Custom tombstone recognizing a stock issue by M2, a chain of California  auto body shops
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.
Custom tombstone recognizing a stock issue by M2, a chain of California  auto body shops
Deal tombstone marking refinancing by Radnor, Pennsylvania-based Preferred Sands. Preferred Sands is a leading proppant technology company.
(5AKV615)Lucite deal tombstone commemorating the acquisition of DriverSide by Advance Auto Parts. Founded in San Francisco in 2007, DriverSide focuses on educating consumers on auto care.
Deal tombstone celebrating the acquisition of Simpson Performance Products by New York-based private equity firm BRS. Headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, Simpson is a provider of motorsports safety equipment, including helmets, firesuits, and seat belts.
Deal tombstone marking the acquisition of Explore, a provider of analytics software for the auto insurance industry.
Lucite tombstone commemorating a transaction involving motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
Custom Lucite recognizing a currency swap for Johnson Electric. The Hong Kong-based firm specializes in motion systems for automotive and industrial applications.
(5HJC678)Corporate tombstone marking the acquisition of Trico Products Inc. Headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Trico produces, markets, and distributes windshield wiper blades and components.
(4AHB562)Deal gift commemorating financing facility for Houston-based Signet Maritime Corporation. Signet is an international marine transportation company.
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.
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