M&A Deal Summary

Vought Aircraft Industries Acquires The Aerostructures

On July 1, 2003, Vought Aircraft Industries acquired aerospace company The Aerostructures from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vought Aircraft Industries’ 1st transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is Vought Aircraft Industries’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vought Aircraft Industries’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2003-07-01
Target The Aerostructures
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) Vought Aircraft Industries
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

The Aerostructures

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The Aerostructures Corp. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and assembler of large aerostructure components for commercial and military planes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vought Aircraft Industries

Dallas, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1917
Sector Aerospace
Employees5,900
Revenue 1.9B USD (2009)
DESCRIPTION

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is a global manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial, military and business jet aircraft. Products include fuselages, wings, empennages, nacelles and helicopter cabins.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Aerospace) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Tennessee) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2003) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-07 Vought Aircraft South Carolina

United States

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. the independent developer and producer of structural assemblies for commercial, military and business aircraft.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 480
Sector (Aerospace) 1 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 197
State (Tennessee) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 16 of 259
Year (2003) 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Evansville, Indiana, United States

United Components, Inc. is a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of automotive parts and components to the aftermarket and specialized original equipment channels.

Buy $800M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-07-21 Aprovia SA

Paris, France

Aprovia SA is a UK construction publisher and event organiser.

Sell £79M
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