M&A Deal Summary

Foundever Acquires Sitel Worldwide

On July 10, 2015, Foundever acquired business services company Sitel Worldwide from OMERS Private Equity and Onex Partners for 830M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Foundever’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Foundever’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Foundever’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Foundever’s 1st transaction in Tennessee.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-07-10
Target Sitel Worldwide
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Foundever
Sellers(s) OMERS Private Equity
Onex Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 830M USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs
BofA Securities (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Sitel Worldwide

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Sitel Worldwide Corp. is a provider of fully integrated services that include customer care, technical support, sales programs, risk management, retention strategies, customer acquisition, back-office processing and collections and receivables.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Foundever

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Foundever is a global provider of customer experience and business process outsourcing solutions, offering contact center and digital services to clients across diverse industries. Foundever is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

OMERS Private Equity

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 27.5B CAD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

OMERS Private Equity, Inc. is the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. OMERS invests in buyout, venture, and mezzanine funds as well as makes direct private equity investments in North American companies with and enterprise value of $200 million to 1.5 billion. Target sectors include manufacturing, financial and business services, industrial and consumer products, transportation, and technology. OMERS Private Equity was formed in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 32
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 8
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 6 of 13
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-18 KAG

North Canton, Ohio, United States

KAG provides transportation and logistics services to the fuel, chemical, liquid food and merchant gas sectors in the U.S. and Canada. KAG was founded in 1997 and is based in North Canton, Ohio.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-17 Affinia Group

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Affinia is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket components for passenger car, sport utility vehicles, light, medium and heavy trucks and off-highway vehicles. Affinia's broad range of brake, filtration and chassis products are sold in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.

Sell -
SELLER

Onex Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 21.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Onex Partners is the private equity investment arm of Onex Corp., a Canadian based public investment and asset management firm that also invests in real estate and credit securities. Onex Partners targets investments in large companies, and ONCAP which invests in smaller middle-market companies. Both groups consider North American businesses in a wide range of industries with a special interest in aerospace, healthcare, and industrial companies. Prospective transaction situations include corporate carve-outs where the firm can leverage restructuring capabilities. Onex Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in Toronto with an additional office in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 40
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 6
State: Tennessee M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 16 of 31
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-02 Jack s

Homewood, Alabama, United States

Jack's is an operator of quick-service restaurants specializing in burgers, fried chicken, made-from-scratch biscuits, crinkle-cut fries, and hand-dipped shakes. Jack's was founded in 1960 and is based in Homewood, Alabama.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-11 KraussMaffei

Parsdorf, Germany

KraussMaffei is a manufacturer of plastics and rubber processing machinery and the market leader in the production of injection molding machines. KraussMaffei originally consisted of four independent, market-leading brands: KraussMaffei, Netstal, Demag, and Berstorff. KraussMaffei is based in Parsdorf, Germany.

Sell €925M