Silverfleet Capital Partners

Infobox Company
company_name = Silverfleet Capital
company_
type = Private Ownership, LLP
foundation= 1984
location=flagicon|United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
industry = Private Equity Firm
assets = EUR1.25 billion
products = Private Equity Funds, Leveraged buyouts
homepage = [http://www.silverfleetcapital.com/ silverfleetcapital.com]

Silverfleet Capital is a European mid-market private equity firm, previously known as PPM Capital Limited and acquired by its partners from The Prudential in 2007. It has offices in London, Munich, Paris and Chicago.

Over a 20-year history the firm has been associated with several notable buyouts including:
* Gala Group – sold to [http://www.candover.com/ Candover] and [http://www.cinven.com/ Cinven]
* [http://www.moliflor.com/ Moliflor Loisirs]
* [http://www.barracudagroup.co.uk/ The Barracuda Group] – sold to [http://www.charterhouse.co.uk/ Charterhouse]
* [http://www.phadia.com/ Phadia] – sold to [http://www.cinven.com/ Cinven]
* [http://www.sterigenics.com/ Sterigenics] – acquired from [http://www.iba.be/ IBA]
* [http://www.mwdental.de/ M+W Dental] – acquired from [http://www.permira.com/ Permira]
* [http://www.tmf-group.com/ TMF Group] - sale agreed to [http://www.doughtyhanson.com/ Doughty Hanson] for EUR750 million
* [http://www.jost-world.com/ Jost World] - sold to [http://www.cinven.com/ Cinven]
* [http://www.histoiredor.fr/ Histoire d'Or]
* [http://www.santeonline.co.uk/ Paramount Restuarants]

Investment Strategy

Silverfleet was an early adopter in the European market of buy & build (or industry consolidation) as an investment strategy for its portfolio companies. Silverfleet reports annually on the level of buy & build activity undertaken in Europe by private equity backed companies. The latest version of this report can be downloaded from http://www.silverfleetcapital.com/our_news/research or http://www.mergermarket.com/remark/article/1120/. Silverfleet is a strong advocate for buy & build and believes it to be one of the principle methods by which private equity firms can add real economic value to their portfolio companies.

In relation to the Walker guidelines on transparency in private equity, Silverfleet's managing partner has gone on record to challenge suggestions that its recommendations should be extended to included mid-market private equity firms.

References

* [http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudential-plc/media/newsreleases/archive2007/2007-11-09/ Prudential news releases archive]
* [http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2008/nz13816.php Altassets]
* [http://www.efinancialnews.com/homepage/content/2450906024/restricted Online Financial News]
* [http://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/articles/pdf_page.jsp?content_id=252936 Private Equity Wire]
* [http://www.penews.com/archive/keyword/%22Speaking%20Up%22/1/content/2451014535/restricted Penews]

External Links

* [http://www.silverfleetcapital.com/ Silverfleet Capital Company homepage]