Haymaker Acquisition Corporation II
PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION: ARKO Holdings Ltd.
ESTIMATED CURRENT FUNDS in TRUST: $405.1 million*
CURRENT PER SHARE REDEMPTION PRICE: $10.13*
ENTERPRISE VALUE: $2.0 billion
*SPACInsider estimate
SUBSEQUENT EVENT: NOVEMBER 13, 2020
- Upon the closing of the Business Combination, up to 1 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in a total amount of up to $100 million, will be issued to the PIPE Investor, which will be convertible into shares of ARKO Corp. common stock (“New Parent Common Stock”) at any time, at the option of the PIPE Investor at a conversion price of $12.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to customary adjustments.
- Series A Preferred Stock will be automatically converted into shares of New Parent Common Stock at the Conversion Price, to the extent that the price of New Parent Common Stock on the NASDAQ is (during certain specified periods) equal to or greater than a target price ranging from $15.50 to $18.00 per share.
- Under certain circumstances, after June 1, 2027, but prior to August 31, 2027 (the “Additional Conversion Share Period”), up to 1.2 million shares of New Parent Common Stock may be added to the number of shares received in the aggregate by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
- Additionally, and in connection with the Potential Investment Agreement, the PIPE Investor is expected to join as a party to the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement with New Parent, the Sponsor, the directors and officers of Haymaker and the other parties.
- Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends quarterly, at a rate of 5.75% per annum on the balance of the Liquidation Preference Amount (as defined below), which rate will increase in the event ARKO Corp. fails to pay such dividend on a quarterly basis or fails to timely redeem the Series A Preferred Stock when required.
- At any date after August 31, 2027, the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or ARKO Corp. may announce their desire to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, in exchange for the Liquidation Preference Amount (as defined below). In addition, holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to have their shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed in the event of a change of control of ARKO Corp
Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II proposes to combine with ARKO Holdings Ltd. (“Arko”), an Israeli public holding company (TASE: ARKO) whose primary asset is a controlling stake in GPM, and GPM Investments, LLC.
GPM, the seventh largest convenience store chain in the United States, has grown its store count from 320 stores in 2011 to 1,393 locations as of June 30, 2020 in 23 states comprised of 1,266 company-operated stores and 127 additional sites to which it supplies fuel. The Company operates in three segments: retail, which consists of fuel and merchandise sales to retail consumers; wholesale, which supplies fuel to third-party dealers and consignment agents; and GPM Petroleum, which supplies fuel to Company stores as well as subwholesalers and bulk purchasers.
Highlights of the proposed transaction:
- The Company has grown through acquisitions to become the 7th largest convenience store chain in the United States, with 1,266 company-operated locations (excluding pending acquisitions) and 127 dealer sites to which it supplies fuel, in 23 states. The Company has increased its store count approximately 4.4x over the past seven years.
- The Company projects its Adjusted EBITDA will have grown at a 28%-29% compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) from 2016 through 2020E.
- The convenience store industry has demonstrated long-term growth and remains highly fragmented. The industry has grown at a 3.4% CAGR since 2007**. The top ten companies control less than 20% of the store base in the United States, providing significant opportunities for future growth.
- The Company’s growth has accelerated in more recent months during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers shift shopping patterns to convenience stores from other channels.
- The combined company will be led by GPM’s current management team, which has significant industry and public market experience, including Arko’s and GPM’s Chief Executive Officer, Arie Kotler. Arko and GPM will also benefit from Haymaker’s investing and operational experience at Fortune 500 companies, particularly in the consumer and hospitality sectors.
** NACS State of the Industry Report
TRANSACTION
Upon completion of the transaction, pro-forma leverage, defined as Net Debt to 2020E Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA, is expected to be approximately 1.7x. It is anticipated that the combined company will have an equity market capitalization at closing of approximately $1.4 billion. Anticipated total enterprise value, pro-forma for the pending acquisition of Empire Petroleum which GPM anticipates closing in the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2020, is expected to be approximately $2.0 billion, or ~9x GPM’s 2021E Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA.
Structure of the Transaction
The acquisition is structured as a “double dummy” transaction, resulting in the following:
- (a) Each of New Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II are newly formed entities that were formed for the sole purpose of entering into and consummating the transactions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. New Parent is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Haymaker and both Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II are wholly-owned direct subsidiaries of New Parent.
