M&A Deal Summary

One Equity Partners and W Capital Partners Acquire MModal

On July 2, 2012, private equity firm One Equity Partners and secondary investor W Capital Partners acquired information technology company MModal for 1.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 7th and W Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 3rd and W Capital Partners’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 25th and W Capital Partners’ 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 2nd and W Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-07-02
Target MModal
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) One Equity Partners
W Capital Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 1.1B USD
Advisor(s) Macquarie Capital
RBC Capital Markets (Financial)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Legal)

Target

MModal

Franklin, Tennessee, United States
MModal is a provider of clinical transcription services, clinical documentation workflow solutions, advanced cloud-based Speech Understanding™ technology and advanced unstructured data analytics. MModal is based in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

One Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

One Equity Partners (OEP) is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth capital investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. OEP prefers to be the lead investor and typically commits $30 to $150 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include industrial products/services, consumer, retail, chemicals, media, communications, and healthcare. One Equity Partners was formed in 2001 and spun out of JP Morgan Chase in 2015. One Equity Partners is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 45 of 134
Sector (Information Technology) 7 of 25
Type (Going Private) 3 of 3
State (Tennessee) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 25 of 80
Year (2012) 3 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-23 Wow! Nutrition

São Paulo, Brazil

Wow! Nutrition is a food and beverage company in Brazil, with a relevant presence in juices, teas, diet and light products, infant nutrition, among other segments. The company owns brands such as Sufresh, Feel Good, Soyos, Gold, Tal & Qual, Assugrin, Doce Menor, Woman Care, Akoko and Vitalon brands, and distributes its products in over 130,000 points of sale throughout Brazil. Wow! Nutrition was founded in 1999 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-01 Grupo Phoenix

Bogotá , Colombia

Grupo Phoenix is a manufacturer of rigid packaging containers for the global food and beverage industry. Grupo Phoenix is based in Bogotá, Columbia.

Buy -
Buyer

W Capital Partners


Category Secondary Investor
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

W Capital Partners is a private investment group focused on direct secondary investments. W Capital Partners has a particular interest in growth equity secondary investments as well as buyout minority secondary investments, where existing shareholders are looking for liquidity. W Capital Partners is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 20
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 2
Type (Going Private) 2 of 2
State (Tennessee) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 11 of 20
Year (2012) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-11 Conduit

New York, New York, United States

Conduit enables web publishers to engage, distribute and monetize their websites by providing an online platform and a range of tools and applications for building and distributing community toolbars.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-01 Standard Bancshares

Hickory Hills, Illinois, United States

Standard Bancshares is the holding company for Standard Bank & Trust, a commercial bank with 42 branches serving communities throughout the Chicago area and northwest Indiana. Standard has total assets of approximately $2.5 billion with $2.2 billion in deposits, of which over 90% are core deposits, and $1.8 billion in loans, of which 80% are commercial-related.

Buy -