M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2007-11-10 |
| Target | Firth Rixson |
| Sector | Aerospace |
| Buyer(s) |
Oak Hill Capital
Intermediate Capital Group Aerostar Capital |
| Sellers(s) | The Carlyle Group |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Deal Value | 945M GBP |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| PE ASSETS | 9.5B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Oak Hill Capital Partners was originally formed as the private equity investment vehicle for Robert Bass and in 1999, opened up to outside investors and raised its first private equity fund. Oak Hill looks to invest in middle-market companies and focuses its efforts within six industry groups. The six groups include basic industries; business and financial services; consumer, retail, and distribution; healthcare; media and telecom; and technology. Oak Hill targets businesses with defensible business models, strong market positions, and 'best-in-class' management. Oak Hill Capital was formed in 1986 and has offices in Stamford, Connecticut; Menlo Park, California; and New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 31 of 76 |
| Sector (Aerospace) | 2 of 3 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 5 of 25 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 2 of 3 |
| Year (2007) | 6 of 8 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 21 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-25 |
TelecityGroup
London, United Kingdom TelecityGroup is a provider of premium network-independent data centers in Europe. Data centres are its core business: It designs, builds and operates premium, highly connected and secure environments to house technical, web and IT infrastructure. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-22 |
Local TV
Ft. Wright, Kentucky, United States Local TV is a major new platform of broadcast TV stations created by merging nine TV stations acquired from the New York Times Broadcast Media Group with eight TV stations acquired from News Corporation in July 2008. |
Buy | $1.1B |
| Category | Mezzanine Finance Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| PE ASSETS | 74.5B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) is a global mezzanine finance firm. IGC looks to provide junior capital to support a wide range of transactions, including buyouts, debt restructurings, and development financing. The Firm generally invests alongside financial sponsors and management teams in transactions valued from €250 million to €1 billion. ICG was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 201 of 293 |
| Sector (Aerospace) | 3 of 3 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 54 of 115 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 60 of 80 |
| Year (2007) | 29 of 33 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 11 of 82 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-11 |
Global Garden Products
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy Global Garden Products provides a powered garden equipment market leader with a particularly strong position in Italy, Scandinavia and the UK. Global Garden Products was founded in 2000 and is based in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy. |
Sell | €730M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-01 |
Ayming
Gennevilliers, France Ayming is a French consulting company specializing in cost reduction consultancy. Ayming is an international Business Performance consultancy and has a global footprint. The Group is present in 16 countries: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, and the USA. Ayming was founded in 1986 and is based in Gennevilliers, France. |
Buy | €3.5B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Aerostar Capital is a specialist private investment firm focused on companies that sell products and services to commercial aviation, defense, government and satellite entities. Prospective businesses typically have revenues greater than $100 million, as well as 'good cash flow, solid relations with a diverse set of global customers, a clearly focused and competitively sustainable growth strategy, and a strong and committed management team'. Non-core divestitures are of particular interest. The Firm's investment horizon is generally 3 to 7 years. Aerostar Capital was formed in 1997 and is based in Wilson, Wyoming.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 2 |
| Sector (Aerospace) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 2 of 2 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2007) | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-22 |
HDT Global
Solon, Ohio, United States HDT Global is a provider of highly engineered solutions for branches of the US military, international governments, and commercial customers. HDT holds a portfolio of products aimed at creating and controlling environmental conditions to protect and optimize the functioning of critical equipment and personnel. Its innovative products include rapidly deployable shelters, sophisticated environmental control, and power equipment, and nuclear, biological, and chemical protection systems. HDT Global was founded in 1937 and is based in Solon, Ohio. |
Buy | $335M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-16 |
HDT Global
Solon, Ohio, United States HDT Global is a provider of highly engineered solutions for branches of the US military, international governments, and commercial customers. HDT holds a portfolio of products aimed at creating and controlling environmental conditions to protect and optimize the functioning of critical equipment and personnel. Its innovative products include rapidly deployable shelters, sophisticated environmental control, and power equipment, and nuclear, biological, and chemical protection systems. HDT Global was founded in 1937 and is based in Solon, Ohio. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 435.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 106 of 482 |
| Sector (Aerospace) | 7 of 15 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 22 of 118 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 7 of 37 |
| Year (2007) | 20 of 24 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 28 of 136 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-02 |
Kramer Junction
Boron, California, United States Kramer Junction is comprised of five 30-megawatt solar-thermal projects that produce renewable energy under long-term contracts with Southern California Edison. The projects are managed and co-owned by FPL, the industry's leading renewable operator. |
Sell | $320M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-18 |
Ingenio
San Francisco, California, United States Ingenio is a peer-to-peer e-commerce marketplace, connecting customers and advisors through its proprietary web and telephony technology platform. Ingenio was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California. |
Sell | - |
