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PRINT THIS PAGE Economic and social effects of buy-outs in the Netherlands20/02/2008. Source: Dutch Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (NVP) and Ernst & Young.
This report examines the role of private equity firms in buy-outs. It is based on a study of Dutch buy-out companies conducted on behalf of the NVP and Ernst & Young by the Centre for Management Buy-out Research, The University of Nottingham, UK. The buy-out has become a familiar phenomenon in the business sector in the Netherlands. Dutch private equity firms invest in more than 100 buy-outs per year. The amount of private equity invested has increased over the past 10 years from €165 million in 1996 to €1.7 billion in 2006, which represents 70% of the invested capital each year. The average sum of a private equity investment in a buy-out has increased considerably, from €3.6 million in 1996 to more than €14 million in 2006.
Despite the increased importance of buy-outs, there is insufficient knowledge about the economic and social effects of them. This is why the Dutch Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (NVP), in cooperation with Ernst & Young, commissioned a survey, for the second time, into the consequences of buy-outs for the companies, their employees and management. A total of 70 Dutch companies which were the subject of a private equity-backed buy-out during the period 1994-2005 reported on the impact of this event on, among other things, their investment and growth strategies, employment and performance. In addition, they provided information about the role of the private equity player as an equity provider and partner.
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