CVC manages capital on behalf of some 300 institutional, governmental and private investors worldwide. Over the years, we have raised US$44 billion and invested US$28 billion. The capital of our investors is committed for ten years or more to closed-end funds that we manage on their behalf.

In our private equity business, we use these funds to acquire controlling or significant minority interests in European, Asian and North American companies. We buy companies in partnership with their management teams and assist in developing plans to create sustainable long term value. In our private debt business, CVC Cordatus uses its funds to invest in debt instruments issued principally by companies that are owned by private equity funds.

In Europe and North America, CVC has completed over 250 company acquisitions with an aggregate transaction value of US$154 billion. In the Asia Pacific region including Greater China, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and Australia, CVC has completed more than 30 company acquisitions with an aggregate transaction value of US$13 billion. Today, CVC's funds are invested in 59 companies worldwide which employ over 430,000 people and generate combined annual sales of US$133 billion.

Our investment teams, located in 20 cities across three continents, are responsible for identifying and developing investment opportunities in their regions. Despite the diversity of nationalities, they share a common investment philosophy developed as the result of decades of local presence as private equity investors, teamwork between CVC offices in acquiring multinational companies and central oversight by experienced and seasoned private equity professionals. The large majority of the group's senior investment professionals have been with CVC for 10 years or more.

CVC believe that simple rules of ownership can generate significant value for a business and its stakeholders. The consistent application of these rules over three decades of investing in hundreds of companies in numerous countries has allowed us to generate superior returns for our discerning and experienced investors.