H.I.G. Capital to Acquire Quick Restaurants S.A.
Summary
Capital, LLC (“H.I.G.”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $45 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased to announce that an affiliate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Quick Restaurants S.A. (the “Company” or “Quick”) from Burger King France. Capital commented, “H.I.G.’s investment will support Quick’s management team in its transition to an independent company and further accelerate its expansion with an objective of doubling the size of its network in the coming years.” H.I.G. * Based in Miami, and with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta in the U.S., as well as international affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, H.I.G. specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/ value-added approach: • H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses. • H.I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can benefit from improved asset management practices.