Sandler Capital Management Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Asset Manager Profile

Sandler Capital Management’s most common sectors for investment arecommunications (39%) and information technology (24%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (70%) and stake purchase (16%). In total, Sandler Capital Management has invested in 8 US states and 3 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2004 when it acquired MobilTel AD for $1.4B.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (80%). Sandler Capital Management’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2012 when it sold AMC Entertainment Holdings for $2.6B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity13
    • M&A Sell Activity10
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 26

Sandler Capital Management

711 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor,
New York, New York 10022
United States
(212) 754-8100
www.sandlercap.com

Sandler Capital Management is a private investment firm that manages both hedge funds and private equity funds. Sandler's private equity practice was established in 1990, which targets investments in the media, communications, entertainment and marketing/information services sectors. Sandler will consider minority or majority positions and has a target investment size of $5 to $60 million per transaction. Sandler Capital is based in New York City.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Communications, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Digital Media, Education, Information Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Leisure, Marketing, Media, Publishing, Software, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 5 60
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 13 - - - - - 13
vol $1.4B $1.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 10 - - - - - 10
vol $9.4B $9.4B
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Farelogix, Inc. 2020-06-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Miami, Florida · www.farelogix.com
Penton Media, Inc. 2016-09-15 1.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.penton.com
Charter Communications, Inc. 2013-03-19 - Stake Purchase
Stamford, Connecticut · www.corporate.charter.com
Wave Broadband LLC 2012-06-01 - Secondary Buyout
Kirkland, Washington · www.wavebroadband.com
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. 2012-05-21 2.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
Leawood, Kansas · www.amctheatres.com
Discover Media LLC 2010-08-05 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.discovermagazine.com
Penton Media, Inc. 2007-02-01 - Secondary Buyout
New York, New York · www.penton.com
Global Japan Network 2007-01-05 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
North Melbourne Vic, Australia · www.globaljapannetwork.com
Nuera Communications, Inc. 2006-05-18 85M USD Add-on Acquisition
Somerset, New Jersey · www.nuera.com
AAT Communications LLC 2006-04-01 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Boca Raton, Florida · www.aatcommunications.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Communications 1 (50%) - 5 (38%) 1.4B (99%)
Information Technology - - 3 (23%) 20M (1%)
Media 1 (50%) - 3 (23%) -
Publishing - - 2 (15%) -
Total 2 - 13 $1.4B

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 2 (100%) - 11 (85%) 40M (3%)
  Florida - - 3 (23%) -
  New York - - 2 (15%) -
  Georgia 1 (50%) - 1 (8%) -
  Connecticut 1 (50%) - 1 (8%) -
  New Jersey - - 1 (8%) 20M (1%)
  Colorado - - 1 (8%) 20M (1%)
  Tennessee - - 1 (8%) -
  Kansas - - 1 (8%) -
Bulgaria - - 1 (8%) 1.4B (97%)
Australia - - 1 (8%) -
Domestic 2 (100%) - 11 (85%) 40M (3%)
Cross-border - - 2 (15%) 1.4B (97%)
Total 2 - 13 $1.4B

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) - - 9 (69%) 1.4B (100%)
Stake Purchase 2 (100%) - 2 (15%) -
Secondary Buyout - - 1 (8%) -
Venture - - 1 (8%) -
Total 2 - 13 $1.4B

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 5 (50%) 1.9B (20%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 4 (40%) 7.6B (80%)
Secondary Sale 1 (10%) -
Total 10 $9.4B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.4B
< $100M 2 $40M
TOTAL $1.4B
Largest MobilTel AD
$1.4B (2004-05-26)
sell # Total
> $1B 5 $9.4B
< $100M 1 $85M
TOTAL $9.4B
Largest AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
$2.6B (2012-05-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
8%
1 (8%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
10%
1 (10%)
Strategic(s)
80%
8 (80%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Asset Manager

Size

Large

PE Assets

1.6B USD

Established

1990

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

William Bianco

Managing Director

Stacey Seewald

Managing Director & CCO

Steven Warshavsky

Managing Director & CFO

Paul Ernst

Managing Director & CIO

Michael Marocco

Managing Director & Head of Private Equity

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