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American Capital exited its investment in Optima Bus Corporation in the third quarter of 2006.

American Capital Provides Details of $46 Million of Total Net Realized Gains in Third Quarter

Bethesda, MD –-December 7, 2006 - American Capital Strategies Ltd. (Nasdaq:ACAS) announced today the details of $46 million of total net realized gains it recognized from portfolio investments in the third quarter of 2006.  Included in this amount were net realized gains of $106 million from the complete or substantial exit of 13 portfolio companies for total proceeds of $494 million. [more...]

American Capital Strategies Funds Acquisition of Chance Coach Americas Leading Small Bus Manufacturer
Bethesda, MD., -- American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (NASDAQ Symbol: ACAS) announced today that through an affiliate it has acquired Chance Coach, Inc., America’s leading manufacturer of heavy duty small transit buses, from Chance Industries, Inc. Chance Coach’s product line consists of small buses under 30 ft. in length and a heavy duty vintage streetcar replica, which are used for mass transit by municipalities, airports and private operators. [more...]

Chance Coach, Inc. - In Depth
For more than 20 years, Chance Industry's old-fashioned trolley cars and heavy-duty transit buses were built in the shadow of the company's principal business – manufacturing Ferris wheels, carrousels, and other portable and park amusement rides. The streetcars and buses were a successful product line for the Wichita, Kansas-based company but never its focus, resulting in an ancillary business of unrealized potential. This changed when an affiliate of American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (NASDAQ—ACAS) bought the operations in partnership with Coach management and liberated the business from its parent company. As a result of the acquisition, Chance Coach is a stand-alone company with a new identity and fresh opportunities for future development. The new company has stepped front and center as it expands its product line, increases output, and gives employees an opportunity to own part of the company through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). [more...]