BlackArch Partners Advises Mobile Communications America on its Sale to Sentinel Capital Partners
BlackArch Partners LLC is pleased to announce that it has advised Mobile Communications America and WJ Partners on the sale of MCA to Sentinel Capital Partners.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BlackArch Partners LLC ("BlackArch") is pleased to announce that it has advised Mobile Communications America ("MCA" or the "Company") and WJ Partners on the sale of MCA to Sentinel Capital Partners ("Sentinel").
Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, MCA is a leading provider of communications and network solutions and services which enhance the safety, security, and operating efficiency of a diverse base of more than 10,000 customers. MCA's customer base includes public safety institutions and some of the largest, most well-known corporate clients in North America.
Since being acquired by WJ Partners in 2013, MCA has completed 16 add-on acquisitions and grown from a small business with 75 employees across four service locations into a leading provider of communications solutions and services for mission critical, commercial, and industrial markets. MCA is now the largest service provider for Motorola Solutions in the U.S., with more than 500 employees across 41 service locations in seven states.
The transaction is another example of BlackArch's deep Business Services experience in mission critical, field services business models; strong buy-and-build platforms; and converging industrial technology in voice, video, and data.
BlackArch was retained by MCA and its financial partner, WJ Partners, to serve as the Company's exclusive financial advisor.
Summary Highlights
- Sentinel Capital Partners has partnered with management to acquire MCA and fuel continued growth.
- The Company's unique business model allows it to serve the evolving, mission-critical communication needs of enterprise and commercial customers by delivering a comprehensive offering of service and product solutions throughout its expanding operating footprint, concentrated in the Southeastern U.S.
- Management will continue to remain an integral part of the shareholder group during the Company's next phase of growth with Sentinel.
- BlackArch leveraged its deep industry and end market knowledge to achieve an optimal outcome for management and the shareholders.
About Mobile Communications America
Established in 1988, Mobile Communications America is a leading communications service and solution provider in the Southeast. MCA is committed to providing a very high level of customer service, no longer offered by many larger corporations. MCA is also committed to providing state-of-the-art technical solutions to its customers. Specializing in electronically-oriented communications solutions, MCA has built strategic partnerships with leading product and solution manufacturers and is proud to be recognized as an authorized Motorola Total Solutions Provider.
http://www.callmc.com
About WJ Partners
Founded in 2008, WJ Partners is a private investment firm focused on building lower-middle market companies in the consumer, specialty finance, and industrial and business services sectors. WJ Partners takes a long-term approach to investing due to its permanent capital source. The firm's mission is to create value by providing financial, strategic and management resources to capture growth opportunities and operational efficiencies. WJ Partners' team has an extensive track record investing in and building lower middle-market companies over the past 30 years, including such organizations as Pure Barre, Mobile Communications America, and Eggs Up Grill.
http://www.wjpartners.com
About Sentinel Capital Partners
Sentinel specializes in buying and building businesses in the lower midmarket in the United States and Canada in partnership with management. Sentinel targets aerospace and defense, business services, consumer, distribution, food and restaurants, franchising, healthcare, and industrial businesses. Sentinel invests in management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, and going-private transactions of established businesses with EBITDA of up to $65 million. Sentinel also invests in special situations, including balance sheet restructurings and operational turnarounds.
http://www.sentinelpartners.com
About BlackArch Partners
BlackArch Partners is a leading middle-market investment bank offering a full spectrum of advisory services to financial sponsors, private companies and diversified corporations. BlackArch addresses the needs of owner-operators, founders and shareholders of private companies with specialized services that include M&A advisory, strategic advisory and private capital solutions. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, BlackArch features a total of 12 industry-focused practices that cover all sectors of interest to middle-market investors; BlackArch professionals have closed more than 350 transactions in 16countries on four continents.
Please visit our website, http://www.blackarchpartners.com, for more details.
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