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Company: Tricom, S.A. |
| Headquarters: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Website: www.tricom.net |
| Type of Investment: Tricom is in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Manhattan. Amzak is the largest creditor to the company and will become its largest shareholder once the debt restructuring process is complete. |
| Business Description: Tricom, S.A., is a leading telecommunications service provider in the Dominican Republic. Tricom offers a full spectrum of services to both residential and corporate customers, including fixed line telephony, cellular telephony, broadband data via technologies such as ADSL, cable modem, Wi-max wireless and, through its subsidiary Telecable is one of the two major cable television operators in the country. Founded in 1988, Tricom currently serves over 700,000 Revenue Generating Units in the Dominican market. For the year ending December 2008 Tricom reported revenue of US$217 million and an adjusted EBITDA of $43 million. |
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Company: Blueberries S.A. |
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Headquarters: Concordia, Argentina
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| Type of Investment: Secured Debt |
| Business Description: Blueberries S.A. is a young and growing Argentinean company engaged in the production of superior quality blueberries and citrus fruits. The company selects the best soil for its plantation and enjoys a privileged natural environment and exceptional agricultural and weather conditions. Blueberries S.A. focuses on foreign markets but its goal is to also supply the domestic market and engage in other secondary activities. |
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Company: Cable Onda, S.A. |
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Headquarters: Panama City, Panama
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| Type of Investment: Minority equity investment alongside Inversiones Bahia |
Business Description: The merger of Telecarrier, Inc. and Cable Onda, S.A. will result on the constitution of the only telecommunications provider of Panama, with a 100% Panamanian capital base, capable of providing to individuals, SME and Corporations, the services of Cable TV, Broadband Internet, Telephony and Corporate Data Center.
These services will be provided by the breakthrough fiber optic networks of Cable Onda and Telecarrier and by the International Data Center, which provides value added telecommunication services to local and international Corporate clients.
This merger offers the complementary experience of Telecarrier in the Corporate Segment and the extensive experience of Cable Onda in the massive residential segment and SME, throughout the entire country of Panama. |
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Company: Celtic Capital Corporation |
| Headquarters: Santa Monica, California |
| Website: www.celticcapital.com |
| Type of Investment: Subordinated Debt |
| Business Description: Celtic provides Asset Based Financing (ABF) to non retail businesses in the Western United States that find it challenging to get traditional bank loans. Celtic´s credits range from $500,000 to $5 million and are used for the various business needs such as working capital, sales growth, debt restructuring, DIP financing, turnarounds, among others and within various industries. Celtic success has been based on its specialized knowledge and quick response time to provide its clients with effective and rapid funding, allowing them to become one of the most respected ABF lender in the industry. |
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Company: Chancellor University |
| Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio |
| Website: www.chancelloru.com / www.jwmi.com |
| Type of Investment: Non-control equity investment |
| Business Description: Chancellor University is a for profit university that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through online courses and its school campus located in Cleveland, Ohio. The University houses the Jack Welch Management Institute which offers an MBA and a Master of Management. In 2008, Chancellor University celebrated 160 years of education in northeastern Ohio. Today, the institution that educated John D. Rockefeller, Harvey Firestone, and Theodore Ernst offers undergraduate degrees in business, paralegal studies, criminal justice, and information technology. |
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Company: CorePower Yoga |
| Headquarters: Denver, Colorado |
| Website: www.corepoweryoga.com |
| Type of Investment: Convertible Notes |
| Business Description: CorePower Yoga (CPY) is the largest and fastest-growing Yoga Lifestyle Company in the U.S. CPY offers yoga classes, certified teacher training, healthy lifestyle programs, yoga clothing and accessories. CPY yoga classes are proprietary heated yoga practices based on a combination of poses, theories and philosophies combined from classic and contemporary yoga styles. CPY currently operates 31 studios in the U.S. in Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, California, and Oregon. |
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Company: Integrated Packaging Corporation |
| Website: http://www.ipcidcsolutions.com/ipchome.html |
| Type of Investment: Mezzanine Debt |
| Business Description: Integrated Packaging Corporation (IPC) is a corrugated box manufacturer with sales exceeding $100 million. IPC services many leading fortune 500 companies across the country and prides itself on having on-time delivery. IPC provides integrated excellence and an entrepreneurial spirit with a broad scope design and manufacturing capabilities creating a national impact. IPC is a Charter Member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council’s Corporate Plus Program. |
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Company: YOU Telecom |
| Headquarter: Mumbai, India |
| Website: www.youtele.com |
| Type of Investment: Minority partnership with CVC International |
| Business Description: YOU Telecom India Pvt. Ltd., is one of the leading providers of Broadband Internet in India. The Company offers high-speed broadband services to Residential, SME & Corporate clients. YOU offers its services under the YOU brand name. YOU was established in Surat in the year 2001. With its advanced technological and project management skills, the Company has set up a state-of-the art fibre optic network in India. The network provides abundant bandwidth during peak traffic hours, ensuring consistent performance & reliability. Today, the YOU service offers high quality internet solutions for data and Voice services across 11 cities in India namely, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Gurgaon, Navi Mumbai & Vizag, with plans to roll out services to other cities across the country in the future. |
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Company: Amnet |
| Headquarters: Coral Springs, Florida |
| Website: www.amnetcorp.com |
| Type of Investment: Control equity investment |
| Exit: Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Nasdaq: MICC) acquired 100% of Amnet for an enterprise value of US$510 million on October 2008. |
| Business Description: Amzak was the majority shareholder of this cable television / triple play company, the largest in Central America, with television, telephony and/or high speed data operations in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The group’s network passes over 1mln homes with its “last mile” cable plant and has 3000 kms of fiber backbone throughout the region to support both corporate and residential services. The company began operations with the first acquisition in 1997, and has grown steadily through construction as well as an aggressive acquisition strategy to its current size of 2,000 employees and 50 offices throughout the region. Amzak’s partners in this venture since 2006 were a group of highly respected Central American family groups and investors. |
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