Sonenshine Partners Advises Iron Bow on its Management Buyout
Company Press Release
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Sonenshine Partners today announced that it advised Iron Bow Technologies, LLC on its sale to a management buyout group.

Rene LaVigne, President and CEO, along with other current senior executives, have acquired a controlling interest in the company through a management buyout. Iron Bow, with revenues of approximately $800 million and over 300 employees, was majority owned by private equity funds managed by New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain). New Mountain and other selling shareholders will collectively retain a minority interest in connection with the transaction.

Iron Bow is an information technology solutions provider with expertise in IT security, data center, collaboration, network infrastructure and client computing disciplines. The company has strong relationships within the defense, civilian, intelligence and commercial markets.

Iron Bow will not experience any organizational changes as a result of the transaction and will remain committed to providing deep technical expertise and exceptional customer service as an owner-operated business. The company will remain committed to its customer focused culture ensuring implementation of cutting-edge technology solutions and reliable service across the globe.

About Iron Bow

Iron Bow Technologies, is a technology solutions provider and value-added reseller with a track record of government and industry success. Implementing approximately $800 million in technology solutions annually, the company leverages a strong, flexible, and targeted customer engagement model with premier products expertise to help customers design, acquire and build secure data center, collaboration, network infrastructure, information security and client computing solutions.

About New Mountain Capital

New Mountain Capital is a New York-based private equity firm investing for long-term capital appreciation through direct investments in growth equity transactions, leveraged acquisitions, and management buyouts. The firm currently manages private and public equity funds with approximately $9 billion in aggregate capital commitments. New Mountain seeks out the highest-quality growth leaders in carefully selected industry sectors and then works intensively with management to build the value of these companies.