Tomkins plc

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Tomkins plc
Type Public limited company
IndustryEngineering
Founded1925
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Key people
David Newlands (chairman)
James Nicol (CEO)
Michael C. Winn (President)) [1] [2] [3]
RevenueUS$4,180.1 million (2009) [4]
US$84.7 million (2009) [4]
US$(15.6) million (2009) [4]
Owner Onex and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Number of employees
circa 30,000 [4]
Website www.onex.com

Tomkins plc was a multinational engineering company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In July 2010 Tomkins was acquired by a Canadian consortium of private equity firm Onex Corporation and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. In July 2014, The Blackstone Group, the world's largest buyout firm, agreed to acquire The Gates Corporation, the largest division of Tomkins plc from Onex Corp. (OCX) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $5.4 billion. [5]

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History

Tomkins was founded in 1925 as F.H. Tomkins Buckle Company, a small manufacturer of buckles and fasteners. [6] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1956.

In 1983, ex-Lord Hanson employee Greg Hutchings acquired a 22.9% stake in the company, and subsequently was appointed Chief executive. [7] Hutchings expanded Tomkins in a classical conglomerate form through leveraged buyouts, and during the 1980s and early 1990s the company embarked on a succession of acquisitions which rapidly grew its revenue, product range and global reach. Major acquisitions included Smith & Wesson in 1987, [8] RHM in 1992, [9] the US-based Gates Corporation in 1996, [10] which signalled a move into the industrial and automotive markets, and the Stant [11] and Schrader [12] businesses that further bolstered this division. During this era, Tomkins was regarded as the archetypal multi-industrial conglomerate, with a portfolio of assets that had little or nothing in common with one another – and indeed the media delighted in referring to Tomkins as the "buns-to-guns" company [13] because of its ownership of RHM (baking) and Smith & Wesson (firearms).

Hutchings was forced to resign from the company in 2000, over a series of false allegations of executive excess. [7] Tomkins sold RHM shortly thereafter, [9] and Smith & Wesson the following year. [8]

After an unsolicited approach, in July 2010 Tomkins was acquired by a Canadian consortium of private equity firm Onex Corporation and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for £2.9 billion. [14]

In November 2012, Tomkins sold their portion of the Building Products group that included: Hart and Cooley, Selkirk and Ruskin to the CPPIB. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mike Winn has been named president of Hart & Cooley Inc", SNIPS Magazine . 6 Sept. 2011, Retrieved 18 Sept. 2012.
  2. ↑ "GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— Hart & Cooley, Inc. appointed Mike Winn as the company's new president.", ROOFING CONTRACTOR . October 14, 2011,
  3. ↑ "Hart & Cooley President Michael Winn further explained the recent changes.", BE Building Enclosure . April 16, 2013,
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report 2009". Tomkins plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Banerjee, Devin (4 April 2014). "Blackstone Agrees to Buy Gates Global in $5.4 Billion LBO". Bloomberg.
  6. ↑ Tomkins: History
  7. 1 2 Hutchings forced to quit
  8. 1 2 "COMPANY NEWS; SMITH & WESSON IS SOLD TO MAKER OF TRIGGER LOCKS". Associated Press. 15 May 2001 – via NYTimes.com.
  9. 1 2 "Tomkins sells RHM for £1.1bn". www.campaignlive.co.uk.
  10. ↑ News, Bloomberg Business (13 December 1995). "COMPANY NEWS;TOMKINS AGREES TO BUY GATES RUBBER" – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ↑ "TOMKINS TO BUY STANT FOR $406 MILLION AND DEBT". 10 April 1997 – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ↑ Jones, Dow (24 March 1998). "Deal for Equipment Maker" – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ↑ "Tomkins loses buns-to-guns tag with sale of RHM to Doughty Hanson". The Independent. 18 April 2009.
  14. ↑ "Tomkins agrees to £2.9bn takeover deal". BBC News. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  15. ↑ "CPPIB and Onex Announce Completion of Agreement Involving Tomkins' Air Distribution Division" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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