M&A Deal Summary

Point Blank Enterprises Acquires Protective Products Enterprises

On May 3, 2012, Point Blank Enterprises acquired defense company Protective Products Enterprises from Sun Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Point Blank Enterprises’ 1st transaction in the Defense sector.
  • This is Point Blank Enterprises’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Point Blank Enterprises’ 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-05-03
Target Protective Products Enterprises
Sector Defense
Buyer(s) Point Blank Enterprises
Sellers(s) Sun Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Protective Products Enterprises

Sunrise, Florida, United States
Protective Products Enterprises designs, manufactures, and markets advanced products used to provide ballistics protection for personnel and vehicles in the military and law enforcement markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Point Blank Enterprises

Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
Category Company
Sector Safety/Security
DESCRIPTION
Point Blank Enterprises' corporate headquarters in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Point Blank Enterprises' corporate headquarters in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Point Blank Enterprises is a provider of protective solutions, including bullet, fragmentation, and stab-resistant apparel and related accessories. Point Blank Enterprises is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 8
Sector (Defense) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 7
State (Florida) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 8
Year (2012) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-21 Eye3Data

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Eye3Data, Inc. is an innovative manufacturer and distributor of advanced technology solutions for the law enforcement community.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sun Capital Partners

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sun Capital Partners is a large private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other control investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. Sun looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating experience including underperformers, turnarounds, and special situations. Target companies typically have $50 million to $1 billion in revenue with strong market positions. Sectors of interest include paper and packaging, food and beverages, metals and mining, automotive after-market parts, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, building products, telecommunications, technology, retailing and catalogs, restaurants, manufacturing and industrial. Sun Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 127
Sector (Defense) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 53
State (Florida) 3 of 5
Country (United States) 28 of 88
Year (2012) 6 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-09 CornerStone Research & Development

Ogden, Utah, United States

CornerStone Research & Development is a “pure-play” nutritional supplement manufacturer in the U.S. and develops, produces, and packages more than 500 different capsule, tablet, and specialty powder products for its customers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-11 Fearmans Pork

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Fearmans Pork, Inc. provides pork-processing services.

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