M&A Deal Summary

The Carlyle Group Acquires Comdata

On December 21, 2015, private equity firm The Carlyle Group acquired business services company Comdata

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 23rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 8th transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-12-21
Target Comdata
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Rothschild Global Advisory (Financial)
Orrick
Allen & Overy (Legal)

Target

Comdata

Milan, Italy
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Comdata is an italian company for outsourcing of contact center, help desk, back office, credit management and document management services.

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Buyer

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 376.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 551 of 695
Sector (Business Services) 23 of 35
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 172 of 202
Country (Italy) 8 of 13
Year (2015) 40 of 40
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-16 Tsubaki Nakashima

Katsuragi, Japan

Tsubaki Nakashima is a manufacturer of precision balls, precision components and ventilators. The Company was established in 1934 and is headquartered in Katsuragi, Japan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-22 Archive Systems

Fairfield, New Jersey, United States

Archive Systems, Inc. is a privately held records and information management (RIM) services provider in the United States and Latin America.

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