September, 2021

Third Coast Capital Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor to Trifast plc in its acquisition of Falcon Fastening Solutions.  Our Acquisition Search services included identifying the target and making contact with its owner, as well as providing assistance on valuation, transaction structure and the negotiation and closing of the transaction. This transaction represents a good example of our ability to partner with International companies to identify and execute proprietary, cross border acquisitions on their behalf.   

Falcon Fastening Solutions, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an industrial distributor of fasteners and other Class C production components as well as a vendor managed inventory (VMI) service provider for OEM’s.  Falcon has full-service distribution centers in Charlotte, NC and Louisville, Kentucky as well as onsite branch locations at client plants.

Trifast plc (TRI:London Stock Exchange), headquartered in East Sussex, England, is a leading international specialist in the engineering, manufacturing and distribution of high quality industrial fasteners to major global assembly industries. Trifast has global logistics capabilities from 34 business locations within the UK, Asia, Europe and the USA, along with full technical and design support to customer engineering personnel.

 

Third Coast Capital Advisors is an investment banking firm in Chicago, focused exclusively on buyside work. We provide three primary services to our clients:

  • Acquisition Search: Our core focus is to work with PE owned portfolio companies and corporate clients to identify, contact, and execute directly negotiated acquisitions on their behalf.

  • Add-On Due Diligence: We perform market research during a competitive sale process to assess and validate the add-on potential for a new platform.

  • Buyside Consulting Services: We provide project based services including acquisition strategy development, market research and corporate development support.


Doug Lovette
Managing Partner
312-332-6484
dlovette@thirdcoastca.com

Mike Zycinski
Managing Director
312-332-6485
mzycinski@thirdcoastca.com

Matt Clarke
Managing Director
480-626-0017
mclarke@thirdcoastca.com