M&A Deal Summary

Portland Private Equity Acquires Columbus Communications

On December 1, 2006, private equity firm Portland Private Equity acquired communications company Columbus Communications for 66M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Portland Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Portland Private Equity’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Portland Private Equity’s 1st transaction in Barbados.
Investment Fate
  • Columbus Communications was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2015 for 1.9B USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-12-01
Target Columbus Communications
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Portland Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 66M USD

Target

Columbus Communications

BridgeTown, Barbados
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Columbus Communications, Inc. is a retail broadband telecommunication providers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Portland Private Equity

St. Michael, Barbados

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
PE ASSETS 425M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Portland Private Equity LP is an investment group focused on opportunities across the Caribbean. Portland looks to partner with management when pursuing transactions, and targets 'simple', scalable businesses, with talented management. The firm invests in the range of $10 - $40 million per transaction. Portland's minimum investment size is $15 million. Portland Private Equity is based in Barbados.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 10
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 5
Country (Barbados) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
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