M&A Deal Summary

iEnergizer Acquires Aptara

On February 7, 2012, iEnergizer acquired business services company Aptara from American Capital for 144M USD

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-02-07
Target Aptara
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) iEnergizer
Sellers(s) American Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 144M USD

Target

Aptara

Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Aptara, Inc. is a content outsourcing firm. Aptara Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) significantly enhances the ability to increase revenues and improve costs for companies that produce, manage, and disseminate high volumes of product, service or other content.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

iEnergizer

Guernsey, Channel Islands
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Business Services
Revenue 260M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

iEnergizer is a global provider of high value-added, multi-channel content transformation solutions, and high margin business process outsourcing solutions. iEnergizer was founded in 2000 and is based in Saint Guernsey, the Channel Islands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

American Capital

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 22.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

American Capital was a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine investment firm. American Capital invested in buyouts, growth capital financings, acquistion financings, and recapitalizations. The Firm looked to finance businesses with at least $4 million in EBITDA and valued between $20 and $500 million. American Capital ws a generalist firm with broad interest in traditional industries such as manufacturing, distribution, and services. American Capital's European investment affiliate is European Capital. European Capital looked to invest $10 to $600 million of equity, mezzanine, and/or senior debt in similar opportunities across Europe. American Capital was formed in 1997 and in January 2017, merged with Ares Capital Management.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 137 of 194
Sector (Business Services) 11 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 63 of 87
State (Virginia) 8 of 9
Country (United States) 134 of 186
Year (2012) 4 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 34 of 56
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-19 Cinelease

Burbank, California, United States

Cinelease, Inc. is a provider of rent motion-picture lighting and grip equipment to the television, feature film, commercial, and music video industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-10 Phillips & Temro

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Phillips & Temro is a supplier of highly engineered diesel and gasoline engine components with an emerging presence in electric and hybrid electric vehicle platforms. Phillips & Temro was founded in 1920 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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