瑟伯罗斯资本管理公司（Cerberus CAPItal Management, L.P.），又译博龙资产管理有限公司、瑟伯勒斯资本管理公司——美国最大的私人股权投资公司之一

Cerberus资本管理公司网站网址：http://www.cerberuscapital.com/

Cerberus资本管理公司简介

纽约Cerberus资本管理公司是全球最大的私人投资机构之一，管理着大约235亿美元的资金和账户。Cerberus资本管理公司成立于1992年，目前在50多家公司进行了重大投资，这50多家公司在世界各地总共创造600多亿美元的年度收入。

Cerberus资本管理公司专注于提供财力资源和运营专长，帮助价值被低估的公司发展成为行业的领导，致力于这些公司长期的成功和价值的提升。

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is one of the largest PRivate equity investment firms in the United States. The firm is based in New York CITy, and run by 39-year-old financier Steve Feinberg. Former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle has been a prominent Cerberus spokesPErson and runs one of its international units.

History

Founded in 1992, Cerberus is named for the Greek mythology three-headed dog that guarded the gates of Hades. While many of its peers have bought out companies in order to strip assets and sell on for a profit, Cerberus builds its reputation on identifying firms that are undervalued, and assisting in rejuvenating them by working with current management.

The company has been a very active acquirer of businesses over the past several years and now hassizable investments in automotive, sportswear, paper products, military services, real estate, energy, retail, glassmaking, transportation, and building products. In 2006, its holdings amounted to $24 BIllion.

On OCTOber 19, 2006, John W. Snow, President of the United States George W. Bush's second United States SECRetary of the Treasury, was named chairman of Cerberus.

J. Ezra Merkin is a partner in Cerberus.Merkin invested his funds into Cerberus and its portfolio companies.His Gabriel fund invested $79 million in Chrysler, $66 million in GMAC and $67 million in Cerberus partnerships, aCCOrding to year-end statements. The Gabriel Fund was a feeder fund for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

Japanese bank, Aozora, a Cerberus company lost $ 137 million to Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.Aozora was part of the investment group that acquired 51 percent of GMAC from General Motors.

Chrysler

In 2007,Cerberus purchased an 80% stake in Chrysler, promISIng to bolster the auto maker’s performance by operating as an independent company.In 2008, the plan collAPSed due to an unprecedented slowdown in the U.S. auto industry and a lack of capital.In response to questioning at a hearing before the House committee on DeCEMber 5, 2008 by Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, Chrysler President and CEO Robert Nardelli said that Cerberus' fiduCIAry obligations to its other investors and investments prohibited it from injecting capital.

On March 30, 2009, it was announced that Cerberus Capital Management will lose its equity stakeand ownership in Chrysler as a condition of the Treasury DEPArtment’s bailout deal, but Cerberus will maintain a controlling stake in Chrysler’s financing arm, Chrysler Financial. Cerberus will utilize the first $2 billion in proceeds from its Chrysler Financial holding to backstop a $4 billion DeceMBer, 2008 Treasury Department loan given to Chrysler. In exchange for obtaining that loan, it proMISed many concessions including surrendering equity, foregoing profits, and giving up board seats:

“In order to ACHieve that goal Cerberus has advised the Treasury that it would contribute its equity in Chrysler automotive to labor and crEDItors as currency to facilitate the accommoDATions necessary to affect the restructuring.”

GMAC

Cerberus acquired 51 percent of GMAC from General Motors in 2006 for $7.4 billion.

In 2006, Cerberus appointed Merkin as nonexecutive Chairman.

As of October 15, 2008,GMAC had $173 billion of debt against $140 billion of income-producing assets (loans and LEAses), some which are almost worthless, in addition to GMAC Bank’s $17 billion in deposits (a liability).Even if GMAC liquidated the loans and LEAses, it couldn’t pay back all of its debt.

In a statement, on December 10, 2008, GMAC said, "GMAC LLC, the auto and home lender seeking federal aid, hasn’t obtained enough capital to become a bank holding company and may abandon the effort, casting new doubt on the firm’s ability to survive. A $38 billion debt exchange by GMAC and its Residential Capital LLC mortgage unit to reduce the company's outstanding debt and raise capital hasn’t attracted enough partICIpation." This was due in part because Cerberus had raised the credit requirements for car loans so high, virtually elIMinating leasing, that they have been responsible for a sizable chunk of lost sales at GM due to customers inability to secure financing, in order to pressure GM into selling or trading their remaining stake in GMAC.GM stands to write-off over a billion dollars in lost residuals– which they paid up front to GMAC. GMAC's exposure to the gap in residual values is around $3.5 billion.

In December, 2008, Cerberus subsequently informed GMAC’s bondholders that the financial services company may have to file for bankruptcy if a bond-exchange plan is not approved. The company had previously said it may fail in its quest to become a bank holding company because it lacks adequate capital.

In January, 2009, Merkin resigned from his chairmanship as a condition by the U.S. government.

Five days earlier, the Federal Reserve granted GMAC bank holding company status, so it could get access to the bailout money.

On December 29, 2008, the U.S. Treasury gave GMAC $5 billion from its $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

Notable Acquisitions

• Pharmaceuticals - In December 2004, the company announced the acquISItion of Bayer's Blood plasma products business and renamed it Talecris Biotherapeutics.

