Transportation

The transportation-themed deal toys shown here take inspiration from planes, freighters, boats, buses, drones, and more. The industry also utilizes commemoratives for service awards and operator certifications.

Highway Sign-Themed Lucite Tombstone

Highway sign-themed Lucite tombstone marking several financings and a tender offer.

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Road sign-themed deal toy marking a tender offer, and a bond offer and loan facility.

Container Ship-Themed Crystal Tombstone

Custom crystal tombstone commemorating senior secured financing provided for Global Ship Lease. Global Ship Lease is a containership charter owner.

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Custom crystal deal tombstone marking a term loan facility provided for containership charter owner Global Ship Lease.

LNG Tanker-Themed Deal Toy

Custom deal toy recognizing the sale by Spain’s Iberdrola of its portfolio of liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets.

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Custom Lucite tombstone recognizing a sale by Iberdrola of its LNG business to Singapore-based Pavilion Energy.

Crystal Exploration Vessel Deal Toy

Vessel-themed crystal deal toy commemorating two bond issues by Siccar Point Energy. Aberdeen-based Siccar is a oil and gas exploration and production firm.

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Automobile Deal Toy featuring 3D Crystal Etching

Crystal deal toy, featuring 3D laser etching of car seats, commemorating the acquisition of Greenville, South Carolina-based Sage Automotive Interiors. The company produces cloth and fabrics for use in seating, door panels, and headliners used by the automobile industry.

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Helicopter-Themed Deal Toy

Helicopter-themed deal toy recognizing the acquisition by Brookfield Property Partners of 4 U.S. shopping malls. JPMorgan was among the sellers of the shopping center properties.

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Sports Car-Themed Deal Toy

Custom deal toy commemorating the sale by Urban Grid of two solar projects.

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Car-themed deal toy marking the sale by Urban Grid to Dominion Energy of two solar projects.

Jet Fighter-Themed Deal Toy

Custom deal toy commemorating the acquisition of Miamisburg, Ohio-based Renegade Materials. Renegade produces prepreg (high-performance adhesives and fabrics) for the military and commercial aerospace industries.

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Custom deal tombstone marking the acquisition of Renegade Materials, a supplier of heat-resistant components for the aerospace industry. The acquiring firm was Tokyo-based materials supplier Teijin.

Transportation Deal Toys

You’ll find beginning with the galleries on this page images of over 200 financial tombstones from the transportation sector. The deals commemorated here represent a full range of transportation modes and services. You’ll see deal toys featuring cars, airplanes, buses, railroads, trucks, motorcycles, subway systems, helicopters, light and passenger rail, passenger ships—to name just a few.

You’ll also find a number of deal toys with designs that play off many of the trappings commonly associated with the transportation industry. These include, for example, tombstone designs featuring highway signs, steering wheels, propellors, compasses, airline tickets, shipping containers, tunnels, traffic lights, tollbooths, port facilities, and parking lots.

You’ll recognize among these deal tombstones many of the sector’s highest-profile companies and players. These include international brands such as J.B. Hunt, Daimler, Airbus, Boeing, CMA CGM, Lyft, Kerry Logistics, HMM, Danaos, Expedia, Hyundai, United, Maersk, General Motors, Air Canada, and United.

But the deal toy galleries here also highlight a number of less prominent players and deals from the transportation space. Those include the acquisition of a firm specializing in airline shopping data; Series B financing for a SaaS provider for connected cars; the acquisition of an Austrian manufacturer of headlight systems; the initial public offering for an Australian luxury car dealer; and the acquisition of a Texas-based company specializing in automatic tire inflation systems for trailers.

The galleries also feature designs that recognize deals outside the transportation sector, ones that nevertheless have relevant themes. These deal tombstones include, for instance, a bicycle-themed design celebrating the sale of a group of Dutch hotels; one with a tram theme marking several transactions in the Swiss telecom sector; and a Roman galley-inspired piece commemorating a landmark media transaction.

Finally, there are pieces included here that are unrelated to any financial transaction. These commemorate achievements in the sector. They include the surpassing of a user milestone for a public transportation app, and of a growth milestone for a corporate intermodal fleet.