Sentences with phrase «equity buyout of»

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Although the name has changed, it's still the same industry once denoted as «leveraged buyouts» — that is, the business of buying companies with a thin slice of nonpublic equity and mountains of debt, in which fund managers grab richly generous (to themselves) fees.

Many entrepreneurs bow out a year or two after a buyout, and Coke's buyout of Honest Tea would have made that possible for Goldman, too — he reportedly made «tens of millions» from the deal, and other employees, who had equity, made out well — some with payouts of more than $ 1 million.

More recently, in late January of this year, Magnetar received another settlement of about $ 11 million, according to regulatory filings, from CEC Entertainment — the operator of Chuck E. Cheese kid - friendly restaurants — which it had sued seeking additional shareholder compensation in CEC's 2014 buyout by private equity firm Apollo Global Management (apo).

• Permira, U.K. - based private equity firm, plans to raise two new buyout funds of $ 1.5 billion each, one for Asia - focused deals and one for growth - stage investing, according to Private Equityequity firm, plans to raise two new buyout funds of $ 1.5 billion each, one for Asia - focused deals and one for growth - stage investing, according to Private EquityEquity News.

Pet supply retailer PetSmart Inc succumbed to calls from some shareholders for a sale on Sunday with an agreement to be bought by a private equity consortium led by BC Partners Ltd for $ 8.7 billion, in the largest leveraged buyout of the year.

At a time when a stock market rally has made private equity firms reluctant to take companies private for fear of overpaying, the deal illustrates how activist investors have the potential to drive corporate boards to explore such deals and accept a price that makes a leveraged buyout possible.

Still, they said Michael Dell and private equity partner Silver Lake fell about 100 million shares short of the 735 million that they need for the buyout to pass.

The debt - laden ketchup maker was recently the subject of a US$ 23 - billion joint buyout from 3G Capital, a private - equity firm based in Brazil, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

Now private equity giant Blackstone (bx) is reportedly close to raising $ 5 billion, the largest for a fund of this type, dedicated to a buyout pool mimicking Warren Buffet's investing style, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.

Leonard Green's talks with Nordstrom is the uncommon example of a private equity firm taking a minority stake in a leveraged buyout.

It's possible that large private equity firms are more willing to consider big buyouts of struggling enterprise companies in light of the blockbuster Dell and EMC deal, a complex transaction involving Dell raising $ 45 billion in debt financing to help carry it through.

Plaintiffs have a high rate of success in appraisal suits, especially in those involving management buyouts and private equity deals, making it hard to label them nuisance suits.

Private equity firms could be interested in all or parts of Micro Focus and some buyout firms have crunched the numbers and spoken...

Since the leveraged buyout, SRC's sales have grown 40 % per year and are expected to reach $ 42 million in fiscal 1986; net operating income has risen to 11 %; the debt - to - equity ratio has been cut from 89 - to - 1 to 5.1 - to - 1; and the appraised value of a share in the company's employee stock ownership plan has increased from 10?

Private - equity acquisitions of retailers have become increasingly rare, as the investment firms worry about increasing headwinds facing the industry and their portfolio companies struggle with the debt burden left behind from leveraged buyouts.

Building diversified private allocations that include early stage venture exposure, growth equity and operationally - focused buyouts is now necessary to drive returns by capturing growth across the corporate lifecycle and the full range of U.S. equities.

Wilson's choices include partnering with a private equity firm in a buyout of the company, launching a proxy battle to gain additional board seats, or selling his stake, The Wall Street Journal reports.

While the majority of the buyout was financed by Dell's personal fortune and private equity firm Silver Lake Management, an additional $ 2 billion was invested by Microsoft — not surprising considering Dell is the software maker's third - largest customer.

(Reuters)- Blackstone Group LP has secured $ 17 billion from investors for its latest global private equity fund in just seven months, the biggest so - called first close of a buyout fund ever, according to people familiar with the matter.

The computer maker won a legal fight that stemmed from the buyout of Dell in 2013 by founder Michael Dell and his private equity partner.

ISS is expected to publish its view on whether Michael Dell's offer, which is backed by equity financing from buyout firm Silver Lake, is in the interest of Dell's shareholders as early as next week.

Between 1980 and 2005, U.S. buyout funds, one of the main categories of private equity, heavily outperformed the S&P 500, according to research from Chris Higson at the London Business School, with about 60 % of the funds he studied beating that benchmark index.

The US saw the biggest increase in private equity transactions with a 52 percent rise in deals led by buyout funds, accounting for a total of $ 46.4 billion so far this year.

Owned by private equity group Leonard Green & Partners after a leveraged buyout for $ 1.3 billion in 2006, the company is entering bankruptcy in a bid to held shed much of its debt and clean up its balance sheet.

