Provider of direct sales and marketing services to blue-chip corporations with sales associates in Latin America and the Iberian peninsula.

Founded in 2004, Bargain Hunt is an extreme discount retailer in the southeastern region of the U.S. The Company offers name-brand merchandise at a 30-90% discount from retail across six major categories including apparel, home, hardlines, consumables, seasonal and furniture.

Pine Environmental Services is the largest independent provider of rental solutions for environmental test and measurement equipment, non-destructive testing equipment, and continuous emission stack testing equipment in North America. Pine offers a full suite of rentals, sales, and services solutions to its customers across the U.S. and Canada.

GdC is a leading developer, producer and supplier of specialized, professional skincare and cosmetic products.

IIMAK is a global developer and manufacturer of value-added consumable solutions for industrial and medical applications.

Fleetwash is the largest mobile fleet washing and facility service company in the U.S.. The Company operates 56 facilities across the United States and serves approximately 6,000 customers ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies who value the Company’s national scale, consistency in service, broad range of service offerings and proprietary environmentally-friendly processes.

Goody Products is an iconic manufacturer of hair styling tools and accessories. Initially founded in 1907 as H. Goodman & Son, Goody sells its products through retailers worldwide, including North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Argentina’s largest manufacturer and distributor of biosimilar pharmaceuticals with exports worldwide to more than 25 countries across four continents.

True Value Company is a hardlines wholesaler with a globally recognized brand and over 70 years’ experience serving independent hardware retailers. True Value Company provides its customers in over 60 countries an expansive product set with market-customized assortments at highly competitive prices, superior product availability, innovative marketing programs and a la carte value-added services like eCommerce ship-to-store, store remodel support and True Value University all within a flexible model which requires no membership.

Contenur designs, manufactures, and markets urban waste container solutions for managing municipal solid waste and children’s playgrounds.

Founded in 1857, Borden is a dairy processor operating 13 facilities in the Midwest, southern and southeastern regions of the United States. The Company provides milk products to customers in the grocery, mass market, club, food service, hospitality, school and convenience store channels.

GMI delivers modular construction solutions in Mexico and Latin America (i.e., schools, housing, retail stores, rural hospitals and aviation hangars among other solutions) under a business model that combines proprietary technology with vertical integration from design to manufacturing to final assembly. This unique combination allows the Company to deliver solutions in large volumes, less time, at a lower total cost and with advanced functionality compared to traditional construction alternatives.

Headquartered in Weston, Florida, BioMatrix was formed in 2015 through the merger of Matrix Health Group and BiologicTx, two specialty pharmacy companies with a common emphasis on a high-touch, clinically sophisticated and patient-centric care management model. With a network of seven pharmacies, the company is a leading provider for patients with blood disorders, organ transplants and other chronic and acute diseases and conditions. BioMatrix has relationships with leading physicians, medical facilities and payors; and its Digital Health platform, provides innovative solutions for care givers, patients, payors and other stakeholders.

Dori is one of Brazil´s leading manufacturers and distributors of snack and candy products. Founded in 1967, Dori is based in Marília, São Paulo, and operates three manufacturing plants with a total of approximately 2,100 employees. Dori sells its products nationwide and exports to more than 60 countries.

Citla Energy is a Mexican independent exploration and production company that is actively participating in the opening of the oil and gas sector in Mexico under the recently passed energy reform. Citla Energy seeks to acquire and operate a balanced portfolio of selected onshore and offshore assets both independently and in partnership with other industry participants.

Lessor of large-scale power solutions on a fast-track basis to developing countries.

Funko, founded in 1998 and located in Everett, Washington, is a leading provider and innovator of branded pop culture products.

CryoHoldco is the largest family stem cell bank in Latin America, with a presence in Mexico and Colombia. The company-offered services include collecting, processing and preserving stem cells from umbilical cord blood and tissue in liquid nitrogen tanks for future use to potentially treat a wide range of diseases and for use in regenerative medicine.

