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Investment Summary |
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| Date | August 11, 2003 |
| Target | ProSiebenSat.1 Media |
| Sector | Media |
| Investor(s) |
Quadrangle Group
Saban Capital Group Bain Capital Private Equity Hellman & Friedman Thomas H. Lee Partners Providence Equity Partners |
| Deal Type | Stake Purchase |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 3.0B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Quadrangle Group is a specialist private equity firm focused on the information and communications technology services sectors. Quadrangle was formed in 2000 and is based in New York City.
| Deal Context for Investor | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 10 of 25 |
| Sector: Media | 4 of 7 |
| Type: Stake Purchase | 3 of 4 |
| Country: Germany | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2003 | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-11-05 |
Altice
Long Island City, New York, United States Altice is a telecommunications, media, and entertainment company with a portfolio of operations that includes digital television, voice and high-speed Internet services, some of the country's most-watched national television networks, and valuable local media and programming properties. Altice was founded in 2015 and is based in Long Island City, New York. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-03-04 |
Cinemark
Plano, Texas, United States Cinemark is an operator of movie theaters in the United States, or U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Bolivia, Curacao and Paraguay. Cinemark was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Plano, Texas. |
Buy | $1.5B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Saban Capital Group (SCG) is a private investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries. SCG makes both controlling and minority investments in public and private companies. In addition to its private equity activity, the Firm makes early-stage investments in digital media, mobile and consumer internet endeavors, through Saban Ventures, formed in 2008. SCG was established in 2001 by Haim Saban and is based in Los Angeles.
| Deal Context for Investor | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 14 |
| Sector: Media | 1 of 8 |
| Type: Stake Purchase | 1 of 6 |
| Country: Germany | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2003 | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-10-24 |
Fox Family Worldwide
Los Angeles, California, United States Fox Family Worldwide, Inc. is an entertainment company that develops, acquires, produces, broadcasts, and distributes television programming and motion pictures. |
Sell | $5.3B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-01 |
Keshet Broadcasting
Tel Aviv, Israel Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. is a commercial television broadcaster. Keshet involved in various media segments, including broadcasting, internet and cellular, and a number of its television concepts are sold internationally. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 44.2B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bain Capital Private Equity (BCPE), is the private equity investment arm of alternative asset management firm, Bain Capital. BCPE targets leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions in a wide variety of industries including information technology, communications, media, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, retail/consumer, and financial services. Bain Capital is based in Boston with additional offices in New York, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Munich.
| Deal Context for Investor | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 25 of 253 |
| Sector: Media | 2 of 9 |
| Type: Stake Purchase | 2 of 22 |
| Country: Germany | 2 of 10 |
| Year: 2003 | 1 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-31 |
HMH
Boston, Massachusetts, United States HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students' potential and extend teachers' capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million students and four million educators in 150 countries. HMH was founded in 1832 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. |
Buy | $1.7B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-01 |
Keystone Automotive Operations
Exeter, Pennsylvania, United States Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. is a distributor and marketer of specialty aftermarket equipment and accessories. Keystone markets products to serve the following six category segments: truck and off-road; speed and performance; recreational vehicle; towing; wheels, tires and performance handling; and miscellaneous accessories. |
Buy | $471M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 115.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Hellman & Friedman is a large private equity firm on the West Coast of the US. H&F focuses on control and minority investments in a variety of transaction structures and will consider opportunities across the US and Europe. H&F seeks buyouts and business in need of restructurings that operate in defensible markets with predictable revenue and earnings growth. Target sectors include financial services, healthcare, indusrial, energy, insurance, media, marketing, professional services, software, and information services. H&F's target equity investment size is $300 million to $1 billion. Hellman & Friedman was formed in 1984 and has offices in San Francisco, New York City, and London.
| Deal Context for Investor | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 12 of 90 |
| Sector: Media | 4 of 5 |
| Type: Stake Purchase | 6 of 13 |
| Country: Germany | 1 of 5 |
| Year: 2003 | 1 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-10-01 |
Arch Capital
Pembroke, Bermuda Arch Capital is a reinsurance and insurance company. The proceeds of this financing were used to launch a major underwriting initiative to meet current and future demand in the global insurance marketplace. Arch Capital was founded in 1995 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda. |
Buy | $763M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-09 |
Axel Springer
Berlin, Germany Axel Springer is a publisher of newspapers and magazines. Axel Springer was founded in 1946 and is based in Berlin, Germany. |
Buy | €350M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| PE ASSETS | 35.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) is a private equity firm that seeks buyout, expansion, consolidation, distressed, and recapitalization investments across various industries. Sectors of interest include business and information services, consumer products/retail, financial services, healthcare, industrial, and media/communications. THL looks to invest $100 to $400 million in companies valued up to $2.5 billion. THL was formed in 1974 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Deal Context for Investor | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 13 of 92 |
| Sector: Media | 2 of 5 |
| Type: Stake Purchase | 4 of 5 |
| Country: Germany | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2003 | 2 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-07-02 |
Axis Capital
Pembroke, Bermuda Axis Capital is a provider of specialty-lines insurance and treaty reinsurance for customers around the world. Axis maintains operating subsidiaries in Bermuda, Ireland, and the United States. Axis Capital was founded in 2001 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-11-01 |
Michael Foods
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States Michael Foods is a producer of value-added food products and service solutions to customers across the foodservice, retail and food ingredient channels. It holds market positions in attractive categories including value-added egg products, refrigerated potato products and cheese and other dairy case products. |
Buy | $1.1B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| PE ASSETS | 38.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Providence Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in media, entertainment, communications, and information companies. Specifically, Providence seeks investments in wireless and wireline telephony, cable television content and distribution, music, film, publishing, radio and television broadcasting, and other media and communications sectors. Providence Equity looks to commit $150 million to $800 million of equity capital in transactions ranging from growth financings and recapitalizations, to buyouts and take-privates. Providence Equity Partners was formed in 1989 and has offices in Providence, Rhode Island; New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; London, United Kingdom; Hong Kong, China; and New Delhi, India.
| Deal Context for Investor | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 18 of 137 |
| Sector: Media | 6 of 29 |
| Type: Stake Purchase | 4 of 14 |
| Country: Germany | 2 of 3 |
| Year: 2003 | 5 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-08-01 |
LanguageLine Solutions
Monterey, California, United States LanguageLine Solutions, Inc. is a provider of over-the-phone interpretation services from English into more than 150 languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-14 |
Freedom Communications
Santa Ana, California, United States Freedom Communications, Inc. is a diversified media company that primarily publishes community newspapers and metropolitan area newspapers and operates broadcast television stations. Freedom owns 28 daily newspapers and 38 weekly newspapers in 11 states with a combined circulation of 1.2 million and 8 broadcast television stations in 7 states. It is the 13th largest newspaper publisher by circulation and one of the largest independent television broadcasters in the U.S. |
Buy | $2.1B |
