Investment Summary

Exits Bojangles

On April 6, 2015, invested in restaurant Bojangles from Advent International

Investment Highlights
  • This is transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is transaction in the United States.
  • This is transaction in North Carolina.
Investment Fate
  • Bojangles was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2018.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-04-06
Target Bojangles
Sector Restaurants
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type IPO

Target

Bojangles

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Bojangles' corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bojangles' corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bojangles is a restaurant operator and franchisor dedicated to serving customers high-quality, craveable food made from its Southern recipes, including breakfast served All Day, Every Day. Bojangles was founded in 1977 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 76.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 147 of 222
Sector (Restaurants) 2 of 3
Type (IPO) 22 of 34
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 57 of 79
Year (2015) 3 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-02 PPF

Budaörs, Hungary

Partner in Pet Food (PPF) is a pet food manufacturer with nine manufacturing operations across Europe. PPF supplies pet food to more than 250 customers in Europe, including traditional retailers, discounters, speciality pet retailers and online specialists. Its product range covers the main categories of dog and cat food including wet and dry food including single serve products. Partner in Pet Food was founded in 1999 and is based in Budaörs, Hungary.

Sell €315M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-16 Party City

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, United States

Party City is a designer, manufacturer, contract for manufacture and distributes party goods, including paper and plastic tableware, metallic balloons, accessories, novelties, gifts and stationery. Party City was founded in 1947 and is based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

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