M&A Deal Summary

Teaching Personnel Acquires Protocol Education

On August 15, 2011, Teaching Personnel acquired business services company Protocol Education from Bridgepoint

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Teaching Personnel’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Teaching Personnel’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-08-15
Target Protocol Education
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Teaching Personnel
Sellers(s) Bridgepoint
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Lincoln International (Financial)

Target

Protocol Education

London, United Kingdom
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Protocol Education Ltd. is a leading supply teaching agency.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Teaching Personnel

Herts, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Staffing
DESCRIPTION

Teaching Personnel is a provider of supply teachers and support staff to schools. Teaching Personnel supplies fully vetted teaching staff to cover both long-term and short-term critical needs. Teaching Personnel was founded in 1996 and is based in Herts, United kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2011) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 28.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 97
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 30
Country (United Kingdom) 19 of 44
Year (2011) 2 of 2
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