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Kelso Acquires Encore Group

On February 1, 2007, private equity firm Kelso acquired business services company Encore Group for 413M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Kelso’s 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Kelso’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Kelso’s 23rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Kelso’s 1st transaction in Illinois.
Investment Fate
  • Encore Group was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2014.
  • Encore Group went public in 2015.
  • Encore Group was sold to a financial buyer in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-02-01
Target Encore Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Kelso
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 413M USD

Target

Encore Group

Schiller Park, Illinois, United States
Encore Group engages in event experiences, providing creative, production, advanced technology and staging services to help meeting planners deliver more dynamic and impactful experiences at their meetings, trade shows and special events. It is the trusted partner and exclusive on-site provider of choice at leading venues worldwide. Encore Group is based in Schiller Park, Illinois.

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Buyer

Kelso

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1971
PE ASSETS 15.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kelso & Company is a private equity and investment management firm that seeks control investments in middle-market companies operating primarily throughout the US. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, communications, media, distribution, service, consumer products, retail, healthcare, transportation, logistics, textiles, & apparel, chemicals, and energy. Kelso looks to align 'management's interest with those of investors' when considering opportunities. Kelso & Company was formed in 1971 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 81
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 9
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 17 of 30
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 23 of 70
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-11 Global Geophysical Services

Missouri City, Texas, United States

Global Geophysical Services, Inc. provides an integrated suite of Geoscience solutions to the global oil and gas industry including high-resolution RG-3D Reservoir GradeSM seismic data acquisition, multi client data library products, seismic and microseismic monitoring, processing, reservoir characterization and data analysis, interpretation services, and Autoseis® autonomous recording equipment.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-01 iGPS

Orlando, Florida, United States

iGPS operates the world’s first pallet rental service providing shippers and receivers with lightweight, 100 percent recyclable all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags. Its highly engineered platform—the world’s most advanced shipping pallet—is rapidly replacing wood as the platform of choice among the world’s most innovative companies. Businesses that switch from wood pallets to iGPS realize game-changing savings—as much as $2 per unitized load—thanks to lower transport costs, reduced production downtime, reduced product damage and fewer rejected loads. iGPS was founded in 2006 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

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