Advising KION on the $ 3.25 bn acquisition of Dematic from
AEA Investors and Ontario Teachers Private Capital was a widely published transaction.
«Our private equity partners [
AEA Investors and Thomas H Lee Partners] gave us the extra funding we needed for the next step,» Phillips says.
• Leonard Green & Partners LP is nearing a deal to acquire Pro Mach Group Inc, a Loveland, Ohio - based packaging company, from
AEA Investors LP for more than $ 2.2 billion, including debt, according to Reuters.
• Trilantic North America recapitalized Traeger Grills, a Salt Lake City, Utah - based wood pellet grilling company, with a new majority control shareholder,
AEA Investors.
Last fall Quimby, who'd bought out Shavitz when he retired, struck a deal to sell 80 % of the company to
AEA Investors, a private - equity firm, for more than $ 175 million.
In 2000,
AEA Investors bought 80 percent of the company, paying Quimby $ 141.6 million, making Shavitz's share, had he still owned it, worth about $ 59 million, according to the Times.
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AEA Investors closed its previously announced acquisition of Excelitas Technologies, the Waltham, Massachusetts - based provider of photonics technology solution from Veritas Capital.