• Paper products - The company acquired MeadWestvaco's paper business for $2.3B in 2005 and renamed it NewPage Corporation. Cerberus also purchased, from Georgia PaCIFic Corporation, its Distribution Division/Building Products and all of its associated real estate. It renamed this new company BlueLinx Holdings, based in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Government Services (Military, Energy, and Food & Drug) - owns IAP Worldwide Services, which bought Johnson Controls' World Services division in February 2005, and Netco Government Services.

• Real Estate - Through investment affiliate Cerberus Real Estate, the company has been making direct equity, mezzanine, first mortgage, distressed and special situation investments in all asset types. It also controls Miami BEACh, Florida-based LNR Property, a large real estate develOPMent and investment firm through subsidiary Riley Property. Cerberus also controls Kyo-ya, a Japan based group of entities that owns several Starwood managed assets in California, Hawaii and Florida.

• Retail - Cerberus purchased 655 of the 2,500 New Albertsons, Inc., grocery stores, forming Albertsons LLC of Boise, Idaho, in June 2006. They also had an ownership stake in the now-bankrupt Mervyn's department stores, which was acquired from Target Corp. In June 2007, Cerberus acquired Torex Retail Plc., a retail solutions provider in troubled waters, for approximately 400 million US dollars.

• Transportation - Acquired bankrupt ANC Rental, then owner of the National Car Rental and Alamo car rental chains, for $230 million in October 2003 and purchased DaimlerChrysler's 45% share of deBIS AerFinance, an aircraft leasing business, in May 2005.Complete acquisition of debis AirFinance (later renamed AerCap was concluded in July 2005.Also acquired North American Bus Industries, Optima Bus Corporation, and Blue Bird Corp. in the bus manufacturing sector. Cerberus also owns bus companies Coach America and American Coach Lines, which were acquired from Stagecoach Group.

• Automotive - Peguform, GDX Automotive, and Chrysler.

• Financial Services - General Motors sold a 51% stake in its GMAC finance unit to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management in November 2006. GM expected to receive $14 billion over the next three years from the sale of General Motors Acceptance Corp. In December 2006, Cerberus acquired the Austrian bank BAWAG P.S.K. for a reported EUR3.2 billion. In August 2007, Cerberus announced that it was closing one of their mortgage companies, Aegis Mortgage. It ownshalf of a9.9 % share (5%) with the Gabriel Group in Bank Leumi.

• Firearms - Acquired Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., from Windham, Maine native Dick Dyke for an undisclosed sum in April 2006, and purchased Remington Arms in April 2007.Under Cerberus direction, Bushmaster Firearms acquired Cobb Manufacturing, a well-respected manufacturer of large-caliber tactical rifles in August 2007.Cerberus also acquired DPMS Panther ArmsDecember 14th 2007.
• Entertainment - Acquired a group of seven television stations, Four Points Media Group, fromCBS Corporation in 2007.

• Other holdings of the investment group include Formica, Inc., and the Aozora Bank in Japan; and cable operator Galaxy Cable.

• In 2007 Cerberus took over Corvest a promotional products company based out of Largo, FL with arms based in Simi Vally, Ca & Thorfare, NJ.

Broken Deal for United Rentals

In the summer of 2007, Cerberus agreed to buy 100% of United Rentals, the world's largest equipment rental company and traded on the NYSE.After the credit markets began to tighten in August, Cerberus attempted to reduce the deal price.United Rentals refused to reprice the deal, and in November sued in the Delaware Court of Chancery for specific performance (i.e., a court mandate that Cerberus complete the deal).Cerberus took the position that the deal agreements capped its liability for walking away from the deal at $100 million.After a two-day trial, Delaware Chancellor William B. Chandler, III ruled for Cerberus in a closely watched decision, allowing it to pay United Rentals the agreed-upon $100 million "reverse tERMination fee" and terminate the merger agreement.

Notes and references

1. ↑ 2007 Awards for Excellence — Best Private Equity House: Cerebus
2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/business/16madoff.html?FTA=y
3. ↑ http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:Mn0ajPzxOYAJ:s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/st_madoff_victims_20081215.html+madoff+victim+gabriel&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us
4. ↑ ^4.04.14.2 Cerberus indirectly linked to Madoff scandal
5. ↑ ^5.05.1 Dan Gerstein: Chrysler's Hidden Coffers Forbes, December 10, 2008
6. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/autoshow/2009/03/30/718/
7. ↑ "Inquiry Started of Financier Who Invested With Madoff", New York Times (January 16, 2009)
8. ↑ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gmac-may-file-for-bankruptcy-tomorrow/
9. ↑ http://www.zimbio.com/Cerberus+Capital+Management/articles/52/Cerberus+Capital+Management+CHRYSLER+LLC+GMAC
10. ↑ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gmac-leasing-debacle-bankruptcy-fears-loom-large/
11. ↑ http://nymag.com/news/businessfinance/54703/index7.html
12. ↑ http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/ny-judge-restrains-merkin-funds-in-madoff-lawsuit/
13. ↑ Jonathan Cable and Marc Jones. Reuters. "Cerberus buys troubled Torex for 204 mln stg". 20 June 2007
14. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064448.html
15. ↑ DPMS Acquired By Cerberus. Joins Bushmaster and Remington.
16. ↑ CBS sells Austin’s KEYE to private equity firm
17. ↑ Law Blog - WSJ.com : Chancellor Chandler Hands Cerberus a Big Win

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