M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2011-09-11 |
| Target | OpenLink Financial |
| Sector | Software |
| Buyer(s) | Hellman & Friedman |
| Sellers(s) | The Carlyle Group |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Advisor(s) | Alston & Bird (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 115.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Hellman & Friedman is a large private equity firm on the West Coast of the US. H&F focuses on control and minority investments in a variety of transaction structures and will consider opportunities across the US and Europe. H&F seeks buyouts and business in need of restructurings that operate in defensible markets with predictable revenue and earnings growth. Target sectors include financial services, healthcare, indusrial, energy, insurance, media, marketing, professional services, software, and information services. H&F's target equity investment size is $300 million to $1 billion. Hellman & Friedman was formed in 1984 and has offices in San Francisco, New York City, and London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 49 of 90 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 8 of 12 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 10 of 27 |
| State: New York M&A | 5 of 7 |
| Country: United States M&A | 34 of 62 |
| Year: 2011 M&A | 6 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-04 |
Change Healthcare
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Change Healthcare is a provider of revenue cycle management and clinical communication solutions that enables payers, providers and patients to improve healthcare business processes. Change Healthcare is based in Nashville, Tennessee. |
Buy | $3.0B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-11-16 |
IRIS
Slough, United Kingdom IRIS is a private software house supplying business management solutions to over 60,000 customers, from start-ups to large organisations. IRIS was founded in 1978 and is based in Slough, United Kingdom. |
Sell | £425M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 435.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 182 of 490 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 14 of 35 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 32 of 119 |
| State: New York M&A | 5 of 18 |
| Country: United States M&A | 120 of 261 |
| Year: 2011 M&A | 21 of 28 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-04 |
Brintons Carpets
Kidderminster, United Kingdom Brintons Carpets is a designer and manufacturer of luxury woven carpets for commercial and residential premises. Brintons Carpets was founded in 1783 and is based in Kidderminster, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-22 |
Air2Web
Atlanta, Georgia, United States Air2Web, Inc. is a developer of mobile messaging and marketing applications and services. |
Sell | $19M |
