Private Equity Insights

APRIL 5, 2024

Presidio, which has generated nearly $6bn in revenue and employs more than 3,500 people globally, first drew private equity attention in 2011 when it was acquired by US buyout group American Securities, before Apollo agreed to acquire it in 2014. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading? in a deal that.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On Thursday, City sources said that Cinven, another sizeable buyout firm, is also preparing to lodge a bid as part of a formal sale process. Ardian, the French buyout firm which owns a stake in Audiotonix, is in the process of initiating a sale process by hiring bankers to advise on it, Sky News reported last month.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The company was founded in 2014 by CEO Bob Houghton and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm’s buyout strategy focuses on acquiring and growing companies across sectors including plastics, packaging, circular technology, and textiles. Closed Loop acquired Sage in November 2023.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 29, 2024

Axalta, formerly known as DuPont Performance Coatings, was acquired in 2013; Nouryon, formerly known as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, in 2018; Atotech, a specialty chemical affiliate of Total Energies, in 2016; Signode, the industrial packaging group of ITW, in 2014; and Allison Transmission from General Motors Corporation in 2007.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

The Sydney-based buyout firm earlier this year elevated investment director Bing Jiang to partner status, rounding out the partner roster to five. In 2014, James Murphy was promoted to partner, while Next also counts David Browne among its investments team. Next’s last fund made more than 30 per cent returns on an IRR basis.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Street Talk can reveal EQT dealmakers, Frank Heckes and David Forde, have agreed terms with sell-side adviser Jefferies and the buyout firm has been anointed preferred bidder. The buyout giant has chased furry deals aggressively over the past decade.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

The report cites data from consultancy LaingBuisson as revealing that, since 2021, buyout groups have struck 150 deals for UK healthcare companies – including ambulance fleets and diagnostics businesses – with the past two years seeing the most activity, in terms of volume, since at least 2014. Like this article?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2024

For many investors, the prospect of a buyout was the last great hope for the struggling retailer. Although its so-called "A Bold New Chapter" strategy looks and sounds like a compelling revitalization plan, the retailer has made several such efforts since its sales peaked all the way back in 2014.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And after a couple of chained buyouts starting in 2014, Cbeyond has been a subsidiary of financial giant Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) since 2022. Telecom infrastructure giant LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) bought Vonage for $6.2 billion in the summer of 2022. magicJack VocalTec took the private equity exit in 2018 for a mere $143 million.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 10, 2024

Since HubSpot's initial public offering (IPO) in October 2014, the stock -- which was then priced at $25 per share -- has gained 2,260%. The average long-term buyout premium runs about 30%, but buyers have been conservative about paying up in the face of macroeconomic headwinds and higher valuations.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Estia chief executive Sean Bilton, who wants to continue running the group should shareholders vote in favour of the Bain buyout at a meeting scheduled for November, said the aged care sector was ripe for more deals. “It Bain first made a buyout proposal for Estia on March 23 at $3 per share, and returned on June 7 with a $3.20

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The equity investment made by the Eurazeo’s Mid-large buyout team has generated a cash-on-cash multiple of 2.7x Initiated by its management back in 2014 and accelerated by Eurazeo and its partners since the acquisition of the Seqens group in June 2016, Humens has placed the energy transition at the heart of its growth strategy.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

billion all-cash buyout of the Metro PCS prepaid service provider. An investment of $1,000 in Verizon Communications stock in 2014 would be worth just $883 today, and an AT&T bet of the same size would have dwindled to $724. A decade ago, T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) had just closed its $1.5 Dividends -- the great equalizer?

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 3, 2025

The report highlights a resurgence in both buyout investments and exits, reversing the sharp declines of the previous two years. The technology sector remained a primary focus for private equity, comprising 33% of buyout deals by value and 26% by volume, with strong activity also seen at the intersection of technology and healthcare.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Presidio, which has generated nearly $6bn in revenue and employs more than 3,500 people globally, first drew private equity attention in 2011 when it was acquired by US buyout group American Securities, before Apollo agreed to acquire it in 2014.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 25, 2024

It has been Summit Midstream's joint venture (JV) partner in Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate since 2014. That enabled it to produce $839 million in excess free cash last year, which it used to fund the G&P JV buyout and build up the cash on its balance sheet. It owns interests in and operates those JVs. It distributed $3.3

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The Motley Fool

MAY 23, 2024

Shares of International Paper are up 26% in just the last month, but as Ng notes, even with those gains the stock is still down slightly compared to where it traded in 2014. It is usually unwise to follow momentum traders into a potential buyout target, especially in a political climate that is hostile to foreign bidders for U.S.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

However, its 2014 vintage funds US deals have underperformed compared to European investments, and its expected that its 2017 vintage fund could face similar challenges. CVC has exited just a quarter of the 25 US deals it made through its four flagship buyout funds since 2008.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

