M&A Deal Summary

Greenfield Partners Acquires Clayton Holdings

On April 14, 2008, Greenfield Partners acquired financial services company Clayton Holdings from TA Associates for 134M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Greenfield Partners’ 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Greenfield Partners’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Greenfield Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Greenfield Partners’ 1st transaction in Connecticut.
Investment Fate
  • Clayton Holdings was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2014 for 305M USD.
  • Clayton Holdings was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-14
Target Clayton Holdings
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Greenfield Partners
Sellers(s) TA Associates
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 134M USD
Advisor(s) Goodwin Procter (Legal)

Target

Clayton Holdings

Shelton, Connecticut, United States
Clayton Holdings LLC is a provider in transaction management support, loan analysis, consulting, predictive analytics, independent credit risk management, and securities surveillance. Clayton Holdings was established in 2004 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Greenfield Partners

Westport, Connecticut, United States
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 Clayton Holdings

Shelton, Connecticut, United States

Clayton Holdings LLC is a provider in transaction management support, loan analysis, consulting, predictive analytics, independent credit risk management, and securities surveillance. Clayton Holdings was established in 2004 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

Sell $305M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TA Associates

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA will consider control or minority investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $70 and $500 million per transaction. TA proactively reaches out to companies directly in sourcing potential investment opportunities. Prospective businesses are generally valued between $100 million and $3 billion. Areas of interest include technology, software, communications, financial services, healthcare, business services, semiconductors/electronics, and consumer products/services. In addition to investing equity capital, TA also makes subordinated debt investments. TA's geographic preference is North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. TA Associates was formed in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 128 of 255
Sector (Financial Services) 15 of 31
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 72 of 130
State (Connecticut) 3 of 5
Country (United States) 121 of 206
Year (2008) 2 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 56 of 67
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-13 EYP Mission Critical Facilities

New York City, New York, United States

EYP's Mission Critical Facilities®, Inc. is one of the world's leaders in the design and upgrade of new and existing technically sophisticated mission critical facilities that must remain in operation 7x24x365. Their projects range from corporate data centers to web hosting/co-location facilities, to point of presence sites (POPs), trading floors, digital switch installations, network operations centers (NOCs), call centers, and broadcasting studios.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-03 Creditex Group

New York City, New York, United States

Creditex, Inc. is a provider of electronic execution services in the credit derivatives market in London and New York. The firm is also leading the industry in 'straight-through processing' and market standardization initiatives, allowing its growing client base to increase trading volumes, while reducing operational risk and transaction costs.

Sell $625M
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