- (b) On the Closing Date, each of the following transactions will occur in the following order:
- (i) Merger Sub I will merge with and into Haymaker (the “First Merger”), with Haymaker surviving the First Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Parent (the “First Surviving Company”);
- (ii) immediately following the First Merger, Merger Sub II will merge with and into Arko (the “Second Merger”), with Arko surviving the Second Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Parent (the “Second Surviving Company”); and
- (iii) after completion of the Second Merger, New Parent will organize a new corporation or limited liability company (“Newco”) and transfer all shares of capital stock of the Second Surviving Company to Newco in exchange for all shares of capital stock or equity interests of Newco. Following the transactions, the First Surviving Company and the Second Surviving Company will be wholly-owned subsidiaries of New Parent.
Conversion of Arko Ordinary Shares
At the Second Effective Time, each ordinary share, par value 0.01 New Israeli Shekel (NIS 0.01) per share, of Arko (all such issued and outstanding shares, including those to be issued in respect of Arko’s restricted stock units, are collectively referred to as the “Arko Ordinary Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time will be cancelled and, subject to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each holder of Arko Ordinary Shares will receive the following consideration, at such holder’s election:
- Option A (Stock Consideration): The number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of New Parent Common Stock equal to the quotient of (i) such holder’s Consideration Value divided by (ii) $10.00.
- Option B (Mixed Consideration): (A) a cash amount equal to 10% of such holder’s Consideration Value (the “Cash Option B Amount”) plus (B) the number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of New Parent Common Stock equal to (i) such holder’s Consideration Value divided by $10.00, minus (ii) such holder’s Cash Option B Amount divided by $8.50.
- Option C (Mixed Consideration): (A) a cash amount equal to 20.913% of such holder’s Consideration Value (the “Cash Option C Amount”) plus (B) the number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of New Parent Common Stock equal to (i) such holder’s Consideration Value divided by $10.00, minus (ii) such holders Cash Option C Amount divided by $8.50.
GPM EQUITY PURCHASE
- The GPM Equity Purchase Agreement provides, among other things, that New Parent will purchase from the GPM Minority Investors all of their:
- (a) direct and indirect membership interests in GPM,
- (b) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire securities of GPM, equity appreciation rights or profits interests relating to GPM, and
- (c) obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests, but only to the extent convertible or exchange into securities described in clauses (a) or (b), including its membership interests (the “Equity Securities”).
- In exchange for such Equity Securities, the GPM Minority Investors will receive shares of New Parent Common Stock and Ares (as defined in the GPM Equity Purchase Agreement) will receive the New Ares Warrants
- Within the 30-day period (the “Election Period”) following February 28, 2023 (the “Trigger Date”), Ares has a right to require New Parent to purchase the shares of New Parent Common Stock received by Ares pursuant to the GPM Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Ares Shares”) at a price (the “Put Price”) of $12.935 per share, subject to certain adjustment for dividends and as described below (such right, the “Ares Right”).
- The Ares Right may be exercised by delivering written notice to New Parent within the Election Period. Upon receipt of such notice, New Parent will have the option to either purchase the Ares Shares for cash, or in lieu of such purchase, New Parent may issue additional shares of New Parent Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) to Ares (with the value based on the New Parent VWAP) in an amount sufficient so that the value of the Ares Shares and the Additional Shares, and any dividends, distributions, or other payments received in respect of the Ares Shares or Ares’ membership interest in GPM collectively equal $27,294,054, or to the extent that Ares has transferred a portion, but not all of the Ares Shares, the applicable pro rata amount thereof, based on the New Parent VWAP.
- At the closing of the Business Combination, Ares will exchange its warrants to acquire membership interest in GPM (the “Existing Ares Warrants”) for warrants to purchase 1.1 million shares of New Parent Common Stock for an exercise price of $10.00 per share, with an exercise period of 5 years from the Closing Date (the “New Ares Warrants”).
NOTABLE CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
- New Parent shall satisfy any applicable initial and continuing listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market and TASE, New Parent shall not have received any notices of non-compliance therewith, and the shares of New Parent Common Stock shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market and TASE
NOTABLE CONDITIONS TO TERMINATION
- By either Haymaker or Arko if the First Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before January 31, 2021 (the “Outside Date”); provided that the Outside Date shall be automatically extended without any further action by any party until March 31, 2021 if the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC prior to November 12, 2020.
- Termination fee of $21,518,202
- In the event of any payment of the Company Termination Fee to Haymaker, Haymaker will allocate any such amounts as follows (and with the following priority):
- (i) to pay the expenses of Haymaker incurred in connection with the Proposed Transaction;
- (ii) to purchase from the Sponsor the Private Placement Warrants that the Sponsor purchased in connection with the IPO;
- (iii) to reimburse Haymaker for its expenses in connection with the Proposed Transaction or any other potential business combinations;
- (iv) to pay $25,000 to the Sponsor; and
- (v) to pay any taxes applicable to Haymaker. Haymaker will cause the amount of the applicable Company Termination Fee remaining after such payments to be paid to the Public Stockholders at the time of the Haymaker’s liquidation on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of Haymaker Class A Common Stock held by such Public Stockholders.
SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT
- The Sponsor will automatically forfeit 1,000,000 shares of New Parent Common Stock and 2,000,000 New Parent Warrants, and such shares and warrants will be cancelled and no longer outstanding and 4,000,000 shares of New Parent Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable to the Sponsor will be deferred (subject to certain triggering events)
- New Parent will issue to the Sponsor
- (i) 2,000,000 shares of New Parent Common Stock in the case of Trigger Event 1
- “Trigger Event 1” will occur on (i) the first day the Required VWAP (as defined below) of the New Parent Common Stock is greater than or equal to $13.00 per share or (ii) a change of control of New Parent where the shares of New Parent Common Stock are sold for at least $13.00 per share, in each case, only if such event occurs prior to the 5-year anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination.
- (ii) 2,000,000 shares of New Parent Common Stock in the case of Trigger Event 2 (such shares, the “Deferred Shares”)
- “Trigger Event 2” will occur on (i) the first day the Required VWAP of the New Parent Common Stock is greater than or equal to $15.00 per share or (ii) a change of control of New Parent where the shares of New Parent Common Stock are sold for at least $15.00 per share, in each case, only if such event occurs prior to the 7-year anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination.
- “Required VWAP” means either (A) the 5-day volume weighed average price, if the average daily trading volume during such 5-day period equals or exceeds the average daily trading volume for the 180-day period following the Closing or (B) the 20-day volume weighted average price.
- (i) 2,000,000 shares of New Parent Common Stock in the case of Trigger Event 1
- New Parent will issue to the Sponsor
ADVISORS
- Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is serving as lead financial and capital markets advisor.
- Nomura Securities International, Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, BMO Capital Markets Corp., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are serving as financial advisors and capital markets advisors to Haymaker.
- Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is serving as capital markets advisor to Haymaker
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is serving as financial and capital markets advisor to Arko.
- DLA Piper LLP (US), Gornitzky & Co., and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP are serving as legal advisors to Haymaker.
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP and S. Friedman & Co. are acting as legal advisors to Arko.
HAYMAKER II MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Steven J. Heyer, 67
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Mr. Heyer has over 40 years of experience in the consumer and consumer-related products and services industries, leading a range of companies and brands. Mr. Heyer has applied his experience and analytical skills in a variety of leadership positions across diverse industry groups, including broadcast media, consumer products, and hotel and leisure companies. Over the past eight years, he has been acting as an advisor and director to, and investor in, several private companies across the consumer subsectors of health and wellness, restaurants, technology, marketing services and technology and furniture. From its formation until it completed its business combination with OneSpaWorld Holdings (NASDAQ:OSW) in March 2019, he was an officer and director of Haymaker I. Since its business combination, he has served as Vice Chairman on the board of directors of OneSpaWorld Holdings. Mr. Heyer’s operating experiences include: leading the turnaround of Outback Steakhouse as an advisor (from 2010 to 2012); as Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (from 2004 until 2007); as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company (from 2001 to 2004); as a member of the boards of Coca-Cola FEMSA, and Coca-Cola Enterprises (all from 2001 to 2004); as President and Chief Operating Officer of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., and a member of AOL Time Warner’s Operating Committee (from 1994 to 2001); as President and Chief Operating Officer of Young & Rubicam Advertising Worldwide (from 1992 to 1994); and before that spending 15 years at Booz Allen & Hamilton, ultimately becoming Senior Vice President and Managing Partner. For the last five years, Mr. Heyer has served on the boards of Lazard Ltd, Lazard Group, and Atkins Nutritionals Inc. (each as further described below) as well as investing in a private capacity in early stage and venture consumer and consumer media companies. Mr. Heyer has extensive board experience, including: the board of Atkins Nutritionals Inc., which announced in April 2017 that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Conyers Park Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company; Lazard Ltd and Lazard Group (2005 to present); the board of WPP Group, a publicly traded digital, internet, and traditional advertising company (2000 to 2004); the board of Equifax, the publicly traded consumer credit reporting and insights company (2002 through 2003); the board of Omnicare, Inc., a supplier of pharmaceutical care to the elderly (2008 through 2015); the board of Vitrue, Inc., a provider of social marketing publishing technologies (2007 through 2012); and the board of Internet Security Systems, Inc. a provider of internet security software, appliance, and services (2004 through 2005). In March 2011, Harry & David Holdings, Inc. (“Harry & David”), a company where Mr. Heyer had been Chief Executive Officer from 2010 until February 2011, filed a prearranged Chapter 11 plan under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Subsequently, Harry & David filed a reorganization plan in bankruptcy court in May 2011 and emerged from bankruptcy in September 2011. Mr. Heyer received his B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from New York University. Mr. Heyer is the brother of Mr. Andrew Heyer, our President.
