Credit Suisse Investment Banking Pitch Book
CONFIDENTIAL
Saturn
Founded: 1999
Location: Menlo Park, CA/ New York, NY
Fund size: First fund: $2.3BN (fully invested)
Second / Current fund: $3.6BN
Professionals: 23
Overview
Key Executives:
* James Davidson- Co-founder
Glenn Hutchins - Co-founder
Roger McNamee - Co-founder
• David Roux - Co-founder
Investment Criteria:
• Saturn is a private equity firm focused solely on making large-scale
investments in leading technology companies
The firm prefers equity investments between $100 million to $500
million, investing in businesses with enterprise values ranging between
$100 million to $10 billion (Saturn limited partners often co-invest in a
transaction)
Investment structures include: leveraged buyouts and going-private
transactions; spin-offs and carve-outs from larger companies:
restructurings and recapitalizations; structured minority investments
and strategic stakes; and acquisitions
CREDIT FIRST
SUISSE BOSTON
Date
07/22/04
Current Investments
Company
THOMSON
04/22/04 NETWORK
GENERAL
03/14/04 UGS
03/03/03 FLEXTRONICS
12/01/00 DATEK
ONLINE
03/29/00 Seagate
03/22/00 Gartner
edward
Sponsors
Saturn
Saturn.
Texas Pacific Group
Bain Capital
Saturn
Warburg Pincus
Saturn.
Integral Capital Partners
Advent International,
Bain Capital,
Saturn
Texas Pacific Group
August Capital Management,
Goldman Sachs
Merchant Banking Group,
Integral Capital Partners
JP Morgan Partners,
Saturn
Texas Pacific Group
Saturn,
Integral Capital Partners
Transaction
Size (SMM)
500
235
2113
200
700
2,001
300
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