M&A Deal Summary

Main Street Capital Acquires Jensen Jewelers

On January 1, 2006, private equity firm Main Street Capital acquired retailer Jensen Jewelers

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Main Street Capital’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Main Street Capital’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Main Street Capital’s 1st transaction in Idaho.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-01-01
Target Jensen Jewelers
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Main Street Capital
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Jensen Jewelers

Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Jensen Jewelers is a privately owned jewelry chain with 16 stores in 5 states including Idaho, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Jensen Jewelers provides a wide selection of high-quality jewelry, watches, and jewelry accessories. The company prides itself in providing personalized service to its customers, including i) its use of master jewelers who create their own line of customized jewelry, and ii) providing in-house financing and credit insurance alternatives for its customers. Jensen Jewelers was founded in 1956 and is based in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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Buyer

Main Street Capital

Houston, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Main Street Capital Holdings is a public investment firm that invests in mid-market companies to support ownership transitions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, business expansion and other growth initiatives. Main Street looks for businesses opearting in basic industries with positive cash-flow and and defensible competitive advantages. Main Street generally invests $5 to $75 million in companies with $10 to $150 million of revenue and EBITDA of $3 to $20 million. Investments are usually in the form of term debt and/or direct equity. Main Street Capital Corporation was formed in 1997 and is based in Houston, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 137
Sector (Retail) 1 of 7
Type (Recapitalization) 5 of 56
State (Idaho) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 11 of 137
Year (2006) 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 CBT Nuggets

Eugene, Oregon, United States

CBT Nuggets produces and sells original content IT certification training videos. The company's training videos provide comprehensive training for certification exams from Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, and Citrix, plus many other professional certification vendors. CBT Nuggets was founded in 1999 and is based in Eugene, Oregon.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-06 Everyones Internet

Houston, Texas, United States

Everyones Internet, Ltd. (“EV1”) is a Houston, Texas based company that began its operations in 1998 as an internet service provider (“ISP”) in the Houston market. EV1 subsequently expanded its ISP operations into various markets across the U.S. and started providing dedicated web hosting services to domestic and international customers. Today, EV1 operates one of the largest independent ISP’s and web hosting services companies in the country. EV1 maintains a well known brand name in the markets it serves through an extensive marketing and advertising campaign and also maintains a significant presence in the Houston community through its involvement with numerous charities benefiting underprivileged children and other community initiatives. EV1’s corporate headquarters are located in Houston, Texas.

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