Largest -Backed Deals in 2014 15 December 2014 In light of the recent BC Partners acquisition of PetSmart.com, Preqin provides a round-up of the largest private equity-backed deals of the year so far

Fig. 1: Global Number and Aggregate Value of Private Fig. 2: Breakdown of Number and Aggregate Value of Equity-Backed Deals, 2012 - 2014 YTD (as at 15 December) Private Equity-Backed Buyout Deals by Type, 2013 - 2014 Preqin provides information, products and services to private equity firms, funds of funds, investors, placement agents, law firms, advisors and other professionals across 4,000 350 100% 2% 3%1% 4% 3% 10% fund performance, fundraising, fund managers, investment 308 Aggregate DealValue ($bn) 90% 3% 3% 3,500 300 30% 17% 1% activity, fund terms and conditions, and investors. 300 80% 19% 8% 266 70% 4% 3,000 1% 20% 250 7% If you have more detailed requests for private equity data 60% 35% 32% or any questions, please visit www.preqin.com or contact us 2,500 50% 15% 200 using the details below: 2,000 40% 3,530 150 30% 57% Phone: +44 (0)20 3207 0282 3,243

No. of Deals 3,241 1,500 Proportion of Total 20% 39% 44% 42% 100 10% Email: [email protected] 1,000 0% 500 50 No. of Deals Aggregate Deal No. of Deals Aggregate Deal Value Value 0 0 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 YTD LBO Add-on alternative assets. intelligent data. No. of Deals Aggregate Deal Value ($bn) Recapitalization PIPE Public To Private

Fig. 3: 10 Largest Private Equity-Backed Buyout Deals Announced Globally in 2014 YTD (as at 15 December 2014)

Investment Primary Firm Deal Date Deal Size (bn) Investors Bought From/Exiting Company Location Type Industry Tim Hortons Inc. Add-on Aug-14 11.5 USD 3G Capital, Burger King - Canada Restaurants Albertsons LLC, Cerberus Capital Management, Safeway, Inc. Merger Mar-14 9.4 USD Kimco Realty Corporation, Klaff Realty LP, Lubert- - US Retail Adler Partners, L.P, Schottenstein Real Estate Group Public To PetSmart.com Dec-14 8.7 USD BC Partners, Longview Asset Management - US Retail Private CPP Investment Board, Onex Corporation, Gates Global Inc. Buyout Apr-14 5.4 USD Blackstone Group US Manufacturing Acosta Sales & Buyout Jul-14 4.8 USD Carlyle Group Thomas H Lee Partners US Marketing Marketing SIG Combibloc Buyout Nov-14 3.8 EUR Onex Corporation - Switzerland Manufacturing MultiPlan, Inc. Buyout Feb-14 4.4 USD Partners Group, Starr Investment Holdings BC Partners, Silver Lake US Healthcare IT Public To TIBCO Software Sep-14 4.2 USD Vista Equity Partners - US Software Private Ortho-Clinical Medical Buyout Jan-14 4.2 USD Carlyle Group Johnson & Johnson US Diagnostics, Inc. Technologies Advantage Sales Buyout Jun-14 4.0 USD CVC Capital Partners, Leonard Green & Partners US Marketing and Marketing LLC