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Hennessy & Simmons remains 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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