M&A Deal Summary

Stella-Jones Acquires Tangent Rail

On April 5, 2010, Stella-Jones acquired transportation company Tangent Rail from Incline Equity Partners and Barings Private Equity for 165M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Stella-Jones’ 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Stella-Jones’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Stella-Jones’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Stella-Jones’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-04-05
Target Tangent Rail
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Stella-Jones
Sellers(s) Incline Equity Partners
Barings Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 165M USD
Advisor(s) BB&T Capital Markets (Financial)

Target

Tangent Rail

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Tangent Rail Corporation provides maintenance of way products and services to Class I railroads, shortline railroads, and owners of industrial truck. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's Wood Products division is a leading manufacturer of treated wood railroad ties, creosote and coal tar products. The company's Rail Services division provides premium rail grinding services, switching and maintenance services, environmentally friendly crosstie disposal services and industrial tie-derived boiler fuel.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Stella-Jones

Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Forest Products
Employees3,000
Revenue 3.3B CAD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Stella-Jones is a leading North American manufacturer of pressure treated wood products. The Company's core product categories, railway ties and utility poles, provide basic elements of the economy's physical infrastructure. Stella-Jones' network of twenty-seven wood treating facilities are spread across fifteen U.S. states and five Canadian provinces. Stella-Jones was founded in 1992 and is based in Saint-Laurent, Canada.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-02 Ram Forest Group

Gormley, Ontario, Canada

Ram Forest Group, Inc. is a manufacturer and seller of pressure treated wood products and accessories to the retail building materials industry.

Buy $60M

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Incline Equity Partners

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 5.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Incline Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market growth companies. The Firm targets companies located in the US and Canada with enterprise values ranging from $25 to $750 million. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, minority recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. Incline Equity Partners was formerly known as PNC Equity Partners. The Firm is based in Pittsburgh.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 40
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 12
State (Pennsylvania) 2 of 5
Country (United States) 7 of 39
Year (2010) 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-20 Griffith Energy

Albion, New York, United States

Griffith Energy a combined marketers of propane, heating oil, and power fuels in western and central New York. Based in Rochester, NY, Griffith distributes energy to more than 90,000 residential customers and more than 8,000 wholesale, commercial, and gasoline customers. Griffith also distributes gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene to commercial customers such as farmers, trucking and construction companies, and to branded gasoline dealers such as Mobil, Sunoco, and Citgo. In November 2003, PNC Equity Partners worked exclusively with the management team of Griffith to buy the company from Energy East Corporation. PNC Equity Partners conducted the due diligence process, structured the financing, and negotiated the acquisition, investing $17.4 million in the form of preferred and common stock. In addition, PNC Equity Partners partnered with the former owner of Griffith who, along with management, made a significant capital contribution. PNC Equity Partners arranged the senior and subordinated financing with Merrill Lynch leading the senior debt syndicate and Allied Capital providing subordinated debt to complete the transaction. Since PNC Equity Partners' initial investment, the company has completed four acquisitions and refinanced its senior and subordinated debt.

Sell $125M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-01 Elevated Facility Services Group

Tampa, Florida, United States

Elevated Facility Services Group is a provider of elevator maintenance, repair, and modernization services across all major brands of equipment. Oracle Elevator currently operates 22 branch locations across 13 states. Elevated Facility Services Group is based in Tampa, Florida.

Buy -
SELLER

Barings Private Equity

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 5.7B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Barings Private Equity is the private equity arm of global asset management firm Barings. The Group looks to invest in mezzanine, distressed, and other private equity transactions including secondaries and funds. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, business services, distribution, consumer products, consumer services, food products, packaging, and healthcare. Barings Private Equity was originally established in 1991 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 37
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 23
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 33
Year (2010) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-19 Precision Wire Components

Tualatin, Oregon, United States

Precision Wire Components designs and produces high precision medical wires and supporting components that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive medical procedures. Precision Wire Components is based in Tualatin, Oregon.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-11 Wheaton Industries

Millville, New Jersey, United States

Wheaton Industries, Inc. is a marketer, manufacturer and re-packager of containers, laboratory ware, instrumentation and associated products and services sold principally to customers in the general laboratory, life sciences, and diagnostics and reagent / chemicals packaging markets.

Buy -