Sentences with phrase «acquire equities in companies»

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• Marlin Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Talkwalker, a Luxembourg - based global listening and analytics company.

• Berkley Capital, W. R. Berkley Corporation's (NYSE: WRB) private equity arm, acquired a majority stake in The Crypton Companies, a Bloomfield Hills, Mich. provider of performance fabrics in the contract, home furnishings and apparel markets.

Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that NBCUniversal was in preliminary talks with BuzzFeed, among other media properties including Vice Media and Business Insider, to take equity in these companies or acquire them.

In 1989, the founders sold to AT&T, and in 2004 the company was acquired by private equity firm ABRY PartnerIn 1989, the founders sold to AT&T, and in 2004 the company was acquired by private equity firm ABRY Partnerin 2004 the company was acquired by private equity firm ABRY Partners.

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Bisnow, a trade publication and events company based in New York City, has been acquired by Wicks Group, a private equity firm.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said on Friday it would acquire Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC in a deal that puts Oncor's equity value at about $ 11.25 billion.

Private equity firm Berkshire Partners LLC said on Wednesday it would acquire a significant minority stake in Kendra Scott Design Inc, in a deal that sources said values the Austin, Texas - based jewelry company at more than $ 1 billion.

In July, a newly formed private equity firm called Transformational Capital acquired the company's assets for an undisclosed sum.

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Saban is indeed company chairman and his Saban Capital Group was part of the private equity consortium that acquired Univision for $ 13.6 billion in 2006.

Pulford expects a bulk of the deals to come from private equity groups acquiring listed companies following a doubling in the value of such deals last year.

It went from being owned and run by a second - time entrepreneur to a limited partnership that brought U.S. retail experience to the table — private equity funds Advent International and Highland Capital Partners acquired a 48 % stake from Wilson in 2005 — and finally a public listing that has enabled the company to accelerate the pace of expansion.

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LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters)- Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and private equity fund Ardian entered into exclusive talks to acquire a significant stake in airport ground support firm Alvest, the companies said on Wednesday.

The company was formed in November, when One Rock Capital Partners LP, a New York private - equity firm, acquired Chevron's assets in Hawaii.

With the help of a recruiting firm, PagerDuty pursued Tejada, an experienced executive who took charge of the marketing software company Keynote Systems in 2013 after it was acquired with her help by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

(Reuters)- Private equity firm HGGC LLC has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in HelpSystems, valuing the U.S. information technology management software company at more than $ 1.2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

Phoenix Equity Partners has acquired Capital Economics, one of the leading independent macro-economic research companies in the world, in # 95m buy - out.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC)(«MVW» or the «Company») and ILG (Nasdaq: ILG) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MVW will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ILG in a cash and stock transaction with an implied equity value of approximately $ 4.7 billion.

ORLANDO, Fla. and MIAMI — April 30, 2018 — Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC)(«MVW» or the «Company») and ILG (Nasdaq: ILG) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MVW will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ILG in a cash and stock transaction with an implied equity value of approximately $ 4.7 billion.

Sequential Brands announced it would acquire a majority stake in the Jessica Brand in 2015, and Simpson reportedly owns equity in the company and is involved in the design process.

In the past, companies have viewed instances of strong equity markets as an opportunity to take advantage of their highly valued stock to make acquisitions or as an opportune time to fetch a good premium for shareholders by being acquired.

TVV Capital was founded in 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee by Andrew W. Byrd, a 25 - year private equity veteran who has been responsible for leading the sourcing, financing, acquiring, operating and exiting of 14 successful, lower middle - market companies.

We expect that the New Credit Facility will contain a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict SSE Holdings» ability to, subject to specified exceptions, incur additional debt; incur additional liens and contingent liabilities; sell or dispose of assets; merge with or acquire other companies; liquidate or dissolve itself, engage in businesses that are not in a related line of business; make loans, advances or guarantees; pay dividends or make other distributions (with certain exceptions, including tax distributions and repurchases of management equity); engage in transactions with affiliates; and make investments.

In other words, the acquirer has little or no equity in the deal, and the acquired company has been loaded up with debIn other words, the acquirer has little or no equity in the deal, and the acquired company has been loaded up with debin the deal, and the acquired company has been loaded up with debt.

Nearly half of the debt was used to pay nearly $ 350 million in dividends to Morgan Stanley Private Equity, which acquired Tops in a leveraged buyout in 2007 and owned the company until it sold to Tops management in another leveraged buyout in late 2013.

The Indianapolis, Indiana - based company was formed in 2008 when private equity firm Kohlberg & Co acquired and merged two companies active in the underground locating and marking service sector, SM&P Utility Resources Inc and Central Locating Service Ltd..

