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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

These included Northern Vending Company of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in July 2019; Sterling Services of Canton, Michigan, in March 2019; United Vending & Market Services of Ferndale, Michigan, in November 2018; Metro Vending Service of Roseville, Michigan, in April 2018; 24 Hr.

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MARCH 3, 2025

“This transaction underscores the firm’s focus on investing in family- and founder-led businesses with significant growth potential,” said Jason Neimark , a partner at New Water.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

HWS has a complex ownership history, including a 2018 management buyout led by UK chief executive Jens Hofma, backed by Pricoa Capital Group. Cross-party MPs also criticised the governments NIC plans, describing the impact on hospitality as catastrophic.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Under Providences ownership since 2018, the company has strengthened its position as a trusted platform for professional networking and industry insights. CloserStill Media is a leading organiser of conferences across business technology, infrastructure, transportation, and healthcare industries.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

If we define a stock crash as a drawdown of 50% or more, Nvidia has gone through four stock crashes since going public: 2001, 2008, 2018, and most recently in 2022. However, there have been multiple stock crashes along the way. Yes, it was just a few years ago that Nvidia was disliked by the investment community.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

BGF initially backed the company in 2018, supporting its expansion and acquisition of Doncasters Precision Forge. Founded in 1587, IFA is one of the UKs oldest manufacturers and a key supplier of open-die and precision closed-die forgings for critical industries, including aerospace, defence, oil and gas, and power generation.

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MARCH 27, 2025

A fourth line was added in 2016, followed by a 120,000-square-foot expansion and three additional production lines in 2018. In 2015, CraftMark opened its 225,000-square-foot facility, equipped with three automated production lines to serve major clients such as Subway.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Bain Capital acquired Rocket Software in 2018 at a $2bn valuation and has since expanded the business through acquisitions, including the $2.3bn purchase of OpenTexts software modernization unit last year. Some bidders may form consortiums to finance the acquisition.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

However, Equifax stock rebounded throughout much of 2018 and reached levels comparable to those prior to the split. Unfortunately, by the end of 2018, shares of Equifax were back to prior lows following less-than-stellar earnings and a lingering hangover in reputational damages.

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MARCH 27, 2025

Doerfer Corporation acquired Votaw in October 2018 as part of its efforts to expand its capabilities in precision manufacturing for aerospace and defense applications. It is actively involved in both legacy and next-generation national security programs.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

Wingstop UK, which launched in 2018, opened its first restaurant in Cambridge Circus, London. While the financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed, it is believed that the sale is valued at no less than 400m.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Such benefits have accrued to shareholders, especially those who bought Celsius stock in April 2018 when Fieldly became CEO. The growth of Celsius stock If one had invested $1,000 in Celsius stock in April 2018, that holding would be worth around $18,600, as of the time of this writing.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

It's also a stock Buffett has purchased shares of for 24 consecutive quarters, from July 2018 through June 2024. Prior to July 2018, repurchases were only allowed if Berkshire Hathaway's shares dipped to or below 120% of book value -- i.e., no more than 20% above listed book value per share, as of the most recent quarter.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

The ICS platform was formed by Stone Arch in September 2018 with the acquisition of Louisiana-based Electrical and Instrumentation Unlimited , a company specializing in industrial electrical and instrumentation services across the Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern regions of the United States.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

The investor first accumulated shares of the largest hotelier in the world in 2016, but it wasn't until 2018 that he had an opportunity to establish a significant position in the stock during the market downturn. Its loyalty program has grown from 80 million, when Ackman invested in 2018, to over 195 million today.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

Should we reach a point at which companies acquiring Nvidia GPUs to train their AI models have all the computing capacity they need, there could be a similar stock crash as experienced in 2018 and 2022 because Nvidia wouldn't have near the demand. That will be another dark year for Nvidia's stock, as it will likely crash.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Heartwood’s M&Q Holdings acquired M&Q Packaging in December 2015, followed by the acquisitions of Outlook Group in October 2016 and Flavorseal in February 2018. The company employs 260 people and operates two Wisconsin-based facilities, totaling 500,000 square feet of manufacturing, warehouse, fulfillment, and R&D space.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Prior to mid-July 2018, share buybacks were only allowed if Berkshire Hathaway's share price fell to or below 120% of its book value , as of the most recent quarter. At no point in the many years leading up to mid-July 2018 did Buffett company's fall to or below this threshold, which meant no buybacks were undertaken.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Before July 2018, Berkshire's chief was only allowed to undertake stock buybacks if shares of his company fell to or below 120% of book value. On July 17, 2018, Berkshire Hathaway's board amended the rules governing buybacks to give Warren Buffett an opportunity to reward his company's shareholders.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Prior to the midpoint of July 2018, Berkshire's chief was only allowed to buy back his company's stock if shares fell to or below 120% of book value (based on the most recent quarter). Things changed in a big way on July 17, 2018. Rather, the only evidence of this big-time buying is found in Berkshire's quarterly operating results.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

to $5.90, which, at the midpoint, would be its lowest EPS since 2018 -- not good. When earnings are greater than dividend payments, dividends are sustainable. Investors need to be aware that Dollar General expects full-year earnings per share (EPS) of $5.50 In short, I don't believe it's in danger of being cut.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The firm has already deployed half of that amount across 15 transactions in Turkey since 2018 and continues to see strong opportunities in key sectors such as food, energy, steel, chemicals, and mining.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