AMFORA Packaging is the result of the integration of Intecplast and Pieriplast, leading suppliers of specialized rigid plastic packaging to the cosmetics and personal care industries in Colombia and Peru, respectively.

Fiesta Mart, L.L.C. is a Texas-based international food retailer with an emphasis on the Hispanic market.

Betterware is a leading direct-to-consumer seller of home organization and houseware products in Mexico. The company’s product portfolio includes home organization, kitchen preparation, food containers and practical furniture which are sourced mainly from Asia through a network of independent brokers. Products are sold through catalogues by a nationwide network of independent sales representatives that reaches more than 1.8 million households in over 800 towns and cities on a weekly basis.

Cabo Telecom is a leading triple play (cable TV, broadband internet and telephony) service providers in the northeast region of Brazil with approximately 175,500 subscribers.

Cool Gear creates innovative products that strive to revolutionize the green movement with the hopes of eliminating disposable plastic bottle waste, as well as encourage a healthier and happier you. Through the company’s patented technology, Cool Gear helps provide cool, clean water, as well as fresh, crisp food for a busy on-the-go lifestyle. Every product has a sleek design that promotes individuality through its unique color and graphics. Consumers need products that fit into their schedule and reflect their personality.

White Oak Energy is an engineering based oil and gas acquisition and exploitation company whose growth is derived from targeted acquisitions and operational enhancement. The company is geographically focused with assets located in the gulf coast region of both Texas and Louisiana.

IWP is a specialty home delivery pharmacy serving patients injured in accidents covered by Property Casualty insurance. Fully licensed in 48 states, IWP enhances patient access and alleviates administrative and financial burdens by shipping medications directly to the patient and managing complex reimbursement processes. Through its state-of-the-art facilities located in Andover, Massachusetts and Phoenix, Arizona, IWP offers a full range of therapeutic options to ease pain and discomfort caused by injury, and meets each patient’s individual needs through a dedicated team of pharmacists. In addition, IWP serves as a powerful resource to those who represent injured individuals. IWP serves attorneys and physicians by minimizing their staff’s time and expense spent on medication and reimbursement issues.

Videomar, also known as Multiplay, is one of the leading triple play (pay TV, broadband Internet and telephony) service providers in the northeast Brazil capital city of Fortaleza with approximately 55,000 subscribers.

Igloo Products Corp. is a Texas-based international designer, manufacturer and marketer of coolers and other outdoor products and housewares. Founded in 1947, Igloo is responsible for originating the cooler category and has remained the number one cooler brand worldwide. For more than 65 years, the Igloo brand has been synonymous with quality, durability and innovation. Offering more than 500 different products, Igloo coolers are sold by more than 110,000 retailer storefronts around the world.

Sequitur Energy Resources is a private oil and gas exploration and production company formed as a platform to acquire and exploit oil and gas properties in primarily onshore regions of the U.S. As the first investment, the company acquired producing and undeveloped properties in East Texas. Sequitur plans to continue to grow its footprint in Texas as well as in other attractive oil-producing regions.

Vetra Energia, S.L. is the largest privately held, independent oil and gas producer in Colombia. The company’s three main producing assets – Suroriente, La Punta and VMM-2 – are distributed across three of Colombia’s most important basins – Putumayo, Llanos and Magdalena, respectively. Vetra currently has certified Proved and Probable reserves of 27.5 million barrels along with an exploration portfolio offering significant future reserve and production upside.

ACON Franchise Holdings is a platform company established in December 2012 to pursue selected deep value opportunities in the franchised restaurant sector in partnership with a seasoned senior management team. The company has completed four acquisitions of Applebee’s franchise restaurants to date, and ACON Franchise Holdings is now the second largest franchisee in the Applebee’s system, operating 175 restaurants across 15 states.

