium-quality footwear, apparel and accessories for consumers who value the outdoors and their time in it. Timberland markets products under the Timberland(R), Timberland PRO(R), Mountain Athletics(R), SmartWool(R), Timberland Boot Company(R) and howies(R) brands, all of which offer quality workmanship and detailing and are built to withstand the elements of nature.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-26 IPATH

Torrance, California, United States

IPATH designs develop, and market skateboarding-inspired casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. IPATH was founded in 1998 and is based in Torrance, California.

Buy $13M