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American Capital, Ltd. (ACAS)On Nov 27: 2.88  Down 0.14 (4.64%)  
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American Capital, Ltd.
Two Bethesda Metro Center
14th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
United States - Map
Phone: 301-951-6122
Fax: 301-654-6714
Web Site: http://www.americancapital.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Financial
Industry:Diversified Investments
Full Time Employees:384

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
American Capital, Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in management and employee private equity buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisition, add-on acquisitions, securitizations, special situations, growth capital investments in middle market companies, early stage in mature private and public companies, corporate divestitures, acquisitions of portfolio companies of private equity firms, acquisitions of family-owned or closely held businesses, change of control, or the exit of minority shareholders, going private transactions, and ownership transitions. The Special Situations Group invests in troubled and distressed situations including operational turnarounds, auctions, corporate and orphan carve-outs, portfolio add-ons, complex management buyouts and provides financing for DIP, exit, mezzanine for sponsored buyouts, second lien refinance, and direct lending to distressed companies. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, services, and distribution companies. The firm also makes investments in companies that provide services or products to federal, state, or local governments, focusing on information technology for custom information technology solutions, technology and software enabling headcount reduction, technology and software enabling cost reductions in conducting transactions with or within government. The firm targets companes with EBITDA of $2 million or more and revenue of at least $10 million on an annual basis. American Capital, Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland with ten additional offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    American Capital, Ltd.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 99.7% of Russell 3000 companies and 98.8% of Diversified Financials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Malon Wilkus , 57
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    $ 2.25M $ 0
    Mr. John R. Erickson CPA, 49
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Pres of Structured Fin. and Treasurer
    $ 1.46M $ 0
    Mr. Ira J. Wagner , 56
    Pres of European Private Fin.
    $ 1.43M $ 0
    Mr. Darin R. Winn , 42
    Sr. Managing Director
    $ 1.16M $ 0
    Mr. Samuel A. Flax Esq., 52
    Chief Compliance Officer, Exec. VP, Corp. Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 1.33M $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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