Andrew R. Heyer, 62
President & Director
Mr. Heyer is a finance professional with over 40 years of experience investing in the consumer and consumer-related products and services industries, as well as a senior banker in leveraged finance during which time his clients included many large private equity firms. Mr. Heyer was an officer and director of Haymaker I until it completed its business combination with OneSpaWorld Holdings (NASDAQ:OSW) in March 2019, and has since remained on its board since such time. Currently, Mr. Heyer is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity fund manager founded in 2007 that invests in the consumer industry. Prior to founding Mistral in 2007, from 2000 to 2007, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners, a $1.3 billion private equity fund. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. and a co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds from 1995 to 2001. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a founder and Managing Director of The Argosy Group L.P. from 1990 to 1995. Before Argosy, from 1984 to 1990, Mr. Heyer was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and, previous to that, he worked at Shearson/American Express. From 1993 through 2009, Mr. Heyer also served on the board of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a natural and organic food and products company, rejoining the board from 2012 to April 2019. Mr. Heyer has also served as a director of XpresSpa Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XSPA) (formerly known as FORM Holdings, Inc.), a health and wellness services company, since December 2016. Mr. Heyer also serves on the board of several private companies owned in whole or in part by Mistral, including Worldwise, Inc., a pet accessories business from 2011 to the present, and The Lovesac Company [NASDAQ: LOVE], a branded omni-channel retailer of technology-forward furniture, from 2010 to the present. Mr. Heyer has also served on the board of Insomnia Cookies, a retailer of desserts open primarily in the evening and nighttime, and Accel Foods, an incubator and investor in early stage food and beverage companies. In the past, Mr. Heyer has served as a director of Las Vegas Sands Corp., a casino company, from 2006 to 2008, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a casual Mexican restaurant, from 2005 to 2008, and Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of packaged ice products, from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Heyer received his B.Sc. and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude. Mr. Heyer is the brother of Mr. Steven Heyer, our Chief Executive Officer.
Christopher Bradley, 41
Chief Financial Officer & Secretary
Mr. Bradley is a Managing Director at Mistral Equity Partners, which he joined in 2008. Mr. Bradley brings over 20 years of experience identifying acquisition candidates, due diligence experience including accounting and financial modeling acumen, and a background in deal structuring. From 2017 until its business combination in March 2019, he was an officer of Haymaker I. Mr. Bradley has served as a member of the board of directors of Creminelli Fine Meats, LLC, a privately held premium-priced charcuterie wholesaler from 2016 to the present; The Beacon Consumer Incubator Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in consumer technology companies from 2016 to the present; and The Lovesac Company [NASDAQ: LOVE], a branded omni-channel retailer of technology-forward furniture from 2010 to the present. Mr. Bradley has also guided Mistral portfolio companies in an operational role and, through Mistral, served on the board of Jamba, Inc. from 2009 to 2013. Prior to Mistral, Mr. Bradley served as an investment banker at Banc of America Securities from 2005 to 2006, a Manager in Burger King’s strategy group in 2004, and a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers management consulting practice from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Bradley earned an A.B. from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School.
Joseph M. Tonnos, 31
Senior Vice President
Mr. Tonnos has since 2017 been a Vice President at Mistral Equity Partners. Mr. Tonnos has over 9 years of experience investing in and advising acquisition candidates, completing due diligence, financial modeling and deal structuring. From December 2018 until March 2019, he was an officer of Haymaker I. His experience spans evaluating, executing and monitoring public, private and venture capital investments. He has advised companies and shareholders on capital raising, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts and capital structure alternatives. In the last five years he served or continues to serve on the boards of Worldwise, Inc., a privately held pet products company, and B’more Organic, an Icelandic Skyr drinkable yogurt producer. Mr. Tonnos has also been a board observer of The Lovesac Company, Inc. [NASDAQ: LOVE], a branded-omni channel retailer of technology-forward furniture, since 2017 and the Co-Founder of Ketch Ventures, LLC, an early-stage consumer investment fund since 2017. Prior to Mistral, Mr. Tonnos served as an investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2015 to 2017 and Lazard Ltd from 2013 to 2015 in the Consumer & Retail groups and as an associate on the foreign exchange trading desk at CIBC Capital Markets from 2011 to 2013. Mr. Tonnos received his B.Sc. and M.B.A. from Niagara University, graduating magna cum laude.
