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Investment Summary

Mill Road Capital Invests In School Specialty

On June 19, 2018, private equity firm Mill Road Capital invested in e-commerce company School Specialty

Investment Highlights
  • This is Mill Road Capital’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Mill Road Capital’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Mill Road Capital’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.
Investment Fate
  • School Specialty was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2020.

Investment Summary
Date 2018-06-19
Target School Specialty
Sector E-Commerce
Investor(s) Mill Road Capital
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

School Specialty

Greenville, Wisconsin, United States
School Specialty is a provider of online educational products and services to the Pre-K- 12th grade market in the U.S. and Canada. The company designs, manufactures and distributes a broad assortment of furniture & equipment, educational technology, general and specialty classroom supplies, facility supplies, safety and security products, and core and supplemental curriculum for science, math and English language arts. School Specialty was founded in 1959 and is based in Greenville, Wisconsin.

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Investor

Mill Road Capital

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 250M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mill Road Capital is a private investment firm focused on partnering with publicly traded micro-cap companies in the US and Canada. The Firm pursues a variety of strategies including open market share purchases, block trades, acquisition financing, growth financing, mezzanine financing, as well as sponsoring take privates. Sectors of interest include retail, manufacturing, business services, and consumer products. The Firm was formed by former Blackstone professionals. Mill Road Capital was founded in 2004 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 14
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Wisconsin M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 10 of 11
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-20 Galaxy Nutritional Foods

North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States

Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc. is a producer of tasty and nutritious food with natural ingredients. The company products are marketed under the brands GO Veggie!, Vegan, Rice Vegan, Rice, Veggy, and Wholesome Valley. Galaxy Nutritional Foods was founded in 1980 and is based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Sell $18M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-23 PRT

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

PRT is the producer of container-grown forest seedlings in North America. Forest seedlings are used to replant forests after timber is harvested. The company has the capacity to custom grow more than 180 million seedlings per year at 13 nurseries located in Canada and the United States. It also provides a variety of ancillary services to support the reforestation needs of its customers. PRT was founded in 1988 and is based in Victoria, British Columbia.

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