M&A Deal Summary

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires ProLogic Redemption Solutions

On May 23, 2008, private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners acquired information technology company ProLogic Redemption Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-05-23
Target ProLogic Redemption Solutions
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Special Situations/Distressed

Target

ProLogic Redemption Solutions

Bloomington, Indiana, United States
ProLogic Redemption Solutions, Inc. is one of the nation's major coupon redemption service providers. ProLogic serves nearly 20,000 of the leading retail stores and pharmacies, as well as 20 regional and state grocer associations.

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Buyer

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 118
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 22
Type: Special Situations/Distressed M&A Deals 3 of 4
State: Indiana M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 5 of 83
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 I/O Concepts Software

Bellevue, Washington, United States

I/O Concepts Software Corp. is a provider of software that helps enterprise data center operations increase IT efficiency and responsiveness, maximize accessibility, and ensure availability of systems using a single, focused and cost-effective event management solution.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-04 Financial Consulting & Trading International

Los Angeles, California, United States

Financial Consulting & Trading International (FCTI) is one of the major independent owners of ATMs in the U.S. With extensive nationwide operations, FCTI caters to enterprise-level customers in banking, hospitality, entertainment, trucking and retail.

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