M&A Deal Summary

Sentinel Capital Partners Acquires Tony Roma s

On July 1, 1998, private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners acquired restaurant Tony Roma s for 109M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Sentinel Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Guatemala.
Investment Fate
  • Tony Roma s went bankrupt in 2006.
  • Tony Roma s was sold to a financial buyer in 2009.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1998-07-01
Target Tony Roma s
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Sentinel Capital Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization
Deal Value 109M USD

Target

Tony Roma s

Guatemala City, Guatemala
Tony Roma's, Inc. is a fast-food and casual dining outlets, including Tony Roma’s branded restaurants.

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Buyer

Sentinel Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

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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 9 of 99
Sector: Restaurants M&A 1 of 11
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 3 of 17
Country: Guatemala M&A 1 of 1
Year: 1998 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 16
PREVIOUS 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-06-30 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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