The Firm is representing Snow Phipps Group and Winchester Interconnect Corporation in the proposed sale of Winchester for $650 million to Aptiv PLC. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of 2018.
Based in the United States, Winchester is a leading provider of custom engineered interconnect solutions for harsh environment applications. For over 75 years, Winchester has delivered mission-critical interconnect solutions for high cost-of-failure applications across a broad range of industries, including aerospace and defense, semiconductor, industrial automation and medical. With approximately $250 million in revenue, Winchester has a strong track record of profitable growth, a testament to the quality of the company’s innovative portfolio of branded products.
Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions enabling the future of mobility. Headquartered in Dublin, Aptiv has 147,000 employees and operates 14 technical centers, as well as manufacturing sites and customer support centers in 45 countries.
Snow Phipps is a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market control investments with $2.4 billion of total capital commitments raised since its founding in 2005. Snow Phipps generally focuses on companies in attractive sub-sectors across the Industrials, Services and Consumer industries.
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