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Perfection Learning Acquires Kinetic Books Company

On November 8, 2010, Perfection Learning acquired software company Kinetic Books Company from Lovett Miller & Co.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Perfection Learning’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Perfection Learning’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Perfection Learning’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-11-08
Target Kinetic Books Company
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Perfection Learning
Sellers(s) Lovett Miller & Co.
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kinetic Books Company

Seattle, Washington, United States
Kinetic Books Company, Inc., an interactive textbook publisher, creates and publishes digital curriculum products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Perfection Learning

Logan, Iowa, United States
Category Company
Founded 1926
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

K-12 publisher focusing on books for reluctant readers, literature, drama, language arts, and test preparation.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lovett Miller & Co.

Neptune Beach, Florida, United States

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 175M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Lovett Miller & Co. is a private equity firm that provides growth and shareholder liquidity capital to high-growth privately held companies located in the Southeast US and Texas. Lovett Miller looks for businesses generating sales of $1 to $50 million and can commit up to $15 million per transaction. Areas of interest include technology products and services, healthcare services and devices, business services, consumer and retail, and financial services. The Firm prefers minority positions. Lovett Miller is based in Jacksonville, Florida with an additional office in Tampa.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 17
Sector: Software M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 12
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 10 of 17
Year: 2010 M&A 2 of 2
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Peopleclick is transforming talent management through best-of-breed suite technology and expertise. The company's talent lifecycle suite has changed the human capital management (HCM) landscape by providing a single source of talent lifecycle technologies, helping organizations expand not just their workforce, but their entire business. Peopleclick is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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