ProEnergy is a leading provider of repair, refurbishment, installation, maintenance and staffing services for gas-fired power generation plants; as well as the procurement and refurbishment of used gas turbines, high voltage transformers and related components. The company also provides Engineering Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) services for the construction of new and relocated gas-fired power generation plants worldwide. Founded in 2002, ProEnergy is based in Sedalia, Missouri.

SUZOHAPP is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of engineered solutions, components, parts and supplies for the global gaming, amusement, retail, transportation, and general industrial markets. SUZOHAPP has manufacturing, engineering, distribution, and service capabilities in eight countries globally and carries more than 40,000 items ranging from highly engineered components to maintenance, repair, and operations supplies. Its customers include both original equipment manufacturers and operators.

BSM is one of the leading Brazilian providers of heavy-duty equipment rental, cargo handling services, port operations, and logistics support to the oil and gas, infrastructure, civil construction, mining and energy industries. Its operations include integrated logistics in the port of Macaé, the world’s largest port supporting offshore oil and gas exploration and production. BSM’s equipment rental business includes a fleet of over 50 telescopic cranes, 36 lattice boom cranes, 68 forklifts, 150 trucks, 42 tower cranes, 256 rack and pinion construction hoists and 8,000 tons of shoring. Its customers include wind farms, steel, mining and construction companies throughout Brazil.

Waldo’s is the leading dollar store chain (or small format value retailer) in Mexico, with 290+ stores in 30 states and an aggregate selling space of approximately 220,000 square meters. The company operates a single store format with an average of 730 square meters per store and under a multi-price point format with most price points ranging between $0.80 and $1.50 for its products. The company offers general merchandise and consumable products under a multi-price point format, seeking to combine value, convenience, U.S. look and feel and the treasure hunt concept. Waldo’s mainly caters to the low and mid-income segment of the population and has a strong brand positioning in the Mexican market.

Hidrotenencias is holding company that currently owns and operates three run-of-the-river mini-hydropower plants located in Panama, near the border to Costa Rica. Each of the power plants has an installed capacity of 10MW and is located in the same river downstream of the first plant on a cascade arrangement. The first plant started operations in 2008, while the other two plants started operations in 2013.

Saga Resource Partners is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on production, exploitation and development of long-lived oil and gas properties in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama and the Permian Basin of West Texas. The company seeks to grow its existing reserve base through production enhancement and low-risk development as well as through acquisition of complementary long-lived onshore reserves with low geologic risk. Saga utilizes its extensive operating, geological, and development expertise to optimize under-developed reserves at low risk-adjusted cost levels.

Grupo Sala is one of the leading waste management companies in Colombia, operating under three business segments. The Urban Waste division provides municipal waste collection and disposal services in seven cities throughout Colombia and also operates four landfills. The Special Waste division provides internationally compliant incinerator and security cell services for industrial and medical waste. The Water Division manages the water utility in the neighboring towns of Sincelejo and Corozal.

Refac Optical Group, through its main operating subsidiaries, U.S. Vision and Nationwide Optical Group, is a leading optical retailer in the U.S., operating over 750 optical centers, two medical centers and a surgical center. U.S. Vision, founded in 1967, operates over 700 in-host departments under a variety of brands including JCPenney, BJ’s, Sears, Boscov’s, Hudson’s Bay, Meijer and AAFES (military bases). These licensed departments are full-service retail vision centers that offer an extensive selection of designer brand and private label prescription eyewear, contact lenses, sunglasses, ready-made readers and accessories. U.S. Vision is the seventh largest optical retailer in the U.S. in total revenue and the third largest in store count. Nationwide, founded in 1985, operates 64 retail stores, two medical centers and a surgical center in the state of Arizona. Nationwide is the largest retail optical chain in Arizona and the 19th largest in the U.S. with numerous managed care contracts, many of which designated Nationwide as the in-network provider of choice.

