M&A Deal Summary

Imperial Capital Bank Acquires USBX

On August 14, 2008, Imperial Capital Bank acquired financial services company USBX from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Imperial Capital Bank’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Imperial Capital Bank’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Imperial Capital Bank’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-08-14
Target USBX
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Imperial Capital Bank
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

USBX

Santa Monica, California, United States
USBX, Inc. provided M&A advisory services to small- and medium-sized businesses.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Imperial Capital Bank

La Jolla, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Imperial Capital Bank is a La Jolla, California based bank that was formed in 1973.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 120 of 488
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 35
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 62 of 202
State: California M&A 13 of 37
Country: United States M&A 80 of 261
Year: 2008 M&A 10 of 15
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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