M&A Deal Summary

TorQuest Partners Acquires DayMen Photo Marketing

On July 5, 2005, private equity firm TorQuest Partners acquired consumer products company DayMen Photo Marketing

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TorQuest Partners’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is TorQuest Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is TorQuest Partners’ 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • DayMen Photo Marketing was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2010.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-07-05
Target DayMen Photo Marketing
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) TorQuest Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

DayMen Photo Marketing

Sebastopol, California, United States
DayMen Photo Marketing is a brand of protective carrying bags and packs for imaging and electronic equipment. DayMen and its subsidiaries oversee the design, manufacturing, marketing and merchandising of Lowepro products, which are distributed through DayMen's wholly-owned operations in Canada, US, UK and Germany as well as through third party distributors in over 90 countries.

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Buyer

TorQuest Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 3.0B CAD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TorQuest Partners is a Canadian mid-market private equity firm. TorQuest invests in established companies that deal in manufacturing, business services, financial services, industrial products, food, consumer products, and chemicals. Prospective transaction situations include family successions, recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs, and buyouts. Torquest targets businesses valued from C$40 to C$250 million where the firm can commit C$20 to C$100 million. TorQuest Partners was formed in 2002 and is based in Toronto.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 45
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 15
State: California M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 9
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
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