Northern Tier Energy, formed by ACON Investments and TPG Capital, is an independent downstream energy company with refining, retail, and pipeline operations that serves the PADD II region of the U.S. NTE operates its assets in two business segments: the refining business and the retail business. The refining business primarily comprises operations of an 85,000 barrels per day refinery, located in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota. The refinery produces a broad slate of refined products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and asphalt. The retail business operates over 160 convenience stores and supports over 60 franchised convenience stores, primarily in Minnesota and Wisconsin, under the SuperAmerica brand name.

InverCap Holdings owns a Mexican asset management firm focused mainly on the administration of defined-contribution pension funds (commonly known in Mexico as Afores). InverCap is the largest independent pension fund manager (not affiliated to a large financial institution) and the fastest growing in Mexico. During ACON’s investment period, InverCap’s managed funds improved dramatically in the official rankings and, starting in December 2011, ranked #1 across all fund categories. Additionally, InverCap’s assets under management grew 118% from MXP$53.4 billion to MXP$116.4 billion, the number of affiliated clients grew 53%, from 918,000 to 1.4 million and its market share in the Mexican private pension fund system rose from 3.8% to 5.6%.

Credivalores, with total assets in excess of $500 million, is one of the largest and fastest growing non-bank lenders in Colombia focused on providing under-banked segments of the population with access to consumer credit and microinsurance through structured loan products designed to minimize loan losses.

Fairway Outdoor Advertising is the fourth largest outdoor advertising company in the U.S. and one of the largest privately held companies in the industry. Fairway has approximately 20,000 billboard and poster displays located in 20 states throughout the Southeast and Midwestern U.S. Fairway was acquired by ACON from Morris Publishing Group as part of the Morris debt restructuring in October 2009. Concurrent with the acquisition, Fairway was merged with Magic Media, ACON’s heritage portfolio company in the outdoor advertising space, which was acquired in March 2004.

idX Corporation is the preeminent manufacturer of consumer environments that offers superior craftsmanship, comprehensive technical capabilities, world-class project management and turn-key retail services – the complete solution for the retail, hospitality, financial and permanent point-of-purchase markets. To meet the needs of global customers, idX has facilities and offices worldwide housing more than 3 million square feet of manufacturing and warehousing space, and nearly 1,500 dedicated idX employees. idX’s portfolio reflects some of the best-known names in retail, hospitality and finance.

Chroma Oil & Gas is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on production, exploitation and development of properties primarily in Texas and South Louisiana. The company utilizes geophysical expertise to identify reserves at low risk-adjusted cost levels.

Milagro Exploration is a leading oil and gas exploration, production, and acquisition company focused on the Gulf Coast and Mid-Continent regions of the U.S. Milagro seeks to grow its resource bases through extensive geological and geophysical study, operational enhancements, and development.

Spirit Halloween, founded in 1983 and acquired by Spencer’s in 1999, had 1,052 stores in 2013. Spirit operates seasonal superstores during the two months leading up to Halloween offering a broad selection of costumes, indoor and outdoor décor, makeup, accessories and home entertaining products. Spirit is the nation’s largest chain of temporary Halloween stores, and the third largest retailer of Halloween products in the U.S.

Founded in 1947, Spencer is a mall-based specialty retailer that offers a highly differentiated product assortment including licensed, branded and specialty room décor, apparel and accessories as well as a unique array of gag gifts and adult novelties targeted to its core 18 to 24 year old customer. Spencer’s has 649 stores across the U.S. and Canada.

Created by ACON with the spin-out of the Electricity Tower Manufacturing Division of ABB (Asea Brown Boveri), SAE Towers is the leading producer of high voltage steel lattice electricity towers in the Western Hemisphere with approximately 100,000 tons of production capacity in Monterrey Mexico and Belo Horizonte Brazil.

