M&A Deal Summary

The Carlyle Group Acquires Service King Collision Repair Centers

On April 2, 2012, private equity firm The Carlyle Group acquired automotive company Service King Collision Repair Centers

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 13th transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 228th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 42nd transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Service King Collision Repair Centers was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2014.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-04-02
Target Service King Collision Repair Centers
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Grant Thornton Transaction Services
BB&T Capital Markets (Financial)
Haynes and Boone LLP (Legal)

Target

Service King Collision Repair Centers

Richardson, Texas, United States
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Service King Collision Repair Centers is a regional multi-shop operator of collision repair facilities in the country, dedicated to offering customers an overall superior service experience.

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Buyer

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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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 430 of 695
Sector (Automotive) 13 of 15
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 148 of 202
State (Texas) 42 of 51
Country (United States) 228 of 336
Year (2012) 8 of 37
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-01 AMEOS

Zurich, Switzerland

AMEOS is a private hospital group group and operator. The Company operates 46 hospitals (general and psychiatric) in Germany and 2 hospitals in Austria. AMEOS was founded in 2002 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-25 Gemcom Software International

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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