Growth Capital • Media

BDT & MSD Partners and DFO Management Invest In National Amusements

On May 25, 2023, merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners and family office DFO Management invested in media company National Amusements

Investment Context
  • This is BDT & MSD Partners’ 1st and DFO Management’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is BDT & MSD Partners’ 13th and DFO Management’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is BDT & MSD Partners’ 1st and DFO Management’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.
Investment Fate
  • National Amusements was sold to a strategic buyer in 2024.

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Investment Summary

Date May 25, 2023
Target National Amusements
Sector Media
Investor(s) BDT & MSD Partners
DFO Management
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target Company

National Amusements

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States
National Amusements is a motion picture exhibition industry operating 837 movie screens in the U.S., U.K. and Latin America. National Amusements delivers a superior entertainment experience in theatres around the world under its Showcase, Cinema de Lux, Multiplex, SuperLux and UCI brands. National Amusements was founded in 1936 and is based in Norwood, Massachusetts.
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Investors Overview 2

Investor

BDT & MSD Partners


Category Merchant Bank
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 60.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BDT Capital Partners provides family-owned and entrepreneurially led companies with long-term, differentiated equity capital. BDT Capital Partners is an affiliate of merchant bank BDT & Company. The Firm is based in Chicago, Illinois.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 16 of 19
Sector: Media 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital 3 of 3
State: Massachusetts 1 of 1
Country: United States 13 of 15
Year: 2023 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-12 Qualtrics

Provo, Utah, United States

Qualtrics is a software-as-a-service company that helps clients monitor and gather customer insights. Qualtrics has pioneered a new category of software that enables organizations to deliver the experiences that turn their customers into fanatics, employees into ambassadors, brands into religions, and products into obsessions. Qualtrics was founded in 2002 and is based in Provo, Utah.

Buy $12.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-07-31 IMA Group

Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy

IMA Group is a designer and manufacturer of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea, and coffee. IMA Group was founded in 1961 and is based in Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.

Buy -
Investor

DFO Management

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor


Category Family Office
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 16.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

DFO Management is the private investment vehicle for Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers. The Firm targets investment opportunities across the US and internationally and is split into several groups. These include Public Equity, Special Opportunities, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Partnerships. The Private Equity group targets transactions that include leveraged and management buyouts, take privates, mezzanine debt and other structured investments, PIPEs and growth equity financings, platform acquisitions and roll-ups, and partnerships with other financial sponsors. DFO looks to commit $100 to $250 million per transaction and prefers investments in non-technology companies. DFO Management was formed in 1998 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 16 of 16
Sector: Media 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital 2 of 2
State: Massachusetts 1 of 1
Country: United States 15 of 15
Year: 2023 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-13 Airtable

San Francisco, California, United States

Airtable is a connected apps platform that enables teams to modernize their business processes. The company’s low-code tools are used by more than 250,000 organizations globally, including 80% of fortune 100 companies, to power critical departmental workflows including planning product releases, managing global marketing campaigns, and supporting the entire back office of an organization. Airtable was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-02 National Amusements

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States

National Amusements is a motion picture exhibition industry operating 837 movie screens in the U.S., U.K. and Latin America. National Amusements delivers a superior entertainment experience in theatres around the world under its Showcase, Cinema de Lux, Multiplex, SuperLux and UCI brands. National Amusements was founded in 1936 and is based in Norwood, Massachusetts.

Sell -