M&A Deal Summary

RJD Partners Acquires Equidebt

On September 1, 2005, private equity firm RJD Partners acquired financial services company Equidebt for 50M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RJD Partners’ 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is RJD Partners’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RJD Partners’ 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Equidebt was sold to a financial buyer in 2008.
  • Equidebt was sold to a strategic buyer in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-09-01
Target Equidebt
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) RJD Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 50M GBP

Target

Equidebt

Wellesbourne, United Kingdom
Equidebt Ltd. is a provider of debt recovery solutions to the banking and financial services sector.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RJD Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 300M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

RJD Partners is an independent private equity firm focused on providing capital to service sector businesses located in the United Kingdom. Specific service areas of interest include business services, financial services, IT services, and leisure. RJD invests between £5 and £20 million in transactions worth between £10 and £50 million. RJD was formerly known as Royal London Private Equity. RJD Partners was formed in 2001 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 25
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 3
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 5 of 18
Country (United Kingdom) 6 of 25
Year (2005) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-18 ISG Technology

Egham, United Kingdom

ISG Technology Ltd. is a provider of a broad range of mission critical IT solutions for blue-chip clients. ISG designs, installs and manages mission critical networking infrastructure solutions for blue chip organisations across the UK, including retailers, UK government, quick service restaurants (QSR) and major global ICT and telecommunications companies.

Buy £17M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-10 LMS Holdings

Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom

LMS Holdings Ltd. is a provider of outsourced professional services to the UK remortgage and transactional property market.

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