American Securities - Fact Sheet

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History

Successful track record of investing in middle-market companies
Founded in 1947 as the family office of William Rosenwald, heir to the Sears Roebuck & Co. fortune
In the late 1980s, transitioned from family office into a third-party money management firm capitalizing on relationships developed with other wealthy families as well as select institutions
In 1994, American Securities formalized its private equity activity to include non-Rosenwald family investors

Numbers

20 investment professionals in U.S.
17 Resources Group professionals
17 professionals in Shanghai
More than $6 billion in investments through 5 American Securities funds and 4 affiliates
33 stand-alone portfolio companies over past 16 years and numerous add-on acquisitions
17 current portfolio companies
$2 billion + combined revenue of current portfolio companies
More than 4,000 employees of current portfolio companies located in 11 countries
American Securities Funds: ASP I (effective 12/94); ASP II (effective 6/98); ASP III (effective 7/01); ASP IV (effective 10/05); ASP V (effective 9/08)
Affiliate Funds: American Securities Opportunities Fund, American Securities China, Sterling American Property, ICV Capital Partners

Industry Groups

Consumer

General Consumer
Restaurants

Healthcare

Industrial

General Industrial
Aerospace & Defense
Agriculture
Environmental/Recycling
Paper & Packaging
Power & Energy
Specialty Chemicals

Services, Information & Media

Types of Investors

Entrepreneurial and wealthy families
Endowments & foundations
Select institutions

Locations
Headquartered in New York with an office in Shanghai

American Securities
299 Park Avenue

34th Floor
New York, NY 10171
Main Phone: (212) 476-8000
Main Fax: (212) 697-5524

American Securities China
China Insurance Building
166 Lujiazui Road East
Suite 2008
Shanghai 200120
China
Main Phone: +86 (21) 6841-9779
Main Fax: +86 (21) 6841-9154