M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2005-05-01 |
| Target | RedPrairie |
| Sector | Software |
| Buyer(s) |
Francisco Partners
Golden Gate Capital |
| Sellers(s) |
Vestar Capital Partners
Element Partners Advent International |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Advisor(s) | UBS Investment Bank (Financial) Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 45.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Francisco Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology and technology-enabled services. Specific areas of interest include semiconductors, capital equipment, electronics components, systems and manufacturing, IT services and business process outsourcing, communications, security and enterprise applications, and infrastructure software. Prospective investment situations include divisional buyouts, growth equity financings, acquisitions of private companies, sponsored mergers and acquisitions, and take-privates. Francisco Partners looks for opportunities where it can commit a minimum of $100 million per investment. Francisco Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 15 of 160 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 4 of 53 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 1 of 29 |
| State: Georgia M&A | 3 of 9 |
| Country: United States M&A | 13 of 134 |
| Year: 2005 M&A | 3 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-04-18 |
Attachmate
Seattle, Washington, United States Attachmate Corp. is a provider of advanced software for terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer and enterprise fraud management. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-10-20 |
Smart Modular Technologies
Newark, California, United States Smart Modular Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of DRAM and Flash-based modules and subsystems for computing, communications, embedded, and defense applications. Smart Modular Technologies was founded in 1988 and is based in Newark, California. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 19.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Golden Gate Capital is a large private equity firm focused on buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. The Firm partners with management teams to make equity investments in situations where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company's value. Sectors of interest include software and IT services, semiconductors, electronics, consumer products and retail, financial services, business services, and media. Prospective transaction types include public-to-privates, corporate extractions, bankruptcy auctions, and recapitalizations. Golden Gate Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 17 of 112 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 3 of 10 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 1 of 21 |
| State: Georgia M&A | 1 of 6 |
| Country: United States M&A | 14 of 100 |
| Year: 2005 M&A | 4 of 10 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-01 |
Micro Focus
Newbury, United Kingdom Micro Focus is a provider of innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization, Testing and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. Micro Focus was founded in 1976 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-16 |
SignStorey
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Fairfield, CT, SignStorey is a retail television network solution to be deployed at more than 2,000 supermarkets nationwide. Its retailer partners, including Albertsons, Pathmark and Price Chopper, see value in the company's unique approach to creating an enhanced shopping experience that provides a combination of useful information to the consumer and high-impact advertising messages. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| PE ASSETS | 11.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets management buyouts and growth capital investments across North America and Europe in the consumer, business services, and healthcare sectors. The Firm looks to invest $50 to $150 million in transactions valued up to $1 billion. Specific areas of interest include food, apparel, household goods, retail, consumer services, industrial services, information services, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, financial services, media/communications, digital health media, and medical technology. Vestar Capital Partners was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 24 of 67 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 6 of 16 |
| State: Georgia M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Country: United States M&A | 22 of 54 |
| Year: 2005 M&A | 2 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-03-01 |
Fiorucci
Rome, Italy Fiorucci is a small pork and cured meats craft workshop, Fiorucci specializing in the production and marketing of cured meats and other branded gastronomic products. Fiorucci was founded in 1850 and is based in Rome, Italy. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-07-01 |
TransMontaigne Partners
Denver, Colorado, United States TransMontaigne Partners is a provider of terminaling, storage, transportation, and related services to the energy industry. TransMontaigne Partners owns and operates a diversified network of midstream terminals located in strategic markets. TransMontaigne Partners is based in Denver, Colorado. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.2B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Element Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on late-stage investments in alternative energy and clean technology companies. Target businesses are at or near profitability with experienced management. Sectors of interest include energy/power, water/environmental controls, chemicals/advanced materials, and manufacturing/industrial. Element Partners was formed in the year 2005 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4 of 25 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 1 of 4 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 2 of 5 |
| State: Georgia M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Country: United States M&A | 4 of 22 |
| Year: 2005 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-11-24 |
Ionics
Burlington, Massachusetts, United States Ionics, Inc. is a designer, installer of water and wastewater treatment systems for power utilities and other industrial customers. |
Sell | $1.1B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-01 |
DYMEC
North Andover, Massachusetts, United States DYMEC, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of hardened industrial networking solutions. Its product lines include routing/switching, LAN/VLAN connectivity, hardened computers, protocol mediation, and serial-fiber optic media conversion. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 91.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 60 of 235 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 3 of 10 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 9 of 61 |
| State: Georgia M&A | 3 of 5 |
| Country: United States M&A | 33 of 85 |
| Year: 2005 M&A | 5 of 11 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-04-26 |
Aviagen Group
Newbridge, United Kingdom Aviagen Group Ltd. provides breeder of poultry stock for meat production and operates production facilities across the globe. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-03 |
Fat Face
Havant, United Kingdom Fat Face retails premium men's, women's and children's clothing and accessories, created by its own in-house design team. Fat Face was founded in 1988 and is based in Havant, United Kingdom. |
Buy | £110M |
