Buyouts Announces Deal of the Year Winners

Making it through 2009 was no easy feat. A number of buyout firms that began the year on solid footing came out the other end staggering from a recession that pulled no punches.

Some firms, however, not only made it through the year—they excelled. These outliers generated healthy returns in a sickly market, raised lush funds in an arid environment and/or climbed league tables when so many others were in freefall.

They were the nominees and winners of this year’s Buyouts Deal of the Year Awards, given by peHUB sister publication Buyouts Magazine. The winner in each category is identified by a pair of asterisks:

MIDDLE MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR & DEAL OF THE YEAR

• Arcapita Inc. (Church’s Chicken)
• Castle Harlan Inc. (United Malt Holdings Inc.)
• DW Healthcare Partners and Rho Capital (Verathon Inc.)
• GTCR Golder Rauner LLC (Ovation Pharmaceuticals) **
• Oak Hill Capital Partners (Butler Schein Animal Health)
• TA Associates (Triumph HealthCare)

LARGE MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

• Cerberus (Talecris)
• TPG and GS Capital Partners (Alltel)
• Vestar Capital Partners (Birds Eye Foods) **

SMALL MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

• CCMP Capital Advisors (Nowaco)
• Hale Capital Partners (LocationLogic LLC)
• ICV Capital Partners (Sterling Foods Ltd.)
• Nautic Partners (Corporate Lodging Consultants Group Inc.)
• Sun Capital Partners (Timothy’s Coffees of the World)
• Webster Capital (CK Franchising Inc.)
• The Wicks Group of Companies (Penn Foster Education Group Inc.) **

Subscribers to Buyouts Magazine can get the full list of winners, in all 11 “Deal of the Year” categories, at www.buyoutsnews.com…