Experience

The Integris Partners team offers our clients extraordinary transaction experience. Throughout our careers we have worked on behalf of, as well as across the table from, a wide range of entities:

  • Middle-market entrepreneurial companies;
  • Large companies such as Lockheed Martin, AT&T, United Technologies, Parker-Hannifin, ConAgra, DuPont, and dozens more, both publicly traded and private;
  • Financial sponsors such as American Capital Strategies, Cerberus, the Riverside Company, Doughty Hanson, and numerous others, including the private equity arms of hedge funds and family offices; and
  • Non-control investors such as venture capital firms, institutional lenders, and banks.

Many of our transactions have been cross-border involving European, Asian, and emerging markets companies, both as clients and as buyers. (See “International” regarding our IMAP resources.)

Some statistics that suggest the depth of our bankers’ experience:

  • Managing Directors have over 15 years of transactional experience on average
  • More than 50 middle-market transactions with a total value of approximately $3 billion (excludes our deals with values > $500M)
  • We have served clients based all around the world and have completed assignments with companies in over 20 countries

Recent Transactions

FOOD INGREDIENTS TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently advised Custom Blending, Inc. of Fort Collins, CO on a recapitalization transaction which enabled its management team to acquire 100% ownership of the business. Funding for the transaction was provided by JPMorgan Chase. This recent assignment is another in a long history of food-related transactions undertaken by Integris.

“Integris Partners, led by Stephen van den Heever, helped us to present our company’s defensibility as well as its strong growth opportunities to a wide range of potential financing partners and delivered a tremendous outcome for us,” said Dan Berlin, co-owner of Custom Blending. (continued here)

AGRIBUSINESS TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently advised Galesburg Order Buyers (dba GrainStore, Ltd.) on its sale to Gavilon Grain, LLC. GrainStore, based in Galesburg, Illinois, is a leading merchandiser of agricultural commodities (principally corn and soybeans) handling a significant proportion of the total production of these crops in Western Illinois and serving a wide range of customers in the food processing, ethanol, and export markets.

Gavilon is a global commodity management firm which is indirectly owned by Ospraie Special Opportunities Fund, General Atlantic, Soros Fund Management and Gavilon management. This sale is only the most recent in a long history of agribusiness transactions led by Integris Partners. (continued here)

HEDGE FUND SERVICES TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently advised J.D. Clark & Co., Inc. of Ogden, Utah on its sale to UMB Fund Services, Inc., a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF).  This is the fourth transaction closed by Integris Partners in 2009.

“The Integris team brought the expertise necessary to work with a public-company buyer and helped us to achieve full value for our unique market position and experience in servicing the hedge fund industry,” said Jeff Clark, CEO of J.D. Clark & Co.  “Integris focused not only on price and terms, but also on our team’s role in post-transaction operations and integration.  By supporting me in my broader objectives for a sale, Integris helped to structure both the deal and the new entity in a manner that will maximize the benefits for all involved.” (continued here...)

PRINTING AND DIGITAL IMAGING TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently advised Vision Graphics, Inc. on its acquisition of Keyline Graphics, Inc.

“Integris served as more than just my investment bank, they were true partners in this process. They developed a tight, focused list of potential targets and evaluated the possible synergies of each acquisition expeditiously,” said Mark Steputis, President of Vision Graphics. (continued here...)

INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING SERVICES TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently advised APTECH Engineering Services, Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA on its sale to Intertek Group plc (LSE: ITRK). This is the second company sale in the infrastructure engineering sector on which we have advised in the last 12 months. (continued here...)

NICHE FINANCIAL SERVICES TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently assisted Accruit, LLC, based in Lakewood, CO, in securing a growth capital investment led by Inter-Atlantic Group. (continued here...)

AGRICULTURAL INPUTS TRANSACTION

Integris Partners, Ltd. recently advised Actagro, LLC, headquartered at its plant in Biola, CA, on a highly successful control recapitalization led by RedCloud Capital, Inc, based in Denver, Colorado. (continued here...)

NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES TRANSACTION

Integris Partners recently advised Mayo Welding Services, Inc. of Berthoud, CO on its sale to Hettinger Welding, LLC, a portfolio company of Clearview Capital, LLC. (continued here...)