Mergers & Acquisitions
January 20, 2022
Casper Update
Casper Sleep Inc. Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger Agreement
Wed, January 19, 2022, 4:09 PM·6 min read
NEW YORK, January 19, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Casper Sleep Inc. (NYSE: CSPR) (“Casper” or the “Company”) announced that its stockholders voted today to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), whereby Casper will be acquired by certain subsidiaries of Durational Consumer SPV IV, LP (the “Durational Vehicle”), an investment vehicle managed by Durational Capital Management, LP. According to the preliminary results announced at Casper’s Special Meeting of Stockholders, approximately 69.5% of the vote represented by Casper’s outstanding stock were voted in favor of the Merger Agreement. The final voting results of the Special Meeting, as tabulated by an independent inspector of elections, will be filed as part of Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Subject to the satisfaction of certain other closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close during the week of January 24, 2022. Upon closing the transaction, Casper will operate as a privately-held company and will remain based in New York.
About Casper
Casper believes everyone should sleep better. The Sleep Company has a full portfolio of obsessively engineered sleep products—including mattresses, pillows, bedding, and furniture designed in-house by the Company’s award-winning R&D team at Casper Labs. In addition to its e-commerce business, Casper owns and operates Sleep Shops across North America and its products are available at a growing list of retailers.
About Durational Capital Management, LP
Based in New York, Durational Capital Management, LP is an investment firm that invests in high quality consumer companies. Durational approaches its investments with a strategic mindset and focuses on driving long-term value creation through partnership with top tier management teams and actively supporting management to drive operational improvements. The firm was founded in 2017, and its investment professionals have extensive experience investing in the consumer sector. For more information, visit: www.durational.com.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/casper-sleep-inc-announces-stockholder-210900258.html
January 20, 2022
Casper Update
Casper Sleep Inc. Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger Agreement
Wed, January 19, 2022, 4:09 PM·6 min read
NEW YORK, January 19, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Casper Sleep Inc. (NYSE: CSPR) (“Casper” or the “Company”) announced that its stockholders voted today to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), whereby Casper will be acquired by certain subsidiaries of Durational Consumer SPV IV, LP (the “Durational Vehicle”), an investment vehicle managed by Durational Capital Management, LP. According to the preliminary results announced at Casper’s Special Meeting of Stockholders, approximately 69.5% of the vote represented by Casper’s outstanding stock were voted in favor of the Merger Agreement. The final voting results of the Special Meeting, as tabulated by an independent inspector of elections, will be filed as part of Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Subject to the satisfaction of certain other closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close during the week of January 24, 2022. Upon closing the transaction, Casper will operate as a privately-held company and will remain based in New York.
About Casper
Casper believes everyone should sleep better. The Sleep Company has a full portfolio of obsessively engineered sleep products—including mattresses, pillows, bedding, and furniture designed in-house by the Company’s award-winning R&D team at Casper Labs. In addition to its e-commerce business, Casper owns and operates Sleep Shops across North America and its products are available at a growing list of retailers.
About Durational Capital Management, LP
Based in New York, Durational Capital Management, LP is an investment firm that invests in high quality consumer companies. Durational approaches its investments with a strategic mindset and focuses on driving long-term value creation through partnership with top tier management teams and actively supporting management to drive operational improvements. The firm was founded in 2017, and its investment professionals have extensive experience investing in the consumer sector. For more information, visit: www.durational.com.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/casper-sleep-inc-announces-stockholder-210900258.html
January 13, 2022
Perstorp Buys DMPA Business from Geo Specialty Chemicals
GRACE MATTHEWS ADVISES CPS PERFORMANCE MATERIALS ON THE SALE OF ITS DMPA® BUSINESS TO PERSTORP HOLDING AB 
MILWAUKEE (January 13, 2022) – GEO Specialty Chemicals, a subsidiary of CPS Performance Materials, announced that it has sold its Di-Methylolpropionic Acid (DMPA®) business to Perstorp Holding AB. CPS is a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners. Grace Matthews served as financial advisor to CPS Performance Materials and Arsenal Capital Partners.
Di-Methylolpropionic Acid is an additive that enables a technology shift from solvent to waterborne formulations within the polyurethane dispersion and alkyd markets. The acquisition allows Perstorp to grow its position as a sustainable specialty solutions provider to these markets.
“Our strategy is to be the sustainable solutions provider within our focus segments, of which resins and coatings is one. Additives for waterborne resins and coatings technologies are a key area for future growth, and we see great potential in the market for Bis-MPA™ together with the acquired DMPA®. This acquisition will both allow further development of our offering and enable long term investments to safeguard future availability,” says Jan Secher, President and CEO of Perstorp Group.
“We are excited to have found a partner in Perstorp who is committed to supporting the growing demand for DMPA. CPS will continue to focus on building our core businesses and this transaction enables us to streamline our portfolio as we invest in a number of capacity and product expansions throughout the company,” says Jeremy Steinfink, CEO of CPS Performance Materials.
ABOUT CPS PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CPS Performance Materials is a diversified specialty chemicals manufacturer of coatings additives, pharmaceutical intermediates and APIs, chemical illumination solutions, performance polymers, and fine chemicals and intermediates. For more information visit www.cpsperformancematerials.com.
