Investment Summary

CD&R Invests In Capco

On May 23, 2017, private equity firm CD&R invested in business services company Capco from FIS Global

Investment Highlights
  • This is CD&R’s 5th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is CD&R’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Capco was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2021 for 1.5B USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-05-23
Target Capco
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) CD&R
Sellers(s) FIS Global
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Capco

London, United Kingdom
Capco is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to fast-track transformation initiatives for the banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco was founded in 1998 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

CD&R

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1978
PE ASSETS 30.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (CD&R) is a large private equity firm that targets non-core divestitures of large corporations, growth equity financings, traditional buyouts, and corporate/family partnerships. CD&R looks for opportunities in North America, Western Europe, and Asia and will consider businesses in a wide range of sectors including consumer/retail, healthcare, industrials, and services. Prospective companies generally lead their respective markets, have stable cash flows, and possess competitive advantages through differentiated products, services, or processes. CD&R was formed in 1978 and has offices in New York City and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 94
Sector: Business Services M&A 5 of 10
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 6 of 14
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-12 SiteOne Landscape Supply

Roswell, Georgia, United States

SiteOne Landscape Supply is a distributor of wholesale irrigation, landscape lighting, nursery, hardscapes, maintenance products and supplies for the green industry. SiteOne Landscape Supply was founded in 2001 and is based in Roswell, Georgia.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-06 Core & Main

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Core & Main is a distributor of water, sewer, storm, fusible piping, and fire protection infrastructure products that serves the needs of both contractors and municipalities in all aspects of the water, wastewater, clean water, landfill, energy, and fire protection industries. Core & Main was founded in 1874 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Buy $2.5B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

FIS Global

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Financial Services
Employees50,000
Revenue 10.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
FIS' corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.
FIS' corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.

FIS Global is a provider of core processing for financial institutions, card issuers, and transaction processing services, and outsourcing services to financial institutions and retailers. FIS Global was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-10 FIS Global - Ambit Private Banking Business

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

FIS Global - Ambit Private Banking Business is a provider of software solutions including Apsys and CIM, designed to help Swiss and international private banks to build a strong competitive advantage. The solution suite includes core banking, client management, analysis and control, market management, fund accounting and alternative investments solutions.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-04 Certegy

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Certegy is a provider of credit, debit and merchant card processing, e-banking, check risk management and check cashing services to over 6,000 financial institutions, 117,000 retailers and 100 million consumers worldwide. Certegy is based in Clearwater, Florida.

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