Mergers & Acquisitions

April, 2007

• 2 April

  ‘Barbarians’ Get Set to Take over First Data in a $29 Billion Buyout

  The leveraged-buyout craze caught up with the electronic-payment processing industry on Monday when No. 1 processor First Data Corp. announced it had struck a $29 billion deal to be acquired by investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Under the plan approved by Greenwood Village, Colo.-based First Data’s board of …

January, 2005

• 11 January

  GTCR Will Keep Its Grip on VeriFone Even After the Proposed IPO

  VeriFone Inc. will continue to be controlled by GTCR Golder Rauner LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm, and its current chief executive, Douglas Bergeron, will continue to be a major shareholder even after the San Jose, Calif.-based point of sale terminal maker completes its proposed initial public offering of stock. …