M&A Deal Summary

PXP Producing Company Acquires Latigo Petroleum

On March 10, 2006, PXP Producing Company acquired oil/gas exploration company Latigo Petroleum from Warburg Pincus and CCMP Capital for 750M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PXP Producing Company’s 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is PXP Producing Company’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is PXP Producing Company’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is PXP Producing Company’s 1st transaction in Oklahoma.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-03-10
Target Latigo Petroleum
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) PXP Producing Company
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
CCMP Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 750M USD

Target

Latigo Petroleum

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Latigo Petroleum, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company that was formed to conduct an active drilling program and to make strategic acquisitions in the Mid-Continent Region of the United States.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

PXP Producing Company

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
DESCRIPTION

PXP Producing Company LLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of oil and gas properties in the United States, Vietnam, and New Zealand.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Oklahoma) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 249
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 4 of 25
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 90
State (Oklahoma) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 19 of 136
Year (2006) 5 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 27 of 63
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-01 ACB

Gurgaon, India

ACB is a provider of coal beneficiation (washing, processing, and removal of impurities from coal) services in India. Its clients include power generation companies, cement manufacturers, and steel manufacturers, for whom beneficiation of raw coal results in lower transport costs, increased utilization, and less wear-and-tear of capital equipment. ACB was founded in 1997 and is based in Gurgaon, India.

Buy $66M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-13 NuLens

Herzliya Pituah, Israel

NuLens, founded in 2002 and based in Herzliya Pituah, Israel, is a medical device company focused on developing the next generation of accommodating intraocular lenses based on the patents of Dr. Joshua Ben-nun. Intraocular lenses, or IOLs, are implantable devices offering the potential for glasses-free vision for patients with cataracts or poor vision. The first technology the Company is developing is an accommodating IOL that mimics the natural movement of the human eye, offering a material improvement in focusing power over currently available accommodating IOLs.

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SELLER

CCMP Capital

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 18.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CCMP Capital is a large private equity firm focused on buyout and growth equity valued up to $2 billion. Sectors of interest include consumer, retail, and services (specialty retail, direct marketing, consumer packaged goods); media/telecom (consumer and trade publishing, content and programming, broadcasting, cable, wireless and wire line communications ); industrial (chemicals, manufacturing, distribution, automotive); energy (exploration and production, power generation, renewable energy, services); and healthcare (services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices). The Firm's target investment size is $100 to $500 million. CCMP Capital Advisors was formed in 1984 and was spun off in 2006 from JP Morgan Chase. The Firm is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 78
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 22
State (Oklahoma) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 25 of 61
Year (2006) 4 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 18 of 30
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-08 International Car Wash Group

Centennial, Colorado, United States

International Car Wash Group is a large local car wash conglomerate washing millions of cars across North America and Europe. The Company was established in 1965 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-05 Cumulus Media Partners

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Cumulus Media Partners, LLC owns and operates radio broadcasting stations. The company, through its AM and FM radio stations, serves listeners, communities, advertisers, and agencies in Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, York, Albemarle, and Anniston. The company was formerly known as Susquehanna Radio Corp. and it changed its name to Cumulus Media Partners, LLC in May, 2006.

Buy $1.3B