M&A Deal Summary

The Mustang Group Acquires Vermont Teddy Bear

On September 11, 2008, private equity firm The Mustang Group acquired consumer products company Vermont Teddy Bear

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Mustang Group’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is The Mustang Group’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Mustang Group’s 1st transaction in Vermont.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-09-11
Target Vermont Teddy Bear
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) The Mustang Group
Deal Type Going Private
Advisor(s) Covington Associates (Financial)

Target

Vermont Teddy Bear

Shelburne, Vermont, United States
Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc. is one of the leading branded direct marketing companies in the gift industry. The company provides its customers with a variety of unique, high quality, personalized premier gift products including teddy bears, floral products, pajamas and various food products, and delivers them with unparalleled customer service.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Mustang Group

Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Mustang Group is an East Coast US-based private equity firm focused on investing in profitable mid-sized companies with revenues of $5 to $100 million. Mustang looks to fund management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs, and growth capital financings. Areas of interest include leisure/recreation, specialty retail, consumer products, technology, business and financial services, and manufacturing. The Mustang Group prefers opportunities where management looks to continue on with the business and that have leading positions within their respective sectors. The Mustang Group was formed in 2003 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 2
Type (Going Private) 1 of 1
State (Vermont) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 7
Year (2008) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-30 Scribe Software

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Scribe Software Corp. is a provider of cloud-based integration service that helps more than 10,000 businesses to connect Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and automate data flows using an intuitive browser-based approach. Scribe Software was founded in 1995 and is based in manchester, New Hampshire.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-11 Mr. Youth

New York, New York, United States

Mr. Youth is a social marketing company as the antidote to consumer burnout with traditional media. Mr Youth works with some of America's brands, including Nike, Macy's, Microsoft, Staples and T-Mobile to engage their consumers using the modern media mix of word-of-mouth, social interactive and experiential marketing.

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