M&A Deal Summary

The Carlyle Group and Stone Point Capital Acquire Kroll

On April 23, 2013, private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Stone Point Capital acquired financial services company Kroll for 666M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 29th and Stone Point Capital’s 19th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 76th and Stone Point Capital’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 243rd and Stone Point Capital’s 45th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 12th and Stone Point Capital’s 12th transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • Kroll was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2017 for 1.8B USD.
  • Kroll was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2020 for 4.2B USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-04-23
Target Kroll
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) The Carlyle Group
Stone Point Capital
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 666M USD
Advisor(s) Centerview Partners (Financial)

Target

Kroll

New York, New York, United States
Kroll is an independent financial advisory and investment banking firm, offering a broad range of consulting and advisory services to public and private companies. With more than 1,200 professionals serving clients worldwide. Kroll was founded in 1932 and is based in New York City.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 462 of 744
Sector (Financial Services) 29 of 48
Type (Going Private) 26 of 35
State (New York) 12 of 24
Country (United States) 243 of 349
Year (2013) 5 of 22
Size (of disclosed) 76 of 137
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-19 Addison Lee Group

London, United Kingdom

Addison Lee Group is a private hire vehicle provider. Addison Lee Group was founded in 1975 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy £300M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-25 Synagro Technologies

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Synagro Technologies, Inc. works to turn waste into worth by helping more than 1,000 municipal and industrial water and wastewater facilities in North America move toward safer, cleaner, and more environmentally beneficial practices. For some, it’s simply cleaning the water supply. As the largest recycler of organic by-products in North America, the company is trusted because it removes risks while keeping the logistics clean. Synagro Technologies was founded in 1986 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Buyer

Stone Point Capital

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 25.0B 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 $5 and $500 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 55 of 114
Sector (Financial Services) 19 of 36
Type (Going Private) 2 of 7
State (New York) 12 of 19
Country (United States) 45 of 101
Year (2013) 4 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-20 GWC Warranty

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

GWC Warranty is a provider of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through automotive dealers. GWC provides sales and marketing claims administration, and insurance for its customers. GWC Warranty was founded in 1995 and is based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-01 New Ocean Capital

Hamilton, Bermuda

New Ocean Capital is an asset manager focused on sourcing investment opportunities in the traditional (re)insurance market, the collateralized reinsurance market, and the reinsurance capital markets. New Ocean Capital is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Buy -
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