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.
Financial tombstones related to the acquisition by Charlotte-based Goodrich Corporation of Atlantic Inertial Systems, a navigational systems manufacturer located in Cheshire, Connecticut. The seller, J.F. Lehman & Company, was advised by Evercore Partners.
Lucite commemorative marking notes issued by Horsham, Pennsylvania-based GMAC, a subsidiary of Ally Financial, headquartered in Detroit.
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Deal toy recognizing public offering by Ft. Worth-based American Airlines. Underwriters for the issue included Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.
Custom deal toy related to a public offering by Chicago-based Northern Trust. Goldman Sachs served as a joint bookrunning manager for the offering.
Custom Lucite marking debt issuance by Volkswagen Leasing in Mexico. The transaction was made with the help of Moody’s.
Custom deal toy recognizing the acquisition of ExpressJet by SkyWest, headquartered in St. George, Utah. Atlanta-based ExpressJet was advised in the deal by Goldman Sachs
Custom design deal toy recognizing a rights offering by tire manufacturer Michelin. The offer was made in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and underwritten by a syndicate led by BNP Paribas.
Lucite tombstone marking several transactions related to San Diego-based defense and security firm Kratos.
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.
