M&A Deal Summary

TriArtisan Capital Advisors and Sentinel Capital Partners Acquire TGI Friday’s

On March 1, 2014, private equity firms TriArtisan Capital Advisors and Sentinel Capital Partners acquired restaurant TGI Friday’s

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TriArtisan Capital Advisors’ 1st and Sentinel Capital Partners’ 7th transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is TriArtisan Capital Advisors’ 2nd and Sentinel Capital Partners’ 46th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TriArtisan Capital Advisors’ 1st and Sentinel Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-03-01
Target TGI Friday’s
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) TriArtisan Capital Advisors
Sentinel Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

TGI Friday’s

Dallas, Texas, United States
TGI Friday's owns and operates a chain of restaurants in the United States and around the world. TGI Friday’s was founded in 1965 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 2

DESCRIPTION

TriArtisan Capital Advisors is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized company investments and acquisitions. The Firm targets profitable companies with $25 to $300 million of EBITDA operating in a variety of industries including retail, business services, industrial, media, and healthcare. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, growth equity investments, spin-offs, carve-outs, roll-ups, recapitalizations, and restructurings. TriArtisan Capital Advisors was originally established in 2002 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 3
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 2
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 7
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-07 EnergySolutions

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

EnergySolutions is a nuclear services company that offers safe recycling, processing, and disposal of nuclear material. EnergySolutions provides a full range of Decommissioning and Decontamination (D&D) services to shut down nuclear power plants. EnergySolutions was founded in 1988 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Form Technologies

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Form Technologies is a value-added niche manufacturer of small precision engineered metal die-cast components with 27 manufacturing plants in 16 countries worldwide. The company uses proprietary machine and process technology to create high complexity parts at unmatched rates. Form Technologies was formed in 2018 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Buyer

Sentinel Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 11.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sentinel Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies with strong management and 'attractive growth prospects'. Sentinel looks to invest up to $400 million of equity in companies generating EBITDA of up to $65 million. Sectors of interest include business services/outsourcing, consumer products and services, food and restaurants, franchising, and manufacturing. Prospective transaction situations include management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, take-privates, and growth capital financings. Sentinel Capital Partners was formed in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 96
Sector (Restaurants) 7 of 11
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 22 of 29
State (Texas) 4 of 10
Country (United States) 46 of 89
Year (2014) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-24 Checkers

Tampa, Florida, United States

Checkers is a double drive-thru restaurant chain in United States. The company develops, owns, operates and franchises both Checkers and Rally’s restaurants. Checkers was founded in 1986 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-14 Newk’s Eatery

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Newk’s Eatery is a fast casual restaurant with a diverse menu of high quality, made-from-scratch sandwiches, soups, salads, and pizzas. The Newk’s Eatery system consists of 67 restaurants located in the Southeast.

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