M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2007-08-17 |
| Target | Laureate |
| Sector | Education |
| Buyer(s) |
Stockwell Capital
TruArc Partners KKR Sterling Partners Private Equity Vulcan Capital |
| Deal Type | Going Private |
| Deal Value | 3.8B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Morgan Stanley BofA Securities (Financial) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman DLA Piper (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| PE ASSETS | 750M USD |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Stockwell Capital is a co-investment firm, focused on making minority investments alongside private equity sponsors. Stockwell is a generalist investor, with no sector preferences and looks to commit $3 to $10 million per investment. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout the US and Europe and prefers late-stage or growth equity situations. Stockwell Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in Chicago.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 30 of 44 |
| Sector (Education) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Going Private) | 7 of 12 |
| State (Florida) | 1 of 3 |
| Country (United States) | 22 of 35 |
| Year (2007) | 3 of 9 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 11 of 27 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-05 |
Icicle Seafoods
Seattle, Washington, United States Icicle Seafoods, Inc. is a diversified seafood harvesting and processing company. Icicle's core business is the primary processing of seafood including wild salmon, pollock, halibut, cod, sablefish, and herring. Icicle Seafoods was founded in 1965 and is based in Seattle, Washington. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-24 |
First Data
Atlanta, Georgia, United States First Data is a provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for merchants, financial institutions and card issuers. First Data was formed in 1989 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. |
Buy | $29.0B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| PE ASSETS | 3.3B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
TruArc Partners is a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-market companies throughout North America. The Firm seeks to invest $50 to $150 million in companies valued between $100 and $500 million. TruArc Partners will consider a variety of transaction types, including leveraged acquisitions, build-ups, recapitalizations, restructurings and growth equity commitments. TruArc Partners was formerly known as Snow Phipps Group. The Firm was established in 2005 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 6 of 33 |
| Sector (Education) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Going Private) | 1 of 1 |
| State (Florida) | 1 of 4 |
| Country (United States) | 6 of 32 |
| Year (2007) | 3 of 3 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-02-12 |
Tasti D-Lite
Franklin, Tennessee, United States Tasti D-Lite LLC is a provider of unique low-fat and lower-calorie frozen dairy dessert product sold through its network of retail stores. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-23 |
Excel Mining Systems
Bowerston, Ohio, United States Excel Mining Systems LLC is a provider in the production of roof support for the coal and hard rock mining industries. Excel Mining is a premier supplier of complete roof systems in the United States. |
Sell | $670M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| PE ASSETS | 510.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 58 of 483 |
| Sector (Education) | 2 of 10 |
| Type (Going Private) | 10 of 37 |
| State (Florida) | 2 of 7 |
| Country (United States) | 32 of 210 |
| Year (2007) | 7 of 15 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 28 of 104 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-06 |
Dollar General
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States Dollar General is a discount retailer offering a variety of apparels, household, cleaning, health, beauty and baby products. Dollar General was incorporated in 1939 and is headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. |
Buy | $7.3B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-17 |
China Tianrui Group Cement
Henan, China China Tianrui Group Cement Company Limited is a leading clinker and cement producer in China in terms of production capacity and production volume as of December 31, 2010. We are primarily involved in the production, sale and distribution of clinker and cement. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| PE ASSETS | 5.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Sterling Partners Private Equity is the private equity arm of asset management firm Sterling Partners. Sterling Partners Private Equityis focused on investing in small to medium-sized companies positioned for growth, either organically or through acquisitions. Sterling has a strong interest in businesses with differentiated products, defensible competitive positions, recurring revenues, and diversified customers. The Firm's target equity commitment size is $5 to $175 million. Broad sectors of interest include direct marketing, education, specialty distribution, specialty manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and business services. Sterling Partners was formed in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 19 of 62 |
| Sector (Education) | 7 of 12 |
| Type (Going Private) | 2 of 5 |
| State (Florida) | 2 of 4 |
| Country (United States) | 19 of 60 |
| Year (2007) | 2 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-26 |
Educate
Baltimore, Maryland, United States Educate consists of Sylvan Learning Centers and Educate Online. Sylvan is the leading provider of tutoring and supplemental education services to students of all ages and skill levels. Sylvan has provided millions of students the individual attention, personalized lesson plans and positive reinforcement that help build the skills, habits and attitudes students need to achieve their goals and to succeed in school and in life. Educate is based in Baltimore, Maryland. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-26 |
Avectra
McLean, Virginia, United States Avectra is the provider of enterprise and on-demand membership management software solutions. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Family Office |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Vulcan Capital is the private investment group of Vulcan Inc., the organization founded by Paul G. Allen to manage his personal and professional endeavors. Vulcan Capital looks to invest at all company stages and will consider opportunities across an array of industries. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products, distribution and logistics, energy and natural resources, financial services and insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, media, technology, and telecom. The Firm's target investment size is $10 to $100 million. In addition to direct investing, Vulcan Capital also makes fund investments as well as invests in public securities. Vulcan Inc. was formed in 1986 and has offices in Seattle, Washington and Palo Alto, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 11 of 34 |
| Sector (Education) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Going Private) | 1 of 1 |
| State (Florida) | 1 of 2 |
| Country (United States) | 11 of 30 |
| Year (2007) | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-01 |
Silvercrest Asset Management Group
New York, New York, United States Silvercrest Asset Management Group is a registered investment advisor which provides asset management and family office services to families and select institutional investors. Silvercrest combines the client-focused service which was the hallmark of private banks and investment counsel firms in an earlier age with state of the art theories of portfolio construction, risk management and diversification. Silvercrest Asset Management Group was founded in 2002 and is based in New York City. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-20 |
Oxygen Media
New York, New York, United States Oxygen Media LLC is a cable television programming network and media company serving women audiences with a mixture of entertainment and information. |
Sell | $925M |
