M&A Deal Summary

TJC Acquires Arclin

On August 16, 2021, private equity firm TJC acquired chemicals company Arclin from Lone Star Funds

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TJC’s 7th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is TJC’s 73rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is TJC’s 5th transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-08-16
Target Arclin
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) TJC
Sellers(s) Lone Star Funds
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) RBC Capital Markets (Financial)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Legal)

Target

Arclin

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Arclin is a manufacturer and formulator of proprietary surface overlays and specialty resins primarily for the residential building products market, as well as industrial, furniture, and non-residential construction markets. The Company serves high-growth applications, which are expected to continue benefiting significantly from positive trends in the market. It's IP-protected, proprietary products and assets drive key performance characteristics, and the Company maintains long-term relationships with its blue-chip customers and suppliers. Arclin was founded in 1992 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

TJC

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 14.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TJC is a private investment firm that specializes in acquiring North American middle-market businesses operating in basic industries. TJC specifically looks to provide liquidity for shareholders, raise capital for corporate growth and 'create significant equity opportunities for key management'. TJC will consider opportunities valued from $100 million to $2 billion in a wide variety of industries. Sectors of interest include aerospace/defense, automotive, building products, chemicals, consumer products, distribution, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial products, insurance, metals, packaging, retail, transportation/logistics, and telecom. TJC was formerly known as The Jordan Company. The Firm was formed in 1982 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 75 of 93
Sector (Chemicals) 7 of 8
Type (Secondary Buyout) 27 of 34
State (Georgia) 5 of 5
Country (United States) 73 of 89
Year (2021) 6 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-10 Vertical Bridge

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Vertical Bridge is an owner and manager of wireless communications infrastructure. Vertical Bridge owns, operates and master leases over 266,000 towers, rooftop, billboard, utility attachment, and other site locations in support of wireless network deployments.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-10 Echo

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Echo is a provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Echo maintains a proprietary, web-based technology platform that compiles and analyzes data from its network of over 50,000 transportation providers to serve 35,000 clients across a wide range of industries and simplify the critical tasks involved in transportation management. Echo was founded in 2005 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Buy $1.3B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lone Star Funds

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 85.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Lone Star Funds is a global private investment firm focused on investing across several strategies. The Firm's primary investment activity surrounds financial services and real estate. Lone Star generally looks to acquire distressed debt and equity assets including corporate, commercial real estate, single family residential and consumer debt products as well as banks and asset rich operating companies. Lone Star was formed in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas with additional offices across Western Europe and Asia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 17
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 4
Type (Secondary Buyout) 8 of 9
State (Georgia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 7
Year (2021) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-13 AOC

Collierville, Tennessee, United States

AOC is a global CASE & Colorants company focused on producing and formulating unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, and other solutions for applications in coatings & protective barriers, colorants & visual effects, adhesives, and conventional composite resins. It serves customers globally with specialty products for the automotive, marine, corrosion, construction, and infrastructure segments. AOC was formed in 1960 and has production facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia.

Buy $2.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-11 MBCC Group

Mannheim, Germany

MBCC Group is a supplier of construction chemicals and solutions worldwide and has emerged from the carve-out of the former BASF Construction Chemicals business from BASF Group. The company offers innovative and sustainable products and solutions for the construction industry across different sectors, such as buildings, structures, underground construction, new construction, as well as for renovation. Its strong brands Master Builders Solutions, PCI, Thermotek, Wolman, Colorbiotics and Watson Bowman Acme are well established in the marketplace. MBCC Group is based in Mannheim, Germany.

Sell Fr.5.5B
Mergr

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