M&A Deal Summary

OMERS Private Equity and Birch Hill Equity Partners Acquire Constellation Software

On March 7, 2000, private equity firms OMERS Private Equity and Birch Hill Equity Partners acquired software company Constellation Software for 60M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 1st and Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 16th and Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 1st and Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is OMERS Private Equity’s 1st and Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Ontario.
Investment Fate
  • Constellation Software went public in 2006.
  • Constellation Software was sold to a financial buyer in 2012.
  • Constellation Software was sold to a financial buyer in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-03-07
Target Constellation Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) OMERS Private Equity
Birch Hill Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 60M USD

Target

Constellation Software

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Constellation acquires, manages and builds vertical market software businesses that provide mission-critical software solutions to address the specific needs of its customers in those industries. Constellation Software was founded in 1995 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

OMERS Private Equity

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 27.5B CAD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

OMERS Private Equity, Inc. is the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. OMERS invests in buyout, venture, and mezzanine funds as well as makes direct private equity investments in North American companies with and enterprise value of $200 million to 1.5 billion. Target sectors include manufacturing, financial and business services, industrial and consumer products, transportation, and technology. OMERS Private Equity was formed in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 57
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 14
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 11
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 14
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 16 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Sitel Worldwide Corp. is a provider of fully integrated services that include customer care, technical support, sales programs, risk management, retention strategies, customer acquisition, back-office processing and collections and receivables.

Buy $320M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-03-15 Cookie Jar Entertainment

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cookie Jar Group of Companies (formerly CINAR) develops, produces, markets and distributes high-quality, non-violent programming and supplemental educational products for children, families and educators worldwide.

Buy $144M
Buyer

Birch Hill Equity Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 5.0B CAD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Birch Hill Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in Canadian companies. Birch Hill targets growth oriented businesses valued between C$50 and C$1000 million. Sectors of interest include agriculture, communications, energy, environmental, entertainment, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, software, and technology. Birch Hill will not consider investments in real estate, pure commodity companies or start ups. Birch Hill Equity Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in Toronto, Canada.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 48
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 5 of 23
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 28
Country: Canada M&A 2 of 42
Year: 2000 M&A 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Winter Park, Florida, United States

Holiday Retirement is the largest private owner and operator of independent living communities for seniors in the United States. Holiday Retirement was founded in 1971 and is based in Winter Park, Florida.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Westminster, South Carolina, United States

Lift is a global leader in the design and manufacture of material handling masts, carriages, sideshifters and fork positioners, with locations throughout North America and Europe.

Buy -