Board of Directors
Walter F. McLallen, 52
Director
Mr. McLallen is a finance professional with over 25 years of leveraged finance, private equity, restructuring and operations experience. From November 2017 to March 2019, he was a director of Haymaker I, a special purpose acquisition company which successfully completed a business combination with OneSpaWorld on March 19, 2019 as described elsewhere in this prospectus. Since March 2019, Mr. McLallen has served as a member of the board of directors and a chairman of the audit committee and member of the nominating and governance committee of OneSpaWorld. Mr. McLallen has been the Managing Member of Meritage Capital Advisors, an advisory boutique firm focused on debt and private equity transaction origination, structuring and consulting since 2004. Mr. McLallen has board and operational experience and has served as a director, Chairman or Vice Chairman on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and committees, with a focus on consumer products-related companies. Mr. McLallen has served as a director of Centric Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRC), a lifestyle brands collective in the branded and licensed apparel and accessories sectors, since 2016; as well as Timeless Wine Company, a producer of consumer luxury wine brands, since August 2016; Worldwise, a consumer branded pet products company, since 2016; adMarketplace, a search engine advertiser, since 2012; Classic Brands, an e-commerce marketer of mattresses and related products, since 2018; Dutchland Plastics, a roto-molding plastics manufacturer, since 2017; Champion One, an optical transceiver manufacturer and marketer, since 2018; and Genus Oncology, an early-stage biotechnology company, since 2015. Mr. McLallen is also a founder and Co-Chairman of Tomahawk Strategic Solutions, a law enforcement, military and corporate training and security company, since 2014. From 2006 to 2015, Mr. McLallen was the Executive Vice Chairman of Remington Outdoor Company, an outdoor consumer platform he co-founded with a major investment firm. Mr. McLallen was formerly with CIBC World Markets from 1995 to 2004, during which time he was a Managing Director, head of Debt Capital Markets and head of High Yield Distribution. Mr. McLallen started his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert and was a founding member of The Argosy Group L.P. in 1990. Mr. McLallen received a B.A. with a double major in Economics and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Michael J. Dolan, 72
Director
Mr. Dolan has since March 2019 served as a member of the board of directors and a member of the audit committee and chairman of the compensation committee and nominating and governance committee of OneSpaWorld. Since 2004, he has served on the board of directors of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) a toy manufacturing company and since 2018 as executive chairman of the Augustinus Bader Group, a privately-held skincare company. From 2017 to 2019 Mr. Dolan managed his own investments and affairs. Prior to this he served as Chief Executive Officer of Bacardi Limited (“Bacardi”), a large privately held spirits company, from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Bacardi from May 2014 to November 2014. From 2011 to May 2014, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of IMG Worldwide, a global provider of sports, fashion and media entertainment. Prior to that, Mr. Dolan served at IMG as President and Chief Operating Officer, from April 2011 to November 2011, and before that as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, from April 2010 to April 2011. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA), a global entertainment content company, from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Dolan served as Senior Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm with substantial investments in large consumer retail companies, from 2004 to 2005. Prior to that, he served in the following positions with Young & Rubicam, Inc., a marketing and communications company: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2001 to 2003), Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2000 to 2001) and Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (1995 to 2000). He received an M.B.A. from Columbia University, a doctorate from Cornell University and a graduate degree and an undergraduate degree from Fordham University.
Stephen W. Powell, 60
Director
Mr. Powell invests in and advises private growth companies in the consumer products, services and technologies sectors. His experience spans investment, corporate finance, public accounting and corporate operating roles. Since March 2019, Mr. Powell has served as a member of the board of directors and a member of the audit and compensation committees of OneSpaWorld, and since 2013 as a member of the board of directors and a member of the audit committee of Massage Envy Holdings. Previously, he served as a member of the boards of directors of Atkins Nutritionals from 2010 to 2017 and Strivectin Skincare from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Powell served as a managing director of Prospect Cpital Management from 2015 to 2017 and as a senior advisor to private equity firms Roark Capital Group from 2012 to 2015 and Catterton Partners from 2009 to 2011. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Powell co-led the capitalization, acquisitions, operations and sale of a national-scale consumer services, specialty retail and direct marketing business. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Powell was head of Consumer Investment Banking for RBC Capital Markets. Previously, Mr. Powell served in investment banking positions with Prudential Securities, Wheat First Securities, L.F. Rothschild and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and as an audit manager with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Powell earned an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia.