M&A Deal Summary

Transition Capital Partners and Trinity Hunt Partners Acquire Columbus Medical Services

On January 1, 1996, family office Transition Capital Partners and private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners acquired business services company Columbus Medical Services

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Transition Capital Partners’ 1st and Trinity Hunt Partners’ 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Transition Capital Partners’ 1st and Trinity Hunt Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Transition Capital Partners’ 1st and Trinity Hunt Partners’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.
Investment Fate
  • Columbus Medical Services was sold to a strategic buyer in 2000.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1996-01-01
Target Columbus Medical Services
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Transition Capital Partners
Trinity Hunt Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Columbus Medical Services

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States
Columbus Medical Services LLC, a Pennsylvania based company, was founded in 1984 to provide on-site staffing services, consulting services and continuing education services to public and private mental retardation and developmental disability ('MR/DD') centers and administrators.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Transition Capital Partners

Southlake, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Family Office
Founded 1993
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Transition Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on leveraged recapitalizations of entrepreneurial service-based businesses. Transition generally looks for high-growth companies with $2 million to $8 million of EBITDA where the firm can help position the company for the next level of growth. Sectors of interest include healthcare services, non-asset based logistics, retail, alternative energy and services, security services, direct marketing, software, branded food/beverage, education, telecom, oil/gas services, and outsourcing. The Firm is affiliated with family office Patterson Thoma Investments. Transition Capital Partners was formed in 1993 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 27
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 3
Type (Recapitalization) 1 of 5
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 27
Year (1996) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-11-01 Future Foods

Carrollton, Texas, United States

Future Foods is a supplier of seafood salads, dips and spreads to grocery stores and other retailers. Future Foods was founded in 1984 and is based in Carrollton, Texas.

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Buyer

Trinity Hunt Partners

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Trinity Hunt Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market companies throughout US. Trinity targets established companies with EBITDA of $4 to $25 million and investment size between $15 and $70 million of equity invested into each portfolio company. Specific areas of interest include business, healthcare, and consumer services. The Firm focuses on majority and significant minority recapitalizations, buy-and- builds, management buyouts. Trinity Hunt Partners was founded in 1993 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 42
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 7
Type (Recapitalization) 1 of 2
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 40
Year (1996) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-01-01 Heartland Dental Care

Effingham, Illinois, United States

Heartland Dental is the largest dental support organization in the United States, providing non-clinical administrative support services to over 840 offices and more than 1,300 supported dentists across 35 states. Heartland Dental partners with its supported dentists to deliver high quality care across the full spectrum of dental services. For more information, please visit our website at www.heartland.com and on Twitter @HeartlandDental. The company is headquartered in Effingham, Illinois.

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