Investment Summary

Computershare Invests In Administar Services Group

On October 18, 2007, Computershare invested in business services company Administar Services Group from Prairie Capital

Investment Highlights
  • This is Computershare’s 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Computershare’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Computershare’s 1st transaction in New York.

Investment Summary

Date 2007-10-18
Target Administar Services Group
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) Computershare
Sellers(s) Prairie Capital
Deal Type Acquisition Financing

Target

Administar Services Group

New York, New York, United States
The company has nationwide reach with offices in Jacksonville, New York, Columbus and Chicago. Their engagements are staffed by teams of legal, financial and technology professionals with extensive hands-on experience in bankruptcy and class action administration. Administar Services Group takes pride in helping companies manage and streamline the administrative aspects of complex legal proceedings by being accurate, responsive, up to date, easy to use and flexible.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Computershare

Abbotsford, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Software
Employees12,891
Revenue 3.1B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Computershare specializes in the provision of software solutions and professional services to the securities industry. Computershare was founded in 1978 and is based in Abbotsford, Victoria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 28
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 13
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 7 of 18
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-07 Datacare Software Group

United States

Datacare Software Group is a supplier of entity management and subsidiary governance solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-06 QM Technologies

Queensland, Australia

QM Technologies Ltd. is a provider of essential mail and customer communication management services to Australian businesses, specialising in the integrated delivery of print and electronic communications.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Prairie Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 525M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Prairie Capital is a private investment firm that provides equity and/or mezzanine capital to support buyouts and recapitalization of lower middle-market companies generating sales of $20 - $100 million with an EBITDA of $4 - $12 million. Areas of interest include niche manufacturers, business services, consumer products, marketing services, specialty chemical, and food businesses. The firm invests in the range of $25 - $45 million per transaction. Prairie Capital was formed in 1997 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 56
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 5
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: New York M&A 2 of 5
Country: United States M&A 17 of 55
Year: 2007 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-10 Pioneer Metal Finishing

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Pioneer Metal Finishing is a provider of metal finishing services, with primary processes including anodizing of aluminum and electroless nickel plating of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Pioneer Metal Finishing was founded in 1945 and is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-16 EB Brands

Yonkers, New York, United States

EB Brands is a designer and merchandiser of branded products for the handheld exercise, personal fitness monitoring, travel accessory, and gift markets. EB Brands was founded in 1980 and is based in Yonkers, New York.

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