At Talon Outdoor, Grljevic oversaw Talon’s extensive development in driving technology-led change, first joining as Chief Transformation Officer in 2018 prior to his promotion to Group Chief Operating Officer in 2022.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

Niccol has been instrumental in delivering a turnaround for Chipotle after its foodborne illness outbreaks, leading the stock to 800% returns since joining in 2018, making it one of the best-performing stocks in the world over that time. Longtime chief executive officer (CEO) Brian Niccol just announced a surprising departure to Starbucks.

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MARCH 28, 2025

The stock hasn't been this cheap since 2018 Nike's stock has fallen 11% this year, part of a larger decline it has been on for multiple years. The last time you could have bought the stock at a price this low was in early 2018. NKE data by YCharts.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

2018 2% 2019 2.8% Below are the past 10 wage base limits: Year Wage Base Limit 2015 $118,500 2016 $118,500 2017 $127,200 2018 $128,400 2019 $132,900 2020 $137,700 2021 $142,800 2022 $147,000 2023 $160,200 2024 $168,600 Source: Social Security Administration. Below are the past 10 COLAs: Year COLA 2015 1.7% 2016 0% 2017 0.3%

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AUGUST 25, 2024

DraftKings Given that more than two-thirds of states now permit sports betting of some sort since the federal ban on such gambling was lifted in 2018, it would be easy to conclude DraftKings ' (NASDAQ: DKNG) highest-growth phase is in the rearview mirror. Ditto for DraftKings stock. That's not likely, however.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

Niccol has been instrumental to Chipotle's outperformance since he joined in 2018, so investors were concerned about the company's future without its star CEO. Operationally, Chipotle had 3,371 restaurants in the United States and another 66 overseas in 2023, up from 2,452 and 37 stores, respectively, in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Source: WF Cabinetry Brands Wellborn Forest was acquired by HCI in November 2018, Countryside Cabinets (then De Pere Cabinet) was acquired in September 2020, and WoodHarbor Molding & Millworks was acquired in October 2023. WF Cabinetry manufactures and sells semi-custom and custom cabinetry to dealers, remodelers, designers, and builders.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

According to a press statement, Stonepeak’s credit division, which has been active in private and secondary infrastructure investments since 2018, aims to leverage Boundary Street’s expertise to support companies in digital infrastructure, cloud services, and technology-driven sectors.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Prior to July 2018, Buffett and his right-hand man Charlie Munger, who sadly passed away in November 2023, had their hands tied when it came to share buybacks. But on July 17, 2018, Berkshire's board amended the rules governing buybacks to allow Buffett and Munger to get off the proverbial bench.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

Under Wynnchurch’s ownership, Texas Hydraulics expanded its portfolio by acquiring The Oilgear Company , a Michigan-based manufacturer of hydraulic pumps, valves, and systems used in heavy-duty applications, in April 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Venture capitalist Tim Draper -- who famously invested in Twitter, Coinbase , Tesla , SpaceX, Ring, and Cylance -- predicted in 2018 that Bitcoin would reach "$250,000 by 2022." But between 2018 and 2022, its value did rise by roughly 1,000%. Bitcoin's price didn't test those highs that year.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

Chue, who joined Azalea in 2018, has played a key role in expanding the firm’s offerings, including the development of the Altrium private equity platform, which provides accredited investors with access to global private equity funds.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

2018 0.4% -14% 2019 1.7% That was in 2018. Year S&P 500 September performance S&P 500 Q4 performance 2009 0.9% 2012 2.4% -1% 2013 3% 9.9% 2024 ??? ??? Average 2.7% Source: YCharts, data compiled by author. As you can see, there was only one year when the S&P 500 severely underperformed after gaining in September.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Providence, which acquired CloserStill in 2018, is in the early stages of evaluating a potential sale that could value the company at over 1bn, according to sources familiar with the discussions. However, they note that no final decisions have been made, and the plans remain subject to change.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Prior to mid-July 2018, buybacks were limited to instances where Berkshire's stock traded at or below 120% of book value. At no point for many years leading up to July 2018 had the company's stock fallen below this threshold, which meant no buybacks were undertaken.

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