Code Hennessy & Simmons is focused solely on investing in middle market companies. Our experience has shown that the middle market offers the best combination of attractive deal flow, experienced company management and opportunities to create equity value through earnings growth, debt reduction and multiple expansion.

Several of our partners have worked together for more than 15 years. With unique continuity in the middle market, our investment decisions reflect a deep institutional memory and over 100 years of collective middle market experience. Our investment team today includes over 20 professionals, yet we adhere to many of the same disciplines we instituted as a smaller organization. We operate out of a single office in Chicago, we review potential investments as one team, and we share accountability for portfolio investments across the partner group. With a broader investment team and larger capital base, we can originate a wider universe of investments and act decisively when we identify opportunities where our unique capabilities, relationships and experience foster a differentiated approach to potential investments.

Exhaustive due diligence, long-term partnerships with strong management teams and active investment management at the board level have led to strong performance through a wide range of capital markets and economic conditions. As a result, we consistently have attracted sophisticated investors, lenders, management and board level talent to our portfolio investments.

The results have been enviable, with top quartile returns over several funds.

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