Peter Piper is a leading dine-in pizza and entertainment restaurant chain operating in the Southwestern U.S. and the Republic of Mexico. The company offers a combination of high quality, reasonably priced pizza in a fun, entertainment-oriented environment that appeals to children and adults of all ages. The company’s revenues come from (a) food and beverage sales, including fresh pizza, salads, appetizers and desserts; (b) games, including interactive skill games, redemption games and video attractions; and (c) royalties from franchisees. The company leases and operates 32 Peter Piper Pizza restaurants in markets in the Southwestern U.S. that include a significant Hispanic presence, including the greater Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company also franchises 62 similarly branded restaurants in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, and 48 restaurants in the Republic of Mexico.

Purchased from Royal Ahold, GBarbosa is the largest supermarket chain in Brazil’s northeastern state of Sergipe and the fifth largest supermarket chain in Brazil. At the time of exit, GBarbosa had a network of 32 stores (hypermarkets and supermarkets) in Brazil’s northeastern states of Sergipe and Bahia. GBarbosa was sold to Cencosud, S.A. in November 2007.

At the time of exit, Magic Media was the sixth largest outdoor advertising Company in the U.S. with over 10,000 billboard and poster displays located in 21 states throughout the Southeast and Midwestern U.S. Magic Media was acquired by ACON from its former bondholders as it emerged from bankruptcy in March 2004. Magic Media was subsequently merged into Fairway Outdoor in October 2009 in order to form the fourth largest outdoor advertising company in the U.S., with a stronger presence in key metropolitan markets in the Southeast.

Acquired by ACON from the Enron bankruptcy estate, Mariner Energy was an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with principal operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Western Texas. Mariner was taken public by ACON in March 2005 (NYSE: ME).

Fybeca is the largest pharmacy retailer in Ecuador with over 200 points of sale. Approximately 65% of the company’s sales are pharmaceuticals with the remaining 35% comprising several categories such as health and beauty, household goods, food and beverage, gifts and infant care among others.

Radiovisa is a radio station operator and content syndication company that specializes in Spanish-language long form talk radio, producing a variety of news, sports and entertainment programming out of its studios in Los Angeles and syndicating to over 50 stations across the country.

impreMedia is the No. 1 Hispanic News and Information company in the U.S. in Online and Print. impreMedia’s multi-platform offerings range from Online to Video to Print and encompass 26 Online and Print properties, including the portal www.impre.com. More than 41% of all U.S. Hispanic adults use an impreMedia product. The company is also the nation’s largest Hispanic newspaper publisher with publications in seven of the top 10 markets, reaching 17 markets total and representing 65% of the U.S. Hispanic population. Its leading publications include La Opinion in Los Angeles and El Diario La Prensa in New York.

Florimex International is one of the leading importers and distributors of fresh cut flowers, potted plants and decorative foliage in Europe and Japan and one of the leaders in its sector worldwide. Florimex was acquired from the bankruptcy estate of USA Floral Products. Florimex was sold to Bencis Capital Partners in February 2005.

Carulla was a leading supermarket chain in Colombia. Headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, it was one of the first modern retailers in Latin America. In 2000, Carulla merged with Vivero, another ACON portfolio company to become the second-largest supermarket chain in Colombia, operating multiple formats throughout the country.

Vivero was a dominant retailer in northern Colombia based in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2000, Vivero merged with Carulla, another ACON portfolio company to become the second-largest supermarket chain in Colombia, operating multiple formats throughout the country.

Tropigas is the second largest distributor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Venezuela. The company was created through ACON’s merger of the second and third largest LPG firms in Venezuela (Tropiven and Digas), consummated in conjunction with ACON’s purchase of both companies. Tropigas was sold to PDVSA in October 2007.

NetUno is the leading non-incumbent provider of voice, data and video services to residential and corporate customers in Caracas and the third largest cable TV operator in Venezuela. NetUno owns the largest local fiber optic network in Venezuela and is one of only three licensed local telephony providers in the country.

Alpargatas is the leading textile manufacturer in Argentina, as well as a major local distributor and exporter.