M&A Deal Summary

Becker Acquires ACAMS

On May 24, 2016, Becker acquired education company ACAMS from Warburg Pincus for 330M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Becker’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Becker’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Becker’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Becker’s 1st transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • ACAMS was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2022 for 355M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-05-24
Target ACAMS
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Becker
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 330M USD

Target

ACAMS

Houston, Texas, United States
ACAMS is a provider of training and certifications for anti-money laundering (“AML”) and financial crime prevention professionals. ACAMS has a large, global membership base with more than 90,000 members in 175 countries, including over 50,000 professionals with an ACAMS certification. ACAMS was founded in 2001 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Becker

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1957
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

Becker engages in the CPA (Certified Public Accountant) exam review industry offering a full accounting career life cycle solution from training to licensing to continuing education. Becker’s global presence includes more than 2,900 partners including accounting firms, societies, corporations, government agencies, and universities. Becker was founded in 1957 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-19 Becker Professional Education - Healthcare Test Preparation Assets

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

Becker Professional Education - Healthcare Test Preparation Assets provides medical students preparing for the USMLE.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 133 of 251
Sector (Education) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 52 of 89
State (Texas) 11 of 25
Country (United States) 83 of 137
Year (2016) 6 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 46 of 63
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-23 Clondalkin

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Clondalkin is an international producer of high value added packaging products and services, with over 35 production locations in eight countries throughout Europe and North America. Clondalkin is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-26 Apex

Houston, Texas, United States

Apex is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Middle East and North Africa, predominantly Egypt. The Company also drills exploration wells outside of our development leases. Apex was founded in 2016 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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