Candover Investments

Candover Investments plc

Type	Public
Traded as	LSE: CDI
Industry	Private equity
Founded	1980
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Key people	Richard Stone, Chairman
Products	private equity funds
Revenue	£41.2 million (2008)
Operating income	£8.0 million (2008)
Net income	£(212.6) million (2008)
Number of employees	circa 40
Website	www.candover.com

Candover Investments plc is a British-based private equity firm, specialising in arranging and leading large buyouts and buyins. Candover Investments is structured as an investment trust. Candover Investments is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. On 31 August 2010 Candover announced that it would unwind its assets and return money to shareholders and investors.^[1]

At its peak Candover had offices in London, Paris, Madrid and Milan. Since 1980, Candover raised nine funds with total capital commitments of more than €8.7 billion.^[2]

References

External links

Official Website

Private equity and venture capital

Basic investment types

History

Terms and concepts

Buyout	Financial sponsor Management buyout Divisional buyout Buy–sell agreement Leveraged recapitalization Dividend recapitalization

Venture	Angel investor Business incubator Post-money valuation Pre-money valuation Seed money Startup company Venture capital financing Venture debt Venture round

Structure	Private equity firms and funds Limited partnership Limited liability company Carried interest Management fee Publicly traded private equity Business Development Company Venture capital trust Private investment in public equity (PIPE) Pledge fund

Investors

Related financial terms

Private equity and venture capital investors
Private equity firms
Venture capital firms
Angel investors
Portfolio companies

Largest private equity investment firms

3i Group AAC Capital Partners Advent International AlpInvest Partners American Capital Apax Partners Apollo Global Management Ares Management Bain Capital BC Partners Berkshire Partners The Blackstone Group Bridgepoint Capital Candover The Carlyle Group CCMP Capital Cerberus Capital Management Charterhouse Capital Partners Cinven Clayton, Dubilier & Rice CVC Capital Partners Doughty Hanson & Co EnCap Investments EQT Partners First Reserve Corporation Fortress Investment Group General Atlantic Goldman Sachs Capital Partners GTCR Hellman & Friedman H.I.G. Capital KKR Trilantic Capital Partners Leonard Green & Partners Madison Dearborn Partners Nordic Capital Oak Investment Partners Oaktree Capital Management Onex Teachers' Private Capital Pacific Equity Partners PAI Partners Permira Providence Equity Partners Sentinel Capital Partners Silver Lake Partners Summit Partners Sun Capital Partners TA Associates Terra Firma Capital Partners Thomas H. Lee Partners TPG Capital Warburg Pincus Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

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