The private equity angle — a familiar name in the recent flurries of LBOs that collapsed into bankruptcies, including iHeartMedia, Toys «R» Us, Gymboree: Bain Capital acquired Guitar Center in an LBO during the boom in 2007, whereby the acquired company took on a large amount of debt to fund its own acquisition, and then took on more debt to expand further.

The private equity angle: Apollo acquired the company in a leveraged buyout during the LBO boom in 2007.

The firm recently moved to sell $ 100 million in equity to finance capex, but with hedges on the company's production likely to wind down over the next six months, BBG could find that being acquired is preferable to additional equity raises.

US - based companies bought 44 % of that equity, valued at $ 131.2 billion — more than they have acquired in Europe in any nine - month period over the past five years.

The investment was made through NBK Capital Equity Partners Fund II, the firm's private equity fund which focuses on acquiring minority and majority stakes in growing middle market companies in the MENA rEquity Partners Fund II, the firm's private equity fund which focuses on acquiring minority and majority stakes in growing middle market companies in the MENA requity fund which focuses on acquiring minority and majority stakes in growing middle market companies in the MENA region.

NBK Capital Equity Partners Fund II is a USD 310 million private equity fund focused on acquiring significant (majority and strategic) stakes in growth companies in the MENA rEquity Partners Fund II is a USD 310 million private equity fund focused on acquiring significant (majority and strategic) stakes in growth companies in the MENA requity fund focused on acquiring significant (majority and strategic) stakes in growth companies in the MENA region.

Representatives for Cushman and TPG, the private equity firm that acquired the company in 2015 for roughly $ 2 billion including debt, declined to comment to Bloomberg.

Previously, Mr. Satchu spent 12 years in New York City where he was a General Partner at Fenway Partners, a US$ 1.4 billion private equity firm focused on acquiring leading middle market companies typically from families or large corporations and a Financial Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the High Yield Finance and Restructuring Group.

Prior to this, Adam was an Associate for Georgeson, Inc. (later acquired by Thomson Financial), where he advised technology companies, predominately in the semiconductor industry, on various aspects of their equity capital markets strategy.

The company recently acquired a 25 per cent equity interest in U.K. - based company Atlantica Yield, which owns assets in power generations, renewable energy and electric transmission.

When Johnny Rockets was acquired by its current ownership, private equity firm Red Zone Capital II, in 2007, the company's business model changed.

Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm specializing in consumer products companies, acquired Passport Food Group, a manufacturer and distributor of internationally - flavored foods to foodservice and retail channels in North America.

In March, we learned of a new alliance when private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners acquired an equity stake in Edward Don & CompanIn March, we learned of a new alliance when private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners acquired an equity stake in Edward Don & Companin Edward Don & Company.

The Eagle Boy's largest shareholder is Brisbane - based private equity firm NBC Capital, which acquired an 85 per cent stake in the company from founder Tom Potter in 2007.

Italian energy company Eni has now agreed to acquire an equity stake in MIT spin - out company CFS with an initial investment of USD50 million, and says it will support the company in its efforts to develop a commercial fusion power plant.

Lithium Australia (LIT) has finalized its acquisition of advanced cathode material production technology, acquiring 99.7 % of the equity in Brisbane - based Very Small Particle Company (VSPC).

Other deals included the acquisition of luxury yacht maker Privilege Marine by German private equity firm Aurelius; Italian men's tailor brand Boglioli by Spanish private equity firm PH Asset Management; Douglas strengthened its foothold in Italy through the purchase of two perfume chains (Limoni and La Gardenia); US private investors Rob Gough acquired streetwear brand DOPE and Charles Cohen acquired shoe brand Harrys of London, whilst US private equity firm KPS Capital acquired Taylor Made Golf Company.

The memo mentions that the site is being acquired for a seven figure amount cash deal plus equity in the merged entity which will launch operations as a new company by the name of"TheCrusades.com»

In 2007, the company was acquired by American Capital which is a very large private equity firm and that was when I was brought in as a CEO to run the companIn 2007, the company was acquired by American Capital which is a very large private equity firm and that was when I was brought in as a CEO to run the companin as a CEO to run the company.

Carlyle mentioned then that it acquired the stake owned by Franklin Templeton Private Equity Strategy, Aureos South Asia Fund and ePlanet Capital in the company.

The same principle applies in reverse, however, making these leveraged buyouts potentially very risky; if the acquired company's ROA is lower than the cost of the debt used to buy it, then the private equity fund's ROE is less than if hadn't used debt.