Lincolnshire Management, Inc. (LMI), founded in 1986, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and growing small and middle market companies. LMI is headquartered in New York and it has regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston. The firm is interested in acquisitions, corporate divestitures, management buyouts, and mergers of private and closely held public, small and middle market companies. LMI manages Lincolnshire Equity Fund I, Lincolnshire Equity Fund II and Lincolnshire Equity Fund III. The firm has made more than 50 acquisitions and has invested in a wide variety of industries over the past 18 years. Lincolnshire has been very successful working with both unique and standard buyout situations. Many of LMI’s professionals have significant hands-on operating expertise. LMI also has extensive experience in acquiring companies with sales and operations outside of the United States in addition to their domestic operations. As globalization continues, Lincolnshire will remain focused on opportunities with domestic and international sales and operations, both for direct investment and add-on acquisitions. 
 

Lincolnshire Equity Fund, L.P (Lincolnshire Fund I) was organized in 1994 to make private equity investments in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of companies. Lincolnshire Fund I represented $120 million in capital commitments and was used to invest in fifteen portfolio companies. Lincolnshire Fund I provided equity to its portfolio companies to make 10 add-on acquisitions.

Prior to establishing Fund I, Lincolnshire originated, structured and completed leveraged buyouts of seven operating companies between 1986 and 1993 in which Lincolnshire and its affiliates acquired a controlling interest.

The Lincolnshire Equity Fund II was organized in 1999 to make private equity investments, principally in leveraged buy-outs and recapitalizations of companies. Lincolnshire Fund II typically invests between $5 million and $50 million of equity in each of its portfolio companies. Lincolnshire Fund II has made investments in 14 portfolio companies through 2004.

In 2005, Lincolnshire organized Lincolnshire Equity Fund III. Lincolnshire Fund III successfully raised $435 million and has currently made investments in 4 portfolio companies.