<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>American Capital, LTD News Release - Portfolio News</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/Phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=irol-news</link><description>A Collection of American Capital, LTD News Release - Portfolio News</description><language>en-us</language><category>Portfolio News</category><image><title>American Capital, LTD News Release - Portfolio News</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/Phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=irol-news</link><url>http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/IROL/10/109982/rss.gif</url></image><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:09:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>American Capital Invests in the One Stop Buyout® of Service Experts</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1800004</link><description><![CDATA[BETHESDA, Md., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) ("American Capital") announced today that its Special Situations Group has led the American Capital One Stop Buyout® of Service Experts, LLC, a leading provider of sales, installation, maintenance and repair of HVAC systems for the residential and light commercial markets.  American Capital's investment took the form of preferred and common equity and a revolving credit facility.

"The American Capital Special Situations Group's experience in identifying value-oriented investment opportunities and arranging appropriate one-stop financing enabled us to complete successfully the buyout of Service Experts, pro...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1800004_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital and its Affiliates Invest $20 Million in Portfolio Company Halt Medical</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1672170</link><description><![CDATA[

BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it has invested $11.7 million, $20 million together with its affiliates, in the debt and equity of portfolio company Halt Medical, Inc., a medical device company focused on women's health.  

"American Capital is pleased to be supporting our portfolio company Halt Medical as it continues to grow its medical device business focused on treating uterine fibroids," said Gordon O'Brien, American Capital President, Specialty Finance and Operations.  "Our additional investment will support the company as it moves forward with obtaining FDA approval for the surgical use of its products and ...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1672170_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Invests $15 Million In Second Lien Term Loan Financing to Support Purchase of a Majority Stake of Flexera Software, Inc.</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1614621</link><description><![CDATA[BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it invested $15 million to support BMO Capital Markets' syndication of a $100 million Second Lien Term Loan financing to support the purchase of a majority stake of Flexera Software, Inc. by Teachers' Private Capital from Thoma Bravo. 

Flexera Software is a premier provider of Application Usage Management and Installation software. Flexera's suite of Application Usage Management products help businesses to monitor license compliance and strategically manage application usage. Flexera is a top 200 software company with more than 80,000 global customers and its products are found...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1614621_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Provides $50 Million of Mezzanine Financing to Support Merger of Survey Sampling International and Opinionology, Inc.</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1600564</link><description><![CDATA[BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it provided $50 million of Senior Subordinated Note financing to support the merger of Survey Sampling International and Opinionology, Inc., which will operate as Survey Sampling International. American Capital has been a lender to Opinionology, Inc. since December 2006 when it provided a $34 million Second Lien Term Loan as part of a larger acquisition financing in support of Sterling Investment Partners. 

The new Survey Sampling International is the premier global provider of sampling, data collection and data analytic solutions for survey research. SSI reaches respondents ...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1600564_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Invests in CIBT for Add-On Acquisition</title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1479371</link><description><![CDATA[BETHESDA, Md., Oct 05, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that in September 2010 it invested in its portfolio company CIBT Holdings, Inc. to support the acquisition of Travel Logistics Limited (TLL), a London-based expeditor of travel documents. TLL was acquired from a subsidiary of G4S plc (LSE: GFS), an international security solutions group. 

Established in 1997, TLL is a passport and visa agency that provides courier, logistics and consular services to individuals and businesses in the United Kingdom. TLL provides services to many of the leading U.K. travel management companies and tour operators. 
"CIBT's acquisition of TLL will sign...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1479371_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Announces the Combination of Three Portfolio Companies </title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1317552</link><description><![CDATA[Bethesda, MD – April 1, 2009 – American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it has completed the combination of three portfolio companies within its Financial Services Group to create Core Financial Group, a diversified commercial finance holding company.  The strategic combination brings together Core Business Credit ("Core"), an asset-based lender, Velocity Financial Group ("Velocity"), a venture debt finance and middle market equipment leasing company, and Oceana Media Finance ("Oceana"), a film finance company.  Each company will maintain its market presence under its current name while benefiting from the strong capitalization and synergies resulting from the combination.
...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1317552_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Invests in Paradigm Precision for Add-On Acquisition </title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1317553</link><description><![CDATA[Bethesda, MD – October 30, 2008 – American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that in September it invested in its portfolio company Paradigm Precision Holdings LLC to support the acquisition of TM Industries, Inc., a high-precision machining company that specializes in machining large size, highly technical parts for customers in the aerospace, power generation, oil and gas and defense markets. Paradigm Precision is a leading manufacturer of complex machined components for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine engine industries. American Capital's investment takes the form of subordinated PIK notes. 
"We are pleased to support Paradigm Precision with another complementary acqu...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1317553_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Achieves a Total Gain of $36 Million from Its Investment in SSH Acquisition, Provides $141 Million Financing to Support Lake Capital's Acquisition </title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1317554</link><description><![CDATA[Provides $141 Million Financing to Support Lake Capital's Acquisition
Bethesda, MD – September 10, 2008 – American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it has realized a gain of $36 million in the third quarter from the sale of its portfolio company SSH Acquisition, Inc. to Lake Capital.  Including the investments in SSH Acquisition of American Capital's affiliated funds under management, the gain totals $61 million over the life of the investment.  Including inception to date cumulative gains and dividend income, American Capital and its affiliates have realized over $78 million in excess of their invested equity capital over the life of the investment.
SSH Acquisition is a pr...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1317554_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Provides $110 Million of Financing for YORK Label </title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1317555</link><description><![CDATA[Bethesda, MD – September 4, 2008 – American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it provided $110 million of financing for YORK Label, a leading provider of premium, pressure sensitive labels for the consumer products, wine and spirits, food and beverage and pharmaceutical markets.  American Capital invested $67 million in the transaction, while serving as Co-Syndication Agent on the senior debt and lead investor on the mezzanine debt.  American Capital's financing package supports the acquisition of the company by Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC and takes the form of a term loan, senior and junior subordinated debt and a revolving credit facility.  A portion of American Capital's s...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1317555_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Capital Realizes $57 Million Gain from Sale of Contec, Provides Financing to Support Acquisition by Bain Capital with Contec Management </title><link>http://ir.americancapital.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109982&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1317556</link><description><![CDATA[Provides Financing to Support Acquisition by Bain Capital with Contec Management
Bethesda, MD – August 20, 2008 – American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it realized a gain of $57 million from the sale of Contec Holdings, Ltd. in the third quarter of 2008.  Including the investments in Contec of American Capital's affiliated funds under management, the gain totals $98 million over the life of the investment.  Cumulative gains and dividend income realized by American Capital and its affiliates totaled over $120 million over the life of the investment.
American Capital has completed the sale of Contec to an affiliate of Bain Capital Partners, LLC together with the company's...]]></description><category>Portfolio News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1317556_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>