M&A Deal Summary

Prospect Hill Growth Partners Acquires Brookstone

On September 1, 2005, private equity firm Prospect Hill Growth Partners acquired retailer Brookstone

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Prospect Hill Growth Partners’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Prospect Hill Growth Partners’ 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Prospect Hill Growth Partners’ 1st transaction in New Hampshire.
Investment Fate
  • Brookstone went bankrupt in 2014.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-09-01
Target Brookstone
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Prospect Hill Growth Partners
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Brookstone

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Mall-based retailer of functional consumer products.Brookstone is a leading nationwide specialty retailer and product development company that develops and markets unique, innovative and proprietary-branded products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Prospect Hill Growth Partners

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 2.7B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Prospect Hill Growth Partners is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of middle-market growth companies across the US. Prospect Hill looks for profitable businesses ($5 to $25 million of EBITDA) with annual revenues from $50 to $300 million with strong brands and leading market positions. Target sectors include consumer products, healthcare, specialty retail, and asset management. Prospect Hill Growth Partners was formerly known as J.W. Childs and changed its name in 2019. The Firm was originally formed in 1995 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 32
Sector (Retail) 1 of 5
Type (Going Private) 2 of 2
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 13 of 32
Year (2005) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-01 Sheridan Healthcare

Sunrise, Florida, United States

Sheridan Healthcare, Inc. is a multi-specialty physician practice management company that provides outsourced physician staffing services to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 WS Packaging

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

WS Packaging is a domestic pressure sensitive label manufacturer. The Company prints a broad range of high-quality pressure sensitive labels for clients engaged in the food, beverage, personal care, household, commercial, promotional, industrial, direct mail, and pharmaceutical markets. WS Packaging is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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