M&A Deal Summary

Sky Island Capital and Northleaf Capital Partners Acquire MSC

On May 13, 2019, private equity firm Sky Island Capital and asset manager Northleaf Capital Partners acquired metals/mining company MSC

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sky Island Capital’s 1st and Northleaf Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is Sky Island Capital’s 1st and Northleaf Capital Partners’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sky Island Capital’s 1st and Northleaf Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-05-13
Target MSC
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) Sky Island Capital
Northleaf Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

MSC

Canton, Michigan, United States
MSC produces advanced materials and specialty coated metals that are engineered to address lightweight, noise, vibration, and harshness (“NVH”), corrosion, architectural, and aesthetic needs for a wide variety of end markets including transportation, building products, packaging, and consumer goods. MSC was founded in 1951 and is based in Canton, Michigan.

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Buyer(S) 2

DESCRIPTION

Sky Island Capital is a private investment firm focused on control investments in North America manufacturing companies valued up to $200 million. Specific manufacturing areas of interest include food, advanced materials, aerospace, building products, automotive, consumer products, metals, packaging, and specialty chemicals. The Firm will consider a variety of transaction situations including family-owned companies, corporate carve-outs, buyouts, take privates, and other special situations. Sky Island Capital was established in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 7
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 7
Year (2019) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-18 Polished Metals

Hillside, New Jersey, United States

Polished Metals is a polisher and supplier of architectural and ornamental metals, offering a variety of finishes and metals to several end markets, including the architecture and design community, elevators, escalators, transportation, and many others. Headquartered in Hillside, New Jersey with an additional production facility in El Monte, California, Polished Metals maintains a diverse customer base throughout North America.

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Buyer

Northleaf Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 22.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Northleaf Capital Partners is an asset management firm focused on private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investment opportunities. The Firm's private equity group looks to make fund, secondary, as well as direct investments. Within its direct investing practice, Northleaf will consider a variety of middle-market investment situations including growth capital financings, successions, consolidations, and other special situations. Northleaf Capital Partners was established in 2009 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 24
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 6 of 9
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 13
Year (2019) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-12 Bolthouse Farms

Bakersfield, California, United States

Bolthouse Farms is a vertically integrated carrot and premium beverage manufacturer and distributor serving a broad customer base, including traditional retail grocery stores, mass merchants, club stores, and the natural foods channel. Bolthouse Farms was founded in 1915 and is based in Bakersfield, California.

Buy $510M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-05 Odfjell

Houston, Texas, United States

Odfjell is a provider of chemical tanker shipping and tank storage services. Odfjell is based in Houston, Texas.

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