Ardian, a European private equity firm, wants to sell one of its portfolio companies. The case determines the company’s choices and strategies it pursues around this sale. However, the role of portfolio management in this process has a significant importance. The key issues in this sale were whether the company should accept a pre-emptive bid or should pursue auction?
It demonstrates the impact that the management can create in this sale process. It defines the challenges the firm encounters at the Private Equity level and how the GP entity was valued during the spin-out of its large parent financial services firm.
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