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M&A · Completed · 3 May 2023

Advent International take-private of Maxar Technologies

Advent took Maxar private in an all-cash deal, with BCI as minority investor. Maxar later split into Vantor and Lanteris.

Company
Maxar Technologies
Type
M&A
Status
Completed
Date
3 May 2023
Value
US$6.4bn
Value basis
About US$6.4bn enterprise value: US$3.1bn Advent equity, US$1bn BCI equity and committed debt
Region
US
Segment
Earth observation and spacecraft

Parties

  • Advent International buyer
  • British Columbia Investment Management (BCI) co-investor
  • Maxar shareholders seller

Key terms

Advent equity
US$3.1bn
BCI equity
US$1bn
Announced
16 Dec 2022

Sources

  1. Maxar 8-K: Maxar to be acquired by Advent sec.gov · 16 Dec 2022
  2. Maxar 8-K: completion of the merger sec.gov · 3 May 2023

Record ORB-INV-2023-0005. Investments are kept apart from the financings register and never counted in debt totals.

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