M&A Deal Summary

Primavera Capital Group Acquires Stratford School

On October 1, 2017, private equity firm Primavera Capital Group acquired education company Stratford School from Warburg Pincus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Primavera Capital Group’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Primavera Capital Group’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Primavera Capital Group’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-10-01
Target Stratford School
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Primavera Capital Group
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Stratford School

Campbell, California, United States
Stratford School is a provider of academic programs for preschool, elementary, middle school and distance learning students. The company offers preschool, pre-kindergarten and grade one to eight classes. Stratford School was founded in 1999 and is based in Campbell, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Primavera Capital Group

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2010
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Primavera Capital Group is a private investment firm focused on private equity and special situations opportunities in China. The Firm employs a flexible strategy of growth capital, control-oriented, and restructuring investments and seeks to create long-term value by working closely with portfolio companies to improve operational efficiency, competitiveness, and earnings growth. Primavera Capital Group was established in 2010 and is based in Beijing.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector (Education) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 2
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2017) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-02 Shanghai Chemspec

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Chemspec Corp. is a China-based contract manufacturer of highlyengineered specialty chemicals and a famous Chinese manufacturer of fluorinated specialty chemicals as well. Our products are mainly applied to electronics, pharmaceutical and other performance material industries by our customers worldwide.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-09 Worldstrides

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

WorldStrides is a provider of experiential learning to over 400,000 students per year covering academic, professional, performing arts, and athletic programming. The company partners with more than 7,000 K-12 schools and 800 universities, including MBA programs. Worldstrides was founded in 1967 and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 153 of 251
Sector (Education) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 22 of 43
State (California) 20 of 27
Country (United States) 92 of 137
Year (2017) 15 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-26 Camil Alimentos

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Camil Alimentos is a rice distributor in Brazil and has successfully diversified geographically and to other food categories. The Company holds a portfolio of very strong brands with undisputed leadership in all of the categories it operates: Rice in Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay and Sugar in Brazil, and is the No. 2 player in canned fish in Brazil. Camil Alimentos was incorporated in 1963 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-26 Vincom Retail

Ha Noi, Vietnam

Vincom Retail runs a wide variety of business lines, including a comprehensive operation in the real estate field, consisting of commercial and leisure property in prime locations throughout Vietnam.

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