M&A Deal Summary

Arrow Global Group Acquires CapQuest Group

On September 24, 2014, Arrow Global Group acquired financial services company CapQuest Group from TowerBrook Capital Partners for 158M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Arrow Global Group’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Arrow Global Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Arrow Global Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-09-24
Target CapQuest Group
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Arrow Global Group
Sellers(s) TowerBrook Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 158M GBP
Advisor(s) William Blair (Financial)

Target

CapQuest Group

Hampshire, United Kingdom
CapQuest is a consumer debt purchase and debt recovery company with approximately 330 employees. The Company’s core focus is the purchase of non-performing and semi-performing unsecured consumer loans, mainly comprising credit card and bank debt. In addition, the Company traces debtors and collects and services debts on behalf of third party customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Arrow Global Group

Manchester, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Financial Services
Employees2,522
Revenue 262M GBP (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Arrow Global Group provides debt purchase and receivables management solutions in the United Kingdom. Arrow Global Group was founded in 2005 and is based in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-01 Whitestar Asset Solutions S.A.

Paço de Arcos, Portugal

Whitestar Asset Solutions S.A. is a Portuguese servicer of secured and unsecured loans.

Buy €48M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TowerBrook Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 17.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TowerBrook Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, leveraged build-ups and distressed situation investments throughout North America and Europe. TowerBrook prefers control-oriented investments and actively pursues complex situations that other firms may avoid. Target sectors include consumer services, distribution, beverages, pharmaceuticals, media, technology, communications, software, and healthcare. TowerBrook Capital Partners was established in 2001 and is headquartered in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 46
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 21
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 9
Year (2014) 5 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-02 Sound Physicians

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Sound Physicians is a physician-founded and led organization providing services across the acute episode of care - through emergency medicine, critical care, hospital medicine, transitional care and advisory services. Our clinicians and business colleagues are committed to improving outcomes for patients and hospitals through a proven performance management model. Sound Physicians was founded in 2001 and is based in Tacoma, Washington.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-24 Dialogic

Milpitas, California, United States

Dialogic is an IT services company that supercharges the impact of applications and amplifies the capacity of congested networks. Dialogic was founded in 1983 and is based in Milpitas, California.

Sell -
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