Acquirer: Bain Capital Partners
Rank Value: $1.3B
Target Description: Provides employee-sponsored child care
Notes: Bain will pay $640M in cash and borrow $850M from Goldman Sachs. The deal highlights a shift going on in the private equity sector, where the credit crunch is causing big buyout firms to borrow less and chase smaller deals.
NuCO2 Inc.
Acquirer: Aurora Capital Group
Rank Value: $472M
Target Description: Makes industrial inorganics, including liquid carbon dioxide products, for the U.S. food service and hospitality industry.
Investment Support Systems Inc.
Acquirer: Triple Point Technology Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Develops software for the energy trading industry.
Notes: Triple Point is owned by ABRY Partners
US Express Leasing Inc.
Acquirer: Tygris Commercial Finance Group Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides equipment finance services
Notes: Tygris is owned by Aquiline Capital Partners.
Great Expressions Dental Centers Inc.
Acquirer: Audax group
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates dental offices
Blue i UK Ltd.
Acquirer: Pelican Products Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes LED portable lightning products.
Notes: Pelican is a unit of Behrman Capital
Atlanta Internet Exchange
Acquirer: Telx Group Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides Internet services.
Notes: Telx is a unit of GI Partners
Pinnacle Security Inc.
Acquirer: Golden Gate Capital
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides residential and commercial security systems.
H2O+
Acquirer: Cordova Smart & Williams and Goldman Sachs Group
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Develops water-based skincare products.
Tread Corp.
Acquirer: Laud Collier & Co.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes equipment for the explosives industry.
Sohbutoshi Development Co.
Acquirer: Pacific Golf Properties.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates golf courses
Notes: Pacific Golf is a unit of Lone Star Funds
Certain assets of Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage Corp.
Acquirer: Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides financing services.
Notes: Accredited Home Lenders is a unit of Lone Star
International Outsourcing Services
Acquirer: Marlin Equity Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates a coupon redemption business.
Nudo Products Inc.
Acquirer: RFE Investment Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes laminated panels.
Innovative Product Achievements Inc.
Acquirer: Riverside Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes surgical scrub systems.
Beep Science
Acquirer: SafeNet Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Develops mobile digital rights management software
Notes: SafeNet is a unit of Vector Capital
MarketerNet
Acquirer: Veronis Suhler Stevenson Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides marketing software and services for the mortgage, banking and credit union industries.