Private Equity · Profile from Private Equity Research Companion
Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL)
13 deals and moves analysed
Each one gets a full strategy file in the companion: context, the decision, the financing, what happened, and the lesson.
1989
General Nutrition
Leveraged Buyout of a Public Specialty Retailer
1992
Snapple
Founder-Owned Growth Buyout
1996
Experian
Corporate Carve-Out and Rapid Flip
1998
Fisher Scientific
Leveraged Recapitalization
2003
Simmons Bedding
Secondary Buyout with Dividend Recaps, Ending in Bankruptcy
2004
Refco
Majority Buyout of a Futures Broker, Ending in Fraud Collapse
2004
Warner Music Group
Corporate Carve-Out with Strategic Partner
2006
Clear Channel Communications
Mega Take-Private
2006
Dunkin Brands
Club Carve-Out of a Franchisor
2007
Ceridian
Take-Private with a Strategic Co-Investor
2012
Party City
Majority Recapitalization of a Vertically Integrated Retailer
2019
Agiliti
SPAC-Structured Buyout, IPO and Take-Private
2019
AutoStore
Secondary Buyout of a Warehouse Robotics Platform