ABOUT PERSTORP HOLDING AB Perstorp, headquartered in Sweden, is a world leader in several specialty chemicals market segments including resins and coatings, engineered fluids and animal nutrition. Perstorp has over 1,400 employees and has manufacturing units in Europe, Asia, and North America. For more information, visit www.perstorp.com. _________________________________________
January 13, 2022
Perstorp Buys DMPA Business from Geo Specialty Chemicals
GRACE MATTHEWS ADVISES CPS PERFORMANCE MATERIALS ON THE SALE OF ITS DMPA® BUSINESS TO PERSTORP HOLDING AB MILWAUKEE (January 13, 2022) – GEO Specialty Chemicals, a subsidiary of CPS Performance Materials, announced that it has sold its Di-Methylolpropionic Acid (DMPA®) business to Perstorp Holding AB. CPS is a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners. Grace Matthews served as financial advisor to CPS Performance Materials and Arsenal Capital Partners.
Di-Methylolpropionic Acid is an additive that enables a technology shift from solvent to waterborne formulations within the polyurethane dispersion and alkyd markets. The acquisition allows Perstorp to grow its position as a sustainable specialty solutions provider to these markets.
“Our strategy is to be the sustainable solutions provider within our focus segments, of which resins and coatings is one. Additives for waterborne resins and coatings technologies are a key area for future growth, and we see great potential in the market for Bis-MPA™ together with the acquired DMPA®. This acquisition will both allow further development of our offering and enable long term investments to safeguard future availability,” says Jan Secher, President and CEO of Perstorp Group.
“We are excited to have found a partner in Perstorp who is committed to supporting the growing demand for DMPA. CPS will continue to focus on building our core businesses and this transaction enables us to streamline our portfolio as we invest in a number of capacity and product expansions throughout the company,” says Jeremy Steinfink, CEO of CPS Performance Materials.
ABOUT CPS PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CPS Performance Materials is a diversified specialty chemicals manufacturer of coatings additives, pharmaceutical intermediates and APIs, chemical illumination solutions, performance polymers, and fine chemicals and intermediates. For more information visit www.cpsperformancematerials.com.
ABOUT PERSTORP HOLDING AB Perstorp, headquartered in Sweden, is a world leader in several specialty chemicals market segments including resins and coatings, engineered fluids and animal nutrition. Perstorp has over 1,400 employees and has manufacturing units in Europe, Asia, and North America. For more information, visit www.perstorp.com. _________________________________________
January 11, 2022
Chemsolv Acquired
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRACE MATTHEWS ADVISES CHEMSOLV, INC. ON ITS SALE TO OPENGATE CAPITAL 
MILWAUKEE (January 11, 2022) – Chemsolv, Inc. (“Chemsolv”), a leading distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals based in Roanoke, VA, has been acquired by OpenGate Capital (“OpenGate”). Grace Matthews advised Chemsolv on the transaction.
Founded in 1979, Chemsolv is a diversified distributor offering more than 1,000 chemicals including solvents, plasticizers, coolants, lubricants, surfactants, diesel exhaust fluid, additives, and other products. Its customers participate in a variety of end markets such as paints and coatings, construction, energy, chemical intermediates, and transportation. Chemsolv also provides a number of value-added services including solvent recovery, blending, packaging, and formulation support.
Chemsolv will continue to operate under the leadership of its current President, Jamie Austin. “Today represents an important point in Chemsolv’s 40+ year history through our partnership with OpenGate,” said Austin. “Our business is well-positioned for growth and expansion, and we’re looking forward to continuing to serve our customer base.”
“Chemsolv’s entrepreneurial mindset, market expertise and reliability has earned it a strong reputation with its suppliers and customers,” commented Eric Sabelhaus, Director at Grace Matthews. “We look forward to their continued growth and success in partnership with the team at OpenGate.”
ABOUT CHEMSOLV, INC. Chemsolv was founded in November 1979 in Roanoke, Virginia by Mr. Glenn Austin. With its primary operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, Chemsolv is well established as one of the largest distributors in the United States. Chemsolv represents over 100 manufacturers of industrial chemicals, silicones, solvents, lubricants, metalworking fluids, and other specialty products, all of which are supported by a commitment to continuous improvement in its operating practices, and The Responsible Distribution Process of the NACD. To learn more about Chemsolv, please visit www.chemsolv.com.
ABOUT OPENGATE CAPITAL OpenGate Capital is a global private equity firm specializing in the acquisition and operation of businesses to create new value through operational improvements, innovation, and growth. Established in 2005, OpenGate Capital is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with a European office in Paris, France. OpenGate’s professionals possess the critical skills needed to acquire, transition, operate, build, and scale successful businesses. To date, OpenGate Capital, through its legacy and fund investments, has executed more than 30 acquisitions including corporate carve-outs, management buyouts, special situations, and transactions with private sellers across North America and Europe. To learn more about OpenGate, please visit www.opengatecapital.com. ______________________________________________
ABOUT GRACE MATTHEWS Grace Matthews, Inc., a Milwaukee-based investment bank, provides merger, acquisition and corporate finance advisory services to private and public companies across the chemical and materials value chain. Over the past two decades, Grace Matthews has successfully completed over 200 transactions on behalf of clients ranging from private, middle-market companies to large, foreign or U.S.-based multi-nationals. For more detailed information on Grace Matthews, visit www.gracematthews.com.
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