CVC Capital Partners

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CVC Capital Partners
Company typePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
HeadquartersHeadquarters Luxembourg, Main Office St Helier, Jersey
Key people
Steve Koltes, Donald Mackenzie, Rolly van Rappard
ProductsPrivate equity, credit asset management
Services
  • Investment Banking & Brokerage
  • Diversified Financial Services
Total assets€133 billion (2022)[1]
Number of employees
c. 700 (2022)[1]
Websitewww.cvc.com

CVC Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-based French[2] private equity and investment advisory firm with approximately US$133 billion of assets under management[1] and approximately €157 billion in secured commitments since inception across American, European and Asian private equity, secondaries and credit funds. As of 31 December 2021, the funds managed or advised by CVC are invested in more than 100 companies worldwide, employing over 450,000 people in numerous countries.[3] CVC was founded in 1981[4] and, as of 31 March 2022, has over 650 employees working across its network of 25 offices throughout EMEA, Asia and the Americas.[5]

History

Spinout from Citicorp and the 1990s

By the early 1990s, Michael Smith, who joined Citicorp in 1982, was leading Citicorp Venture Capital in Europe along with other managing directors Steven Koltes, Hardy McLain, Donald Mackenzie, Iain Parham, and Rolly Van Rappard. In 1993, Smith and the senior investment professionals of Citicorp Venture Capital negotiated a spinout from Citibank to form an independent private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners.[6] In 2006, the US arm of Citigroup Venture Capital also spun out of the bank to form a new firm, known as Court Square Capital Partners. CVC operated offices in London, Paris and Frankfurt.

Following the spinout, CVC raised its first investment fund with $300 million of commitments, half coming from Citicorp and the rest from high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Now independent, CVC also completed its transition from venture capital investments to leveraged buyouts and investments in mature businesses. CVC would follow up with its second fund in 1996, its first fully independent of Citibank, with $840 million of capital commitments.[7]

History of private equity
and venture capital
Early history
(origins of modern private equity)
The 1980s
(leveraged buyout boom)
The 1990s
(leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble)
The 2000s
(dot-com bubble to the credit crunch)
The 2010s
(expansion)
The 2020s
(COVID-19 recession)

2000s

By 2000, CVC was one of the largest and best known private equity firms in Europe. In 2001, CVC completed fundraising for its third investment fund, which was the largest private equity fund raised in Europe at the time, just ahead of funds raised by other leading firms, Apax Partners and BC Partners.[8] Also, around the same time, CVC expanded into Asia with a $750 million fund focusing exclusively on investments in Asian companies.

From November 2005 to March 2006, CVC gradually purchased 63.4% of the shares of the Formula One Group, owner of the Formula One auto racing championship.

In 2007, CVC expanded to the U.S., opening an office in New York City, headed by Christopher Stadler and overseen by Rolly van Rappard.[9]

2010s

In 2012, CVC reduced its shares in the Formula One Group to 35.5%. The deputy team principal of Force India, Bob Fernley, accused CVC of "raping the sport" during the period of its involvement in Formula One.[10]

In January 2013, Smith retired from the role of chairman and Koltes, Mackenzie and Van Rappard were appointed co-chairmen of the group.[11]

In February 2015, CVC made its first investment from CVC Growth Partners in Wireless Logic, Europe's largest machine-to-machine managed service provider, acquiring it from ECI Partners.[12]

In March 2015, CVC bought 80% of shares of gambling company Sky Betting & Gaming.[13]

In June 2015, CVC acquired the German perfume retailer Douglas AG for an disclosed fee from private equity firm Advent International.[14]

In September 2015, CVC opened an office in Warsaw.[15]

In November 2015, CVC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board both acquired American pet supplier Petco for a fee of around $4.6 billion.[16]

In April 2016, CVC Capital Partners acquired German betting operator Tipico.[17]

In August 2016, CVC Capital Partners agreed to buy a 15% stake in PT Siloam International Hospitals TbK, among Indonesia's and South East Asia's largest corporate chains of hospitals [18]

In September 2016, CVC Capital Partners agreed to sell control of the Formula One Group to John Malone's Liberty Media in a deal worth US$4.4bn. The two-part deal would see the US media group buy 18.7 per cent of the F1 parent company Delta Topco for $746mn in cash from a consortium of shareholders led by CVC. In 2017, a second payment of $354mn in cash and $3.3bn in newly issued shares in a Liberty Media tracking stock saw Liberty Media assume full control of Formula One once the deal was approved by regulators, the FIA and Liberty's shareholders.[19]

Towards the end of 2019, CVC Capital Partners purchased Ontic from BBA Aviation for $1.365 billion.

