Carter Morse & Mathias (“CMM”) is pleased to announce that its client, Rostra Tool Company, based in Branford, CT, (“Rostra”) has sold 100% of its stock to the Oetiker Group of Horgen, Switzerland. Carter Capital Corporation, a CMM affiliate, served as Rostra’s exclusive financial advisor for the transaction, which closed on October 31, 2014. Terms...Read More
Southport, CT – CMM is proud to announce that it has won the Leveraged Buyout of the Year (up to $50 million) at the 4th annual M&A Advisor / ACG NY Deal Champion’s Awards for its work with Blue Bell Mattress Company in its sale to Longroad Asset Management. The winners, selected from more than...Read More
SOUTHPORT, CT – Carter Morse & Mathias (“CMM”) is pleased to announce that Spire LLC (“Spire”) has been acquired by Datalogix Holdings LLC, the leading data platform that connects digital adverting to offline sales. Carter Capital Corporation, a CMM affiliate, served as Spire’s exclusive financial advisor for the transaction. Terms of the cash and stock...Read More
Carter Morse & Mathias (“CMM”) is pleased to announce that Blue Bell Mattress Company (“Blue Bell”) has sold a majority interest to private equity firm Longroad Asset Management. CMM served as Blue Bell’s, exclusive financial advisor for the transaction and arranged the bank financing. Blue Bell, located outside of Hartford, CT, is a Northeast licensee...Read More
Carter Morse & Mathias announced that Dan Leff and Marc Litvinoff have joined its Advisory Board, which consists of prominent business professionals from industries that are important to CMM’s mission and clients. Dan Leff has extensive operating experience building, leading and restructuring global energy services businesses. Dan currently serves as executive chairman of the board...Read More
Southport, CT – CMM has had a active first half of 2013, and expect to become even busier as we approach the fall and look towards the end of the year. Below, please find a few key highlights: Industry Update: M&A volume continues its slide, with activity down for both the second quarter and...Read More
New York, NY – Carter Morse & Mathias was nominated for two “Deal of the Year Awards” at the 3rd Annual M&A Advisors Deal Champions Awards gala dinner, co-sponsored by ACG New York, on June 20th at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Selected from over 300 participating companies, CMM was nominated as a...Read More
Carter Morse & Mathias (“CMM”) is pleased to announce that Gary Mathias, a Managing Director of the firm, has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alliance of International Corporate Advisors (AICA), a global network of investment banking firms. AICA provides origination and joint execution capability to its 35 members in...Read More
ORLANDO – The Association for Corporate Growth® (ACG), the global organization focused on driving middle-market growth, has elected Ramsey Goodrich to serve a three year term as a Director at Large onthe Global board of directors at InterGrowth® 2013. Mr. Goodrich, a Managing Director with Carter Morse & Mathias, and current Chairman of ACG Connecticut,...Read More
CMM’s Observations: Below are a few of our observations from the Conference: General Market Perceptions: Generally speaking, almost all attendees remarked that the first quarter of 2013 had been dreadfully slow, most likely driven by the drive to get transactions closed in the last couple of months of 2012 to take advantage of a lower...Read More
