Investment Summary

Southfield Capital Invests In RPS Composites

On January 14, 2008, private equity firm Southfield Capital invested in plastics company RPS Composites

Investment Highlights
  • This is Southfield Capital’s 1st transaction in the Plastics sector.
  • This is Southfield Capital’s 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Southfield Capital’s 1st transaction in Nova Scotia.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-01-14
Target RPS Composites
Sector Plastics
Investor(s) Southfield Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

RPS Composites

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Founded in 1956, Reinforced Plastic Systems (RPS) is a leading North American company engaged in the manufacturing, installation, maintenance and repair of corrosion resistant fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) piping systems for the power, energy, mining, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, and pulp and paper markets. RPS operates seven custom FRP fabrication/manufacturing plants in North America located in Nova Scotia, Canada, New Brunswick, Canada, Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia.

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Investor

Southfield Capital

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Southfield Capital is a private equity group focused on buying and building middle-market business service companies headquartered throughout North America. The Firm prefers control investment situations and looks to commit $20 to $80 million of equity capital in profitable businesses with $4 to $20 million of EBITDA. Specific sectors of interest include business services, financial services, real estate services, IT, industrial services, and transportation. Prospective investment situations include buyouts, consolidations, recapitalizations, and growth financings. Southfield Capital is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 22
Sector: Plastics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 5
State: Nova Scotia M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Presidio Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

Presidio Partners is a real estate investment bank with a singular focus on providing capital raising and advisory services to real estate fund sponsors, operators, REITs and other real estate market participants. Presidio believes that its emphasis on individualized attention to its clients – working with only a few quality sponsors at any given time – enables it to provide unparalleled client service.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-28 Dealers Financial Services

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Dealers’ Financial Services (DFS) is the leading independent sub-prime automobile loan provider to the United States Military service member market. The Company’s loan program, “MILES” (Military Loan and Education Services), combines a comprehensive and fairly restrictive lending program with lower-than-market-cost warranty and insurance policies, as well as a mandatory credit education course with credit counseling for all service member customers enrolled. Founded by two leaders in the automobile retail industry with a combined 90 years of experience, the program is designed to give military personnel who have poor or no established credit access to quality automobiles and financing at a fair price, along with a basic education in financial budgeting and planning so they can establish credit and build for their futures.

Sell $118M