Portfolio

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CEO:
Peter Englehart


Headquarters:
San Diego, California

www.competitor.com

Competitor Group, Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI) is the leading active lifestyle resource dedicated to promoting the sports of running, cycling and triathlon.CGI owns and operates more than 55 events around the world, including the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series, TriRock Triathlon Series and Columbia Muddy Buddy Series; which will deliver more than 600,000 professional and amateur participants in 2012. CGI publishes four magazine titles including Velo, Inside Triathlon, Triathlete and Competitor with a combined monthly circulation of 600,000. In addition, the company hosts a captive lifestyle community online at competitor.com, delivering over 3 million monthly unique visitors and 25 million page views. CGI recently acquired and soft launched Race It Race Services, an online registration platform that provides marketing, product and other essential race services for endurance industry events of all sizes. Further information about CGI and its media properties can be found at Competitormediakit.com.



CEO:
John Larson


Headquarters:
West Chester, OH

www.escortradar.com

Escort Inc.

Escort is the leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of highway radar and laser detectors. An industry innovator in radar detection technology with over 85% of the active patents in the industry, Escort manufactures more than 20 radar and laser-related products and sells them domestically and internationally under the Escort and Beltronics brands. The Company, with manufacturing facilities in West Chester and Mississauga, Ontario, distributes product though major retail outlets such as Best Buy, Radio Shack, and Pep Boys, as well as its online e-store at www.escortradar.com.



CEO:
Jim Solomon


Headquarters:
Toronto, Ontario

www.extremefitness.ca

Extreme Fitness, Inc.

Extreme Fitness is a leading fitness club operator in the Greater Toronto Area. Founded in 1995, Extreme Fitness has 13 state-of the-art gyms well-distributed in metropolitan Toronto and over 80,000 members. The gyms, which average approximately 31,000 square feet each, offer hot yoga studios, internet centers, cardio and free-weight equipment, and personal training. Its innovative group fitness classes include twister yoga, fit to golf, 12 rounds, and speed dating.



CEO:
David Barrett


Headquarters:
Sarasota, Florida

www.gpsindustries.com

GPSI Holdings, LLC

GPSi Holdings, LLC is the global leader in the development, manufacturing and distribution of cart-mounted GPS technology for the global golf industry. The Company's various technology platforms provide an array of distance and position functionality for the golfer as well as asset maintenance, safety and security functionality for the golf course operator. GPSi enjoys a dominant market share position with approximately 970 systems deployed in North America and Europe. Golf courses benefit from GPSI`s systems through increased customer satisfaction, improved course management, incremental revenue generation and asset control. Systems are typically leased through GPSI’s wholly-owned financing subsidiary.



CEO:
Dennis Riley


Headquarters:
Vista, California

www.javobeverage.com

Javo Beverage Company, Inc.

Javo Beverage Company is an innovator and leader in the manufacture of coffee and tea-based dispensed beverages, drink mixes and flavor systems. The Company has successfully commercialized a proprietary brewing technology that yields high quality, fresh brewed coffees and teas in a stable concentrate form that are efficiently delivered through dispenser-based systems. As a result, they have broad applications in the food service, food manufacturing and beverage industries. With nearly 12,000 dispensing locations, Javo has a growing list of national and regional customers.



CEO:
Edwin Lewis


Headquarters:
Vernon, California

www.nydj.com

NYDJ Apparel, LLC

Founded in 2003, NYDJ is global apparel designer, manufacturer and marketer of upscale jeans and pants created specifically to fit the fashion-conscious woman typically age 35 and above. All of NYDJ’s products use the Company’s proprietary Lift Tuck™ technology to allow greater stretch and a flattering fit which flattens tummies, contours hips, and lifts buttocks. The Company’s products are sold at leading department store retailers including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Dillard’s, Lord & Taylor, among others. The Company also sells to over 1,000 specialty stores nationally and internationally in 19 countries including Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and Netherlands.



CEO:
David Yarnell


Headquarters:
St. Louis, Missouri

www.our365.com

Our365

Founded in 1947, Our365 is the exclusive provider of in-hospital infant photography services for almost 2,000 birthing hospitals in North America representing over 70% of American births. Through contact with new moms and an opt-in marketing program, Our365 connects leading consumer product and service businesses with its extensive proprietary database utilizing a wide variety of relationship marketing vehicles including custom emails, enewsletters, customer call center, and in person delivery channels.



CEO:
Brian Luborsky


Headquarters:
Toronto, Ontario

premierspacollection.com

Premier, Inc.

One of the largest and most prestigious spa and salon companies in North America, Premier Salons owns and operates over 375 luxury spas and salons in the United States and Canada with revenues of more than $125 million. In 2004, Falconhead Capital merged an existing portfolio company, Stonewater Spas, a luxury spa business with 20 locations in metropolitan markets across the United States, with Premier Salons.



CEO:
Jonathan Fornaci


Headquarters:
Trevose, Pennsylvania

www.ritasice.com

Rita’s Water Ice Franchise Company, LLC

Rita’s Water Ice Franchise Company, LLC is headquartered in Trevose, Pa., is the largest Italian Ice concept in the world, currently operating in 18 states with approximately 550 franchised outlets. Rita’s brand promise is Ice, Custard and Happiness™. The chain offers a variety of frozen treats including its famous Italian Ice, Old Fashioned Frozen Custard, and layered Gelati, Light Line™ treat options as well as its signature Misto® and Blendini™ creations. Rita’s was named one of the Top 25 Franchise High Performers by the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Startup Journal.’ In a 2009 Zagat survey of over 6,000 fast-food fans, Rita’s was ranked #2 in the Top Ice Cream/Custard category. In a 2011 survey conducted by Nation’s Restaurant News, Rita's was rated #13 out of more than 90 quick-service restaurants by consumers for overall quality and ranked first among all other frozen treat concepts for consumers likely to recommend to others.

Selected Past Investments

Headquarters:


www.npauctions.com

National Powersport Auctions

National Powersport Auctions (“NPA”), www.npauctions.com, is the leading auctioneer of repossessed, recovered, and salvaged motorcycles, ATVs, and personal watercraft to powersport dealers throughout the United States. NPA accounts for approximately 85% of all auction sales of repossessed powersport vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and personal watercraft. Through extensive and longstanding relationships with consumer finance companies and powersport dealers, NPA has established itself as the leading intermediary in this market, providing effective and profitable solutions to its suppliers and end customers.

Falconhead sold NPA in August 2006.

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