An excellent example of the company's growth by mergers and acquisitions (M&A) was its 2021 purchase of Ground Force Worldwide for $45 million and its buyout of TowHaul in 2022 for $46 million.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 14, 2024

Forty-six states filed and settled a class action lawsuit to change Sirius XM's cancellation process in 2014, and subscribers were still complaining about exorbitant wait times and obtuse menu systems in 2023. In that case, you're in luck -- the company offers a phone line and a link that should get the job done.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Long before that, the company engaged in anti-competitive practices and antagonized critics, especially female journalists like Sarah Lacy, who called out years of the company’s toxic issues as early 2014. She was threatened by the company, yet her call for change and her callout of top investors went largely ignored.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Consistent with the industry globally, the region’s deal value slid 35% from the previous five-year average to the lowest annual level since 2014. For the first time since 2017, buyouts overtook growth deals and represented 48% of Asia Pacific’s total deal value while growth deals represented 41%.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Committed US$700 million to BPEA Private Equity Fund IX managed by EQT Private Capital Asia, a leading private equity manager in the APAC region focused on large-cap control buyout investments. Polaris Capital is a leading Japanese private equity manager, focusing on upper mid-market buyout investments. Committed JPY 11.5

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AltAssets

JUNE 12, 2024

Mid-market French private equity house Parquest has rasied more than €410m for the final close of its third flagship fund since spinning out of ING Group in 2014. The post Former ING arm Parquest raises €414m for above-target close of third independent fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2024

The story so far Opendoor has been around since 2014, starting with local home reseller services in Phoenix and Dallas. If nothing else, former rivals like Redfin and Zillow might decide to get back in the iBuyer market by acquisition, thus painting buyout targets on this stock.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 2, 2024

Every once in a blue Moon, however, a potential buyout candidate just so happens to be one because the market appears to be undervaluing that company's brand, operation, and future prospects. More hype than was ever merited To say GoPro failed to live up to its 2014 initial public offering 's hype is quite an understatement.

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The Healthcare Investor

JANUARY 19, 2024

VSCP , based in New York, is private equity firm that specializes in buyouts of lower middle market healthcare services businesses. Founded in 2014, the firm targets companies with between $5 million and $30 million in EBITDA. Inceptua , founded in 1997 and with its U.S. office in Princeton, N.J.,

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AltAssets

AUGUST 25, 2023

JH Whitney acquired Alphia’s predecessor, CJ Foods, in 2014, and merged it with American Nutrition to create Alphia in 2020. PAI Partners has agreed to buy dry pet food and treats maker Alphia from JH Whitney Capital Partners.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, Googles 2014 acquisition of DeepMind was a strategic move to secure leading AI researchers, fueling its advancements in artificial intelligence. Talent : Some acquisitions are less about the product and more about bringing world-class expertise in-house.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

AI takes over Submitted 27/06/2023 - 1:56pm This article first appeared in the March 2023 T ech Buyouts Insights Report New advances in artificial intelligence are creating a buzz in tech M&A in 2023, that if backed up by capital deployment could make up for the dip in private investment into the sector in 2022.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The new investments include the previously announced buyout of our 51% JV partner in 63 care homes in the United Kingdom. I don't know what the all-time low is, but it's lower than at any point, I think, since 2014. The 63 care homes are leased to two established U.K. operators with current annual rent of $43.6 I think the 4.2

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 19, 2024

billion represents a 76% increase since 2014. Despite facing pressure from the historic rise in short-term rates, NIM is up 80 basis points since 2014 and is more than 50 basis points higher than where we were just a few years ago. Across the total portfolio, our average annual NCO rate was 30 basis points since 2014.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

CPPIB's portfolio had 12 per cent in Canada as of the end of March, down from around 16 per cent in 2019, and 31 per cent in 2014. Mr. Connor succeeded Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum, CPP Investments’ Chairperson since 2014, whose final term as Chairperson and Director expired in October. Mr. Connor has served on the Board since August 2021.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Gains declined quarter over quarter but were favorable year over year, given the decline in dealer and lessee buyouts. And we continue to assess the near-term net impact from the UAW strike as used values are supported, but tighter supply could lead to elevated dealer and lessee buyouts. Turning to Insurance on Slide 22.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

David Gardner: Well played sir not a bad guess but the market cap for Seattle Genetics now Seagen which now by the way isn't moving much this days since it has this prospect of a buyout coming $37.04 The stock went sideways, basically from 2014-2019 and all of a sudden it's shot from around $20 a share in the summer of 2019.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2024

We recognized $21 million of lease buyout revenue in the fourth quarter, compared with $17 million last quarter and last year. Jamie Samath -- Chief Financial Officer Yeah, I would say the -- the dynamics are quite different between when we launched Xi in 2014 versus where we are today. Q4 system average selling prices were $1.42

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