2020s

On 25 October 2021, Irelia Company Pte Ltd. (CVC Capital Partners) bought the Ahmedabad-based Indian Premier League cricket franchise (Gujarat Titans) for ₹56,250 million (US$700 million).[20]

In November 2021, CVC acquired Unilever's tea brands for £4.5 billion.[21]

Investment funds

Fund[22] Year Region Size (millions)
CVC European Equity Partners I 1996 Europe $840
CVC European Equity Partners II 1998 Europe $3,333
CVC Asia Fund I 2000 Asia $750
CVC European Equity Partners III[9] 2001 Europe $3,971
CVC European Equity Partners IV[23] 2005 Europe €6,000
CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific II 2005 Asia $1,975
CVC European Equity Partners Tandem Fund 2007 Europe €4,123
CVC European Equity Partners V 2008 Europe €10,750
CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific III 2008 Asia $4,120
CVC Capital Partners Asia IV 2014 Asia $3,495
CVC Capital Partners VI 2014 Global €10,907
CVC Growth Partners 2015 US & Europe $1,000
CVC Capital Partners VII 2017 Global $18,000
CVC Growth Partners II[24] 2019 US & Europe $1,600
CVC Capital Partners Asia V[25] 2020 Asia $4,500
CVC Capital Partners VIII [26] 2020 US & Europe €21,300

Notable investments

Controversies

In January 2015, CVC Capital Partners and Bencis Capital Partners were sentenced to pay fines by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets after it charged the former Dutch portfolio company of the two firms, Meneba Beheer, with breaking competition rules through price fixing.[31][32] The Dutch regulator ruled that the two firms must pay between €450,000 and €1.5 million after Meneba Beheer, which was itself fined €9 million by the authority, was involved in a collective agreement with competitors to keep prices stable between 2001 and 2007.[31]

CVC is the largest shareholder in pharmaceutical company Alvogen.[33] In March 2021, their representatives on Alvogen's board led an internal investigation into allegations of abuse and bullying behavior against CEO Robert Wessman. The investigation highlights rising attention to conduct by corporate leaders in their dealings with colleagues and employees.[34]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiggins, Kaye; Massoudi, Arash (12 October 2022). "CVC's biggest bet yet: the fiercely private buyout firm set to go public". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ "CVC Capital Partners Investor Profile". Pitchbook. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ "CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII to acquire RGI from Corsair". RGI Group. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ "CVC Capital Partners Investor Profile". Pitchbook. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ Editor, W. T. N. (2022-07-13). "Unilever Completes Sale of Its Tea Business, ekaterra, to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII". World Tea News. Retrieved 2022-11-27. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Briton who has steered CVC to the top". The Times. February 23, 2007.
  7. ^ Desk, CricketSoccer (2021-08-06). "On the La Liga and CVC agreement | CricketSoccer". Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  8. ^ "CVC Capital Partners closes record €4.65bn European fund". AltAssets. June 28, 2001. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012.
  9. ^ a b "CVC sets up in US". AltAssets. January 31, 2007.
  10. ^ "CVC ownership of F1 should serve as a warning to Premiership Rugby". TheGuardian.com. 2018-09-10.
  11. ^ "CVC chairman Michael Smith steps down after 30 years". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  12. ^ "CVC buys Wireless Logic from ECI - PE Hub". PE Hub. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  13. ^ BSIC. "A price too high to be refused: CVC Acquires 80% of Sky Bet for £720m – BSIC | Bocconi Students Investment Club". Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  14. ^ Kirsti Knolle (1 June 2015). "CVC buys German perfume retailer Douglas". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  15. ^ "CVC opens Warsaw office, hires Krawczyk from Innova". AltAssets. 17 September 2015.
  16. ^ "CVC, Canada's CPPIB to buy Petco for about $4.6 billion". Reuters. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  17. ^ Langworth, Hannah (25 April 2016). "CVC acquires German betting operator Tipico". Real Deals.
  18. ^ Editorial, Reuters (29 August 2016). "CVC to buy 15 percent of Indonesian hospital operator Siloam from..." Reuters. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  19. ^ "US media firm Liberty Media to buy Formula 1". BBC News. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  20. ^ "New IPL teams: CVC Capital wins bid for Ahmedabad, RPSG Group gets Lucknow". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  21. ^ Cavale, Siddharth (November 18, 2021). "Unilever bags $5 bln deal with CVC for tea business". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
  22. ^ "Preqin Online Database". Preqin. September 05, 2016.
  23. ^ "Pan-European CVC closes €6bn European fund". AltAssets. July 29, 2005. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
  24. ^ "CVC Banks $1.6 Billion Tech Fund". Wall Street Journal. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  25. ^ Mendoza, Carmela (3 April 2020). "CVC closes fifth Asia fund on $4.5bn hard-cap". Private Equity International. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  26. ^ "CVC Capital Closes Record 21 Billion-Euro Buyout Fund". Bloomberg.com. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  27. ^ Lunden, Ingrid. "Security Software Firm Avast Gets CVC Capital Investment, Now Valued At $1B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  28. ^ Kleinman, Mark (December 2, 2015). "F1 Shareholder CVC Motors To £2bn RAC Deal". Sky News. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  29. ^ Driebusch, Telis Demos And Corrie. "Forget Going Public, U.S. Companies Want to Get Bought". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  30. ^ "CVC Capital Partners' cricket franchise Gujarat Titans win Indian Premier League". CityAM. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  31. ^ a b "ACM fines investment companies for cartel activities of portfolio company". www.elexica.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  32. ^ Bobeldijk, Yolanda (2015-01-07). "CVC and Bencis face antitrust fine". Private Equity International.
  33. ^ Berry, Freya (2015-06-22). "Exclusive: CVC and Temasek to buy $2billion generic drugs firm Alvogen". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  34. ^ "Drugmaker CEO Cleared After Former Executive Alleged Bullying". Bloomberg.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

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