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Investment Summary

Platte River Equity Invests In GME

On December 4, 2019, private equity firm Platte River Equity invested in distribution company GME

Investment Highlights
  • This is Platte River Equity’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Platte River Equity’s 26th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Platte River Equity’s 1st transaction in Missouri.
Investment Fate
  • GME was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2023.

Investment Summary
Date 2019-12-04
Target GME
Sector Distribution
Investor(s) Platte River Equity
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) Husch Blackwell (Legal)

Target

GME

Columbia, Missouri, United States
GME is an omnichannel distributor of fall protection, safety, and productivity equipment. The company supplies a comprehensive selection of fall protection, rigging materials, workwear, and PPE to technicians and contractors working in the telecom, utility, aerial construction, renewable energy, and other industrial markets. It provides expedited delivery of products that are critical to worker safety while catering to unique customer needs with value-added services like curated kitting and certified training courses. GME Supply was founded in 2005 and is based in Columbia, Missouri.

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Investor

Platte River Equity

Denver, Colorado, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 1.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Platte River Equity is a private equity firm focused on investing in small and middle-market private companies based in the US. Platte River generally invests $25 to $100 million of equity capital per transaction and looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating expertise. Sectors of interest include aerospace manufacturing and services, metals, chemicals, energy and energy services, natural resources, financial services, and communications. Platte River typically targets control investment situations, but will opportunistically pursue minority investments. Platte River Equity was formed in 2006 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 34
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 6
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Missouri M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 26 of 33
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-28 STS Metals

Irwindale, California, United States

STS Metals manufactures and supplies forged and rolled titanium, stainless steel products, and other specialty alloys for the commercial aerospace, defense, medical, energy and industrial sectors. STS Metals specializes in flat and round bar and plate products, as well as hot rolling, forging, conditioning, heat-treating, and machining. STS Metals was founded in 2011 and is based in Irwindale, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-28 CTS Engines

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

CTS Engines provides a full spectrum of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (“MRO”) services for established engine platforms, specializing in the overhaul of the General Electric CF6-80C2, CF6-80A and CF6-50 engines, as well as the Pratt & Whitney PW2000. CTS also performs developmental testing on next-generation aerospace engines utilizing the highest thrust independent commercial test facility in the world. CTS Engines was founded in 2002 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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