REUTERS: The Donerail Group, an investment firm led by former activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP executive William Wyatt, has built a stake in Mobile Mini Inc and is pushing the world's largest provider of portable storage solutions to explore a sale, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
The position, Donerail's first major investment, comes at a time of leadership changes at Phoenix, Arizona-based Mobile Mini, which announced in May that CEO Erik Olsson will become chairman in October. He will be succeeded at the helm by the President and Chief Operating Officer Kelly Williams.
Mobile Mini, which has a market capitalization of US$1.5 billion and a debt pile of about US$900 million, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Donerail, which was launched by Wyatt last year, declined to comment. Mobile Mini has a rental fleet of about 198,000 storage containers and office units, as well 12,700 liquid and solid containment units and pumps that it also rents out. The company has 155 locations in the United States, Britain and Canada.
Mobile Mini's shares have lost 17per cent of their value in the last 12 months. The company's most recent quarterly earnings call in July said the business has been pressured by uncertainty fueled by Britain's protracted negotiations to cease membership of the European Union.Mergers and acquisitions in the storage sector have been on the rise. Last year, WillScot Corp, another U.S.
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