M&A Deal Summary

Sentinel Capital Partners Acquires Met Displays

On December 27, 1997, private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners acquired retailer Met Displays for 25M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 16th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Illinois.
Investment Fate
  • Met Displays was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 1999.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1997-12-27
Target Met Displays
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Sentinel Capital Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization
Deal Value 25M USD

Target

Met Displays

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Met Merchandising Concepts, located in Chicago, Illinois, designs and manufactures high-quality fixtures, forms, and displays for upscale retail stores. Met has established a leading position in the visual merchandising industry and serves a diverse group of prominent department store, specialty store, and branded consumer product companies operating vendor shops within retail stores. During the past several years, retailers and branded consumer companies have increasingly developed consistent identities to market and differentiate their products.

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Buyer

Sentinel Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 11.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sentinel Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies with strong management and 'attractive growth prospects'. Sentinel looks to invest up to $400 million of equity in companies generating EBITDA of up to $65 million. Sectors of interest include business services/outsourcing, consumer products and services, food and restaurants, franchising, and manufacturing. Prospective transaction situations include management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, take-privates, and growth capital financings. Sentinel Capital Partners was formed in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 96
Sector (Retail) 4 of 6
Type (Recapitalization) 2 of 17
State (Illinois) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 8 of 89
Year (1997) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 16 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-10-28 Natural Beauty Growers

Denmark, Wisconsin, United States

Natural Beauty Growers LLC is a provider of greenhouse grower and wholesaler of plants and floral products. Natural Beauty Growers was founded in 1972 and is based in Denmark, Wisconsin.

Buy $33M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-07-01 Frame-n-Lens Optical

Fullerton, California, United States

Frame-n-Lens Optical, Inc., originally a private company headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, was established as an everyday low price prescription optical retailer. Until its sale in 1998, Frame-n-Lens was the fifth largest prescription eyeware retailer in United States

Sell $45M
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