CAPE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, LLC ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF DELMO ELECTRIC, INC.
CHICAGO, December 30, 2008 – Cape Electrical Supply, LLC (“Cape”), a portfolio company of Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC (“SC”), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Delmo Electric, Inc. (“Delmo”). The transaction is the second add-on acquisition for Cape since SC invested in November 2007. Madison Capital Funding LLC provided senior debt to complete the transaction. Specific terms of the transaction were undisclosed.
Based in Fisk, Missouri and opened in 1978, Delmo specializes in providing electrical utility products for Municipalities, Electrical Cooperatives, and Investor Owned Utility Companies. This marks the second utility related acquisition for Cape in the past six months. In July, the Company acquired Electrical Sales Engineering (“ESE”) in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Post-transaction, Delmo will continue to operate from its Fisk location, and will become a dedicated utility distributor among Cape’s existing branch and distribution network. Delmo President Bill Mosbey will remain active with his numerous utility customers throughout the region.
“We feel very positive about the growth prospects for utility products in general,” stated Cape Electric President Allen Toole. “We’ve known Bill Mosbey and Delmo for a number of years, and we feel very privileged to gain his experience and relationships as part of our total solution package for customers across rural southern Missouri and surrounding areas.”
About Cape Electrical Supply, LLC
Cape Electrical Supply, LLC, headquartered in Cape Girardeau, MO, is a regional distributor of electrical and communication products serving commercial, industrial and residential contractors, as well as industrial, utility, and retail customers. The Company offers one of the broadest and most extensive portfolios of electrical supplies and equipment, consisting of over 25,000 products that represent many of the top-tier suppliers in the industry. The Company currently operates 20 distribution and retail locations in Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky. For more information, please visit www.capeelectric.com.
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