M&A Deal Summary

BV Investment Partners Acquires Butterfield Fulcrum Group

On February 9, 2011, private equity firm BV Investment Partners acquired business services company Butterfield Fulcrum Group from 3i Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BV Investment Partners’ 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is BV Investment Partners’ 1st transaction in Bermuda.
Investment Fate
  • Butterfield Fulcrum Group was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-02-09
Target Butterfield Fulcrum Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) BV Investment Partners
Sellers(s) 3i Private Equity
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Butterfield Fulcrum Group

Hamilton, Bermuda
Butterfield Fulcrum is one of the largest independent global fund administrators, serving hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds, real estate and institutional investment management clients.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

BV Investment Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 2.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BV Investment Partners is a private equity firm partner with entrepreneurs and families to invest in sound businesses and provide them with significant strategic, operating, and analytical assistance to accelerate the growth of the company through organic initiatives and acquisitions. BV was formed in 1983 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 61
Sector: Business Services M&A 4 of 11
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: Bermuda M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-01 a360media

New York, New York, United States

a360media owns and operates the leading celebrity and health & fitness media brands in the country. The Company's magazines have a combined total circulation of 5.3+ million and reach 32.6+ million men and women each month. Our digital properties reach 50+ million unique visitors and 652+ million page views monthly, and our social media channels reach 56+ million visitors. a360media was formed in 1936 and is based in New York City.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-20 Vision Communications

Larose, Louisiana, United States

Vision Communications (Larose, LA) provides a full suite of communications services to residential and business customers including local and long distance telephone service, digital video, Internet access (both DSL and cable modem), as well as other business services.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

3i Private Equity

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1945
PE ASSETS 21.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

3i Private Equity is the private equity arm of 3i Group, a publicly held, global investment firm focused on private equity and infrastructure investing. 3i Private Equity generally targets buyout and growth capital financings and looks for opportunities across Europe, North America, and Asia. The Firm's targeted transaction range is €100 to €500 million. Industries of interest include business services, healthcare, consumer, media, oil/gas & power, technology, and financial services. 3i Group was originally formed in 1945 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 116 of 196
Sector: Business Services M&A 13 of 17
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 47 of 83
Country: Bermuda M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-12 CARSO Group

Lyons, France

Groupe Carso is the French leader in chemical, biological, physical and radioactivity testing services for the food, environmental and residential sectors and the French police department.

Sell €130M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-14 BVG

Pune, India

BVG is a provider of facilities Management Service provider. The company offers services related to mechanized cleaning and facilities management services, waste management services, turnkey plant relocation, maintenance and construction of utility plants at industrial units, landscape design & development. BVG was founded in 1997 and is based in Pune, India.

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