Description
As of April 1, 2010, Allied Capital Corporation was acquired by Ares Capital Corporation. Allied Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in investments in small and middle market companies. The firm generally invests in mature, buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, note purchases, mezzanine, growth capital and middle market equity, and debt investments. It provides debt financing in the form of first lien senior loans; junior debt including second lien loans, subordinated debt, and mezzanine debt; and unitranche loans. The firm prefers to invest in business services, financial services, consumer products, healthcare services, energy services, industrial products, retail, and consumer services sectors. It seeks to invest in private companies based in the United States. The firm seeks to invest between $10 million and $150 million in debt transactions. It provides equity capital, typically in conjunction with a debt investment for management buyouts of companies with enterprise value between $50 million and $500 million. The firm seeks control and non-control equity stakes in the portfolio companies. Allied Capital Corporation was founded in 1958 and is based in Washington, District of Colombia with additional offices in New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois.
