Merit Capital Partners

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Merit Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in mezzanine, internal expansions, buyouts, recapitalizations, in middle market companies. It participates in management buyouts, shareholder liquidity, recapitalizations, acquisitions financings and growth financings, corporate divestitures, ESOP financings, fund less and small fund sponsored transactions, and unsponsored transactions. The firm does not seek to invest in start-ups, turnarounds, high technology, real estate financings, restaurants, specialty retailers, and oil and gas opportunities. The firm prefers to invest in companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and services industries. It prefers to invest across United States of America with focus on Midwest. The firm typically at least $20 million in companies with revenue of at least $20 million and an EBITDA of at least $4 million. It structures its investment as a five to seven year subordinated debt instrument with equity ownership provided by a warrant or the outright purchase of common or preferred stock. The firm prefers to take a board advisor seat on its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to take meaningful equity ownership (control or non-control) combined with subordinated debt with current yield. It prefers to take majority stake. Merit Capital Partners was founded in 1993 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in Phoenix, Arizona.

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