M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2011-04-13 |
| Target | BakerCorp |
| Sector | Retail |
| Buyer(s) | Permira |
| Sellers(s) | Lightyear Capital |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Deal Value | 960M USD |
| Advisor(s) | Goldman Sachs Oppenheimer & Co. (Financial) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| PE ASSETS | 75.0B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 72 of 161 |
| Sector (Retail) | 8 of 10 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 9 of 43 |
| State (California) | 1 of 15 |
| Country (United States) | 4 of 44 |
| Year (2011) | 1 of 3 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 38 of 62 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-01 |
ABS
Hamilton, Bermuda ABS is a fixed satellite services operator, supplying bandwidth connectivity to broadcasting, telecom, and government customers. ABS was founded in 1997 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. |
Buy | €184M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-26 |
FreeScale Semiconductor
Austin, Texas, United States Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. FreeScale designs, researches and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 4.1B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Lightyear Capital is a specialist private equity firm that pursues brand-name businesses in the financial services sector. Lightyear looks for companies with stable, recurring revenues that operate in growing markets. Transaction strategies include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings and consolidations. Lightyear Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 10 of 30 |
| Sector (Retail) | 1 of 2 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 2 of 7 |
| State (California) | 1 of 3 |
| Country (United States) | 8 of 24 |
| Year (2011) | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 11 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-12 |
Argus Software
Houston, Texas, United States ARGUS Software, Inc.,a financial technology solutions provider for commercial real estate asset valuation and operations management. ARGUS provides software and services to major commercial real estate companies, enabling them to better manage the financial and operational performance of their real estate portfolios and to improve the flow of information throughout their critical business processes. |
Sell | $130M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-01 |
Paradigm Outcomes
Walnut Creek, California, United States Paradigm Outcomes is a provider of managed care services for persons with catastrophic injuries from the workplace. Paradigm, through its proprietary databases, processes and medical network, achieves improved outcomes for injured workers as well as significant savings for insurers and other parties involved in their care. Paradigm Outcomes was founded in 1991 and is based in Walnut Creek, California. |
Buy | - |
