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Investment Track Record
DATE ACQUIRED ACQUISITION STATUS OF TRANSACTION INITIAL EQUITY INVESTMENT ($ IN MILLIONS) IRR on EQUITY INVESTMENT AVERAGE HOLDING PERIOD
December 1986   Clarke Floor Equipment Co.   Recapitalized
April 1989		   $3.3   224.1%   2.5 years
September 1987 Palco Industries Incorporated Recapitalized
April 1989		 12.0 443.1% 1.5 years
December 1992   Wirekraft Industries, Inc.   Merger
June 1995		   20.0   43.6%   2.5 years
April 1993 Jackson Products Incorporated Sold
August 1995		 12.0 - -
March 1994 Flex-O-Lite, Inc. 5.8 - -
SUBTOTAL $17.8 36.4% 2.0 years
August 1995   Crain Holdings Corporation   Sold in December 1997   22.1
4.9
10.0		        
         
 
 
        SUBTOTAL   37.0   41.7%   2.3 years
March 1993 Berg Electronics Corporation Sold, October 1998
Original Investors 35.1 67.3% 5.5 years
Public Shareholders 156.9 63.1% 2.5 years
SUBTOTAL $192.0 130.4% 5.5 years
October 1996 Viasystems Group, Inc. (1) IPO in March 2000 $514.6 461.8% (1) 3.3 years
 
   
        TOTAL   $796.7        
 
   
(1) Calculated using the $21.00 IPO price

 

List of Transactions
 
COMPANY NAME
TYPE OF TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION DATE
TRANSACTION VALUE ($ IN MILLIONS)
INDUSTRY
Clarke Floor Equipment Company Acquisition 12/86 45 Floor Maintenance Equipment
Palco Industries, Inc. Acquisition 9/87 320 Cutting & Welding Equipment
Materials Applications Group, Inc. Acquisition 11/88 115 Wear-Resistant Products
U.S. Cylinder Company
Add-on Acquisition
11/88 11 Cylinders
Thermadyne Holdings Corporation Recapitalization 4/89 760 Cutting and Welding Equipment, Wear-Resistant Products, Floor Maintenance Equipment
Jackson Products, Inc. Acquisition 10/89 70 Industrial Safety Products
Marison Cylinder Company Add-on Acquisition 1/90 6 Cylinders
Wirekraft Industries, Inc. Acquisition 12/92 110 Wire and Wire Harnesses
Berg Electronics, Inc. Acquisition 3/93 370 Electronic Connectors
Jackson Products, Inc. Acquisition 4/93 60 Industrial Safety Products
Harbor Electronics, Inc. Add-on Acquisition 7/93 12 Cable Assemblies
Ristance Corporation Add-on Acquisition 12/93 12 Wire
Socket Express, Inc. Add-on Acquisition 1/94 5 Integrated Circuit Sockets
Thermadyne Holdings Corporation Restructuring 2/94 1,067 Cutting and Welding Equipment, Wear-Resistant Products, Floor Maintenance Equipment
Mold-Con, Inc./Tri-Tec Engineering Corporation Add-on Acquisition 3/94 9 Cable Assemblies
Flex-O-Lite, Inc. Add-on Acquisition 3/94 35 Glass Beads and Highway Safety Equipment
AT&T Connector Systems Add-on Acquisition 5/94 78 Electronic Connectors
McKenzie Technology Add-on Acquisition 8/94 13 Integrated Circuit Sockets
Modern Engineering Company, Inc. Add-on Acquisition 9/94 3 Cutting and Welding Equipment
OSD Envizion Company Add-on Acquisition 12/94 9 Industrial Safety Products
Wire Harness Division of General Electric (ECM) Add-on Acquisition 12/94 45 Wire Harnesses
Omega Wire Corporation Acquisition 3/95 168 Wire
International Wire Group, Inc. Merger 6/95 404 Wire and Wire Harnesses
Jackson Products, Inc. Sale 8/95 129 Industrial Safety Products, Glass Beads, and Highway Safety Equipment
Crain Industries, Inc. Acquisition 8/95 130 Foam Products
Specialty Connector Company Add-on Acquisition 11/95 11 Electronic Connectors
Earl of Arkansas Add-on Acquisition 11/95 4 Cotton Batting
Dekko Wire Technologies Group Add-on Acquisition 3/96 166 Wire
Berg Electronics Corporation IPO 3/96 157 Electronic Connectors
Copy USA, Inc. Acquisition 5/96 4 Copy Services
Comfort Clinic Add-on Acquisition 8/96 14 Foam Products
Viasystems Group, Inc. Acquisition 1,023 Printed Circuit Boards
    Circo Craft Co. Inc.
10/96
    Interconnection Technologies
12/96
    Forward Group PLC
4/97
    Interconnection Systems Limited
4/97
Ericsson's Connector Division* Add-on Acquisition 12/96 - Electronic Connectors
Camden Wire Add-on Acquisition 2/97 60 Wire
Simco Corporation Add-on Acquisition 5/97 13 Foam Products
Crain Industries, Inc. Sale 12/97 213 Foam Products
Ericsson's PCB Division Add-on Acquisition 2/98 8 Printed Circuit Boards
Mommers Print Service Add-on Acquisition 2/98 69 Printed Circuit Boards
Zincocelere Add-on Acquisition 3/98 100 Printed Circuit Boards
Kinloch Add-on Acquisition 3/98 11 Cable Assemblies
Spargo Wire Add-on Acquisition 6/98 5 Wire
Italtrecce Add-on Acquisition 6/98 4 Wire
Berg Electronics Corporation Sale 10/98 1,850 Electronic Connectors
PAGG Corporation Add-on Acquisition 4/99 12 Value Added Assemblies Services
Courtesy Corporation* Acquisition 7/99 -* Injection Molded Plastic Components, Closures, Dispensing Systems
Kalex Printed Circuit Board Ltd. Add-on Acquisition 8/99 301 Printed Circuit Boards
Forissier Group Add-on Acquisition 12/99 20 Wire Mfg.
Viasystems Group Inc. IPO 3/00 924 EMS Provider
European PCB Group
(Caymen) Ltd.		 Spin-out 3/00 124 PCB
Marconi Communications
Network Components and
Services European and China Operations		 Add-On Acquisition 3/00 115 Electronic Manufacturing Services
Wire Harness Sale & Purchase 3/00 210 Wire Harness
Top Line Electronics Corporation Add-On Acquisition 6/00 70 Printed Circuit Board Assembly
Lucent Technologies' Rouen Global Provisions Center Add-On Acquisition 9/00 62 Full System Assembly
Laughlin-Wilt Group, Inc. Add-On Acquisition 11/00 71 Full System Assembly
Accutec Add-On Acquisition 12/00 25 Custom Metal Enclosure
Chang Yuen Add-On Acquisition 4/01 4 Custom Metal Enclosure
Metawave (Redmond) Add-On Acquisition
(Outsourcing) 		4/01 8 Custom Metal Enclosure
  TOTAL $9,644
*For confidentiality reasons, the purchase price has not been disclosed.

 

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