Investors


Nautic Partners is a Providence, R.I.-based private equity firm specializing in telecommunications services, media and information, health care services, business services and manufacturing. Nautic Partners is the independent successor to Fleet Equity Partners, a private equity affiliate of FleetBoston Financial since 1986. Nautic capital under management exceeds $1.8 billion.


Ridgemont Equity Partners, formerly Banc of America Capital Investors, is a private equity and mezzanine partnership that manages over $2 billion of capital for Bank of America. Our team has more than a decade of success in providing junior capital for growth financings, buyouts, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. Since our founding in 1993, we have invested in more than 115 transactions. Capital Investors is investing from its third fund totaling $875 million from Bank of America, its limited partner.



Court Square Capital Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire Fibertech from its original investors, Nautic Partners and the team at Ridgemont Equity Partners (formerly Bank of America). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2010, following the satisfaction of customary closing conditions including all required regulatory approvals.



About Court Square Partners
Court Square Capital is one of the most experienced private equity firms in the industry. Since 1980, the group has invested in over 170 transactions across a wide array of sectors including: aerospace & defense, industrials, business services, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, media and travel. Court Square Capital currently manages over $4 billion of aggregate capital commitments and is based in New York, NY. For more information please refer to Court Square’s website at www.courtsquare.com.