Court Square Inks Sale of CompuCom: UPDATED
Court Square Capital Partners has agreed to sell CompuCom Systems. The buyer is Thomas H. Lee Partners. Financial terms were not announced but THL is paying about $1.1 billion in cash, according to a person familiar with the matter. Citigroup Global Markets Inc, J.P. Morgan, BMO Capital Markets and Jefferies Finance are providing committed financing. Dallas-based CompuCom is an IT outsourcing company. Court Square acquired the company in 2007 for $504 million. BMO Capital Markets and Jefferies advised THL, while Citigroup provided financial advice to CompuCom/Court Square. UPDATE: Ed Wehle lead the deal team at Citi that included Ethan Zweig and Hugo Doetsch. Gerrie Sinatra of Dechert along with Ken Young, Adam Rosenthal, Victoria Alff, Allyson Levy, Edward Lemanowicz and Ken Wang provided legal advice to CompuCom/Court Square. Weil, Gotshal & Manges was the attorney for THL.
