Investment Summary

Silver Lake and Oakley Capital Invest In Cegid

On April 18, 2016, private equity firms Silver Lake and Oakley Capital invested in software company Cegid

Investment Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 15th and Oakley Capital’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 2nd and Oakley Capital’s 1st transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-04-18
Target Cegid
Sector Software
Investor(s) Silver Lake
Oakley Capital
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Cegid

Lyon, France
Cegid is a software company that serves the needs of companies and organizations of all sizes in the areas of managing financial and tax, human resources and business solutions to the manufacturing, trade, services, retail, hotel and catering, accounting, TPE and public sectors. Cegid was formed in 1983 and is based in Lyon, France.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 80 of 135
Sector (Software) 15 of 27
Type (Stake Purchase) 6 of 17
Country (France) 2 of 4
Year (2016) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-01 Ancestry

Provo, Utah, United States

Ancestry.com is a provider of family history and consumer genomics information, and helps people gain a new level of understanding about their lives. The Company's suite of history products include Archives, Fold3, Newspapers.com, AncestryDNA, and AncestryHealth. Ancestry.com was formed in 1990 and is based in Provo, Utah.

Buy $2.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-28 AVI-SPL

Tampa, Florida, United States

AVI-SPL is an AV and VC solutions and services provider. The Company provides customers with design, engineering, procurement, integration and installation of AV and VC systems for corporate office space, control centers, educational facilities, convention centers and a variety of other end markets. Industry-leading services include on-site AV and VC systems support, maintenance support and managed software solutions. AVI-SPL was founded in 1979 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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Investor

Oakley Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 8.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in opportunities across Europe. Oakley targets a variety of investment situations, including traditional buyouts, take privates, growth capital financings, secondary buyouts, and turnarounds. Oakley prefers controlling situations and seeks businesses valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Oakley Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 56
Sector (Software) 1 of 3
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 5
Country (France) 1 of 4
Year (2016) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-21 Broadstone

London, United Kingdom

Broadstone provides pensions, employee benefits, actuarial and investment services advice to small and medium-sized employers, pension scheme trustees, and individual pension scheme members. Broadstone was founded in 1989 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-14 Time Out Group

London, United Kingdom

Time Out is the trusted global platform that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city. Operating in 108 cities, across 39 countries, it has an average monthly global audience reach of over 137 million across all platforms. Time Out's online platforms give the audience the best in recommendations and reviews as well as a comprehensive arts, entertainments and events listings. There are 30 editions of the magazine, in cities across the planet, from Mexico City to Melbourne, Barcelona to Beijing. Time Out Group was founded in 1968 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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