Investment Summary

The Carlyle Group Invests In Firth Rixson

On December 1, 2000, private equity firm The Carlyle Group invested in aerospace company Firth Rixson

Investment Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 4th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Firth Rixson was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2007 for 945M GBP.
  • Firth Rixson was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2014 for 2.9B USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2000-12-01
Target Firth Rixson
Sector Aerospace
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Firth Rixson

Sheffield, United Kingdom
Firth Rixson Ltd. is a supplier of highly engineered rings, industrial forgings and specialized metal products primarily to aerospace engine manufacturers, headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut and Sheffield, England.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 74 of 750
Sector: Aerospace M&A 4 of 18
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 5 of 73
Country: United Kingdom M&A 6 of 53
Year: 2000 M&A 37 of 38
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-12-01 Rainfinity

Pasadena, California, United States

Rainfinity, Inc. is a developer of a unique software technology that enhances the reliability and performance of enterprises Internet infrastructures.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-12-14 Surplex

Dusseldorf, Germany

Surplex is an online solutions provider for asset recovery. Surplex helps companies and traders to buy and sell used machines more efficiently and offers complete solutions for asset recovery. Surplex is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Buy €30M