His organization runs one of the most visible and high - profile private equity funds in the world — industry observers put it in the same class as those run by legendary buyout giants Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts and Blackstone.

The biggest radio broadcaster in the US with nearly 850 radio stations, iHeartMedia, formerly called Clear Channel Communications — which was acquired by private equity firms Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in a leveraged buyout at the apex of the LBO boom just before the Financial Crisis — has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, after threatening to do so since 2010.

Mr. Danhakl is a Managing Partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout transactions, with which he has been a partner since 1995.

CHAMP Private Equity has agreed on a $ 1 billion deal to sell Accolade Wines — the biggest producer of Australian wine and owner of wine labels including Hardys and Grant Burge — to global buyout firm The Carlyle Group.

We maintain a deep network of equity sponsors in this space, from traditional leveraged buyout / growth equity sponsors to entities dedicated to distressed markets.

Private equity firms binged on buyouts during the boom of 2005 to 2007.

(Reuters)- Pet supply retailer PetSmart Inc succumbed to calls from some shareholders for a sale on Sunday with an agreement to be bought by a private equity consortium led by BC Partners Ltd for $ 8.7 billion, in the largest leveraged buyout of the year.

SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters)- Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), Australia's top buyout firm, is in exclusive talks about a possible acquisition of New Zealand's largest training provider for university education for about NZ$ 530 million ($ 340 million), a source told Reuters on Thursday.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

Previously, he was also a member of Makena's Private Equity team which was responsible for investments in venture capital, growth equity, and buEquity team which was responsible for investments in venture capital, growth equity, and buequity, and buyouts.

HONG KONG Hong Kong - based private equity firm PAG is planning a new Asia fund that aims to raise as much as $ 6 billion, two people with knowledge of the plan said, potentially adding to a massive pool of buyout money for acquisitions in the region.

Before founding K2, he was with American Capital Ltd., a publicly - traded buyout and mezzanine fund (NASDAQ: ACAS), where he created the American Capital Energy Group, building a peak portfolio of nearly a billion dollars of market value of energy - related equity and debt investments across oil and gas production, oilfield services, utility services and alternative energy.

Like its predecessor, which raised $ 113 million in June 2014, Fund II will invest primarily in control buyouts, focusing on microcap healthcare businesses with $ 1 to $ 7 million in EBITDA and equity commitments of $ 10 to $ 30 million per platform.

Affinity Equity Partners, Bain Capital, Carlyle Group, KKR and South Korea's MBK Partners were among those to submit bids for ADT Caps in 2014, which at the time was one of South Korea's largest buyouts.

Buyout firm Berkshire Partners LLC and the private equity arm of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) have asked Goldman Sachs to run an auction for Husky, the four sources said this week.

Just over 28 % of woman and minority - owned firms in the private equity market in 2017 targeted buyout investments, the largest segment of the broader private equity universe regarding the number of firms and dollars invested.

NEW YORK More acquisitions of U.S. companies by private equity firms are being done through companies that are already owned by buyout funds, rather than the funds directly, a market report showed on Thursday, indicating this «bolt - on» strategy is catching on.

The popular financial press often highlights record private equity capital raising in the last few years, but when private equity is deconstructed into its two principal components of buyouts and venture, there is a tale of two very different fundraising cycles.

She previously worked as a Private Equity Investor at Emerging Capital Partners in Washington DC and at Reliant Equity in Chicago where she executed and managed buyout and growth capital investments across a wide range of sectors.

Ridgemont Equity Partners is a middle market private equity firm that has provided over $ 4 billion of buyout and growth capital to closely - held private companies and new business platforms sinceEquity Partners is a middle market private equity firm that has provided over $ 4 billion of buyout and growth capital to closely - held private companies and new business platforms sinceequity firm that has provided over $ 4 billion of buyout and growth capital to closely - held private companies and new business platforms since 1993.

The market for risky loans often used in buyouts has ballooned on investor demand

Demand for risky loans that fund private - equity buyouts and other highly indebted companies has pushed the size of the market beyond $ 1 trillion for the first time.

After business school, Charles served as an Associate with NationsBank Capital Investors (subsequently Bank of America Capital Investors, recently spun off as Ridgemont Equity Partners), an investor in small and mid-market buyouts.

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.

This week, Toms inked a deal to sell half of itself to Bain Capital, the private - equity firm co-founded by Mitt Romney that inspired a thousand attacks on the strategy of the leveraged buyout.

Bank of America warns that the CSPP could «quickly become its own worst enemy,» fueling a rise in leveraged buyouts — because «cheap debt can suddenly make unviable candidates appear «viable» for private equity» — and increasing volatility in credit spreads.

Southeastern Asset Management, which owns 8.5 percent of U.S. computer maker Dell, filed a statement with regulators on Feb. 8 opposing the $ 24.4 billion buyout proposed by Michael Dell, the company's founder and chief executive, and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.