M&A Deal Summary

LLR Partners and Apax Acquire Princeton Softech

On March 26, 2002, private equity firms LLR Partners and Apax acquired information technology company Princeton Softech from Computer Horizons for 16M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LLR Partners’ 2nd and Apax’s 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is LLR Partners’ 2nd and Apax’s 52nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is LLR Partners’ 12th and Apax’s 16th transaction in the United States.
  • This is LLR Partners’ 4th and Apax’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.
Investment Fate
  • Princeton Softech was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2007.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-03-26
Target Princeton Softech
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) LLR Partners
Apax
Sellers(s) Computer Horizons
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 16M USD

Target

Princeton Softech

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Princeton Softech, Inc. is a provider of enterprise-scale data management solutions for Global 3000 companies.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

LLR Partners

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 3.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LLR is a private equity firm that makes growth capital, buyout, and recapitalization investments in mid-sized growth companies with sustainable competitive advantages. LLR looks to invest $15 to $100 million per transaction and will consider both control and minority situations. Target companies generally have at least $10 million in annual sales and are valued up to $250 million. Broad industry sectors of interest include general business services, financial services, healthcare services, education, manufacturing, consumer/retail and information technology/software. LLR will consider investments throughout the US with an emphasis on opportunities located in the Eastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. LLR Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 117
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 26
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (New Jersey) 4 of 12
Country (United States) 12 of 116
Year (2002) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-10-11 Heartland Payment Systems

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. is a payments processor. It delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, mobile commerce, e-commerce, marketing solutions, security technology, payroll solutions, and related business solutions and services to more than 300,000 business and educational locations nationwide.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-01 Prophet 21

Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

Prophet 21, Inc. is a provider of enterprise software and services to the durable goods distribution market.

Buy -
Buyer

Apax

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

website


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 60.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Apax Partners is a mega-sized private equity investment group, operating across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia. Broad industry sectors of interest include tech & telecom, media, retail & consumer, healthcare, financial services, and business services. Apax will consider both minority and majority investment positions and prefers companies with strong market positions and growth potential. The Firm generally pursues platform acquisitions valued from €1 to €5 billion. Apax Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 246
Sector (Information Technology) 3 of 27
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 28
State (New Jersey) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 16 of 95
Year (2002) 6 of 12
Size (of disclosed) 52 of 53
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-03-26 TELCAST Media Group

Munich, Germany

Developer of innovative TV programmes and systems.

Buy $10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-04-24 Procognia

Maidenhead, Berks, United Kingdom

Procognia Limited develops and commercializes proteomic technologies.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Computer Horizons

Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States

Category Company
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Computer Horizons Corp. is a provider of IT services.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2002) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1