DTCF: Buyside Adviser in Mid-Market Packaging TransactionAdvising Acquiror in Cross Border Private Equity Transaction |
Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance LLC (DTCF) is pleased to announce its role as the exclusive financial advisor to Four M Holdings LLC (Four M), an investment vehicle controlled by Dennis Mehiel, in its acquisition of LINPAC Inc. (LINPAC), a business unit of UK-based LINPAC Group Limited (LINPAC Group). LINPAC Group is a portfolio company of Montagu Private Equity (Montagu). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Four M acquired LINPAC’s corrugated packaging facilities including a recycled containerboard mill, three sheet feeders and two sheet converting plants. LINPAC primarily serves the Southeast U.S. packaging market and is positioned as a high-quality, low-cost producer of recycled linerboard, corrugated medium, corrugated sheets, boxes and point-of-sale displays. The acquired entity will become known as US Corrugated, Inc. under Four M’s ownership.
DTCF introduced Four M to the acquisition opportunity and financing sources. The transaction highlights DTCF’s deep coverage of the Paper and Packaging sector, credentials in completing cross-border middle-market transactions, and track record working with private equity groups in North America and Europe.
About Four M, LINPAC Group and Montagu
Four M is an investment vehicle in which Dennis Mehiel holds principal member interest. The principals and shareholders of Four M have generated significant value through building and operating businesses in the containerboard and food service disposal sectors. Prior investments include Box USA and The Sweetheart Cup Company. Four M has completed more than 25 North American transactions in the past two decades.
Headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, LINPAC Group produces paper and packaging products, containers, plastic trays and film. LINPAC Group became a portfolio company of Montagu Private Equity in 2003.
Montagu is a private investment firm specializing in middle market private equity deals. Founded in 1968 and based in the United Kingdom, the firm focuses on deals ranging from €100 million to €1 billion.
