M&A Deal Summary

Stone Point Capital Acquires Freepoint

On March 1, 2011, private equity firm Stone Point Capital acquired business services company Freepoint

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Stone Point Capital’s 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Stone Point Capital’s 32nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Stone Point Capital’s 2nd transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-03-01
Target Freepoint
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Stone Point Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Freepoint

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Freepoint is a merchant of physical commodities and a financer of upper- and mid-stream commodity-producing assets. The Company provides physical supply services and related structured solutions for counterparties. Freepoint was founded in 2011 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Buyer

Stone Point Capital

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 55.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Stone Point Capital is a private equity firm that targets investments in financial services sector. Specific areas of interest include insurance underwriting, outsourcing service providers to financial institutions, specialty lending and other credit opportunities, employee benefits and healthcare, asset management/retirement savings, and banking/depository institutions. Stone Point looks to commit between $75 and $750 million of equity per transaction and will consider control or substantial minority positions. Geographic areas of interest include North America and Europe. Stone Point Capital was formed in 1994 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 40 of 120
Sector: Business Services M&A 4 of 20
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 21 of 36
State: Connecticut M&A 2 of 6
Country: United States M&A 32 of 108
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-01 Trident V Credit Holdings

New York, New York, United States

Trident V Credit Holdings, L.P. is a vehicle formed by Trident V to invest opportunistically in credit-related assets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-31 Enhanced Capital

New York, New York, United States

Enhanced Capital is a diversified national asset management firm that provides investment capital to small businesses that are underserved by traditional sources of financing. Enhanced Capital was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.

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