Current Portfolio
With a portfolio of $12.2 billion in invested capital at December 31, 2011, Teachers' Private Capital has invested in market-leading companies globally.
Selected portfolio companies
Acorn Care and Education is a leading provider of special needs schools and independent fostering services in the U.K. It operates 11 specialist schools across the U.K., providing day and residential care and education for children with special educational needs. Through Fostering Solutions, it also manages foster placements across seven regions of the country.Website: www.acorncare.co.uk
Alexander Forbes Limited is a leading South African financial services company providing a wide range of products and services to retirement funds, corporations and private individuals. With offices in South Africa, the U.K, and elsewhere in Africa, the company's main activities include fund administration, actuarial services, personal financial planning, investment management and specialist insurance.Website: www.alexanderforbes.com
Alliance Laundry Systems is a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of commercial laundry equipment in the U.S., Europe and internationally. The company's brand names include Speed Queen, UniMac, IPSO, Huebsch and Cissell.Website: www.comlaundry.com
Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of web security and WAN optimization solutions.Website: www.www.bluecoat.com
BluEarth Renewables is focused on commercial scale renewable energy development. Its goal is to build, own and operate wind, hydroelectric and solar generation projects across North America.Website: www.bluearthrenewables.com
Canada Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company was created when Teachers’ partnered with Stephen Smith, co-founder of First National Financial, to acquire and rebrand AIG United Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company Canada. As the only Canadian-owned private mortgage insurance company, Canada Guaranty aims to benefit lenders, mortgage professionals and consumers by fostering a competitive market dynamic and creating new choice among providers.Website: www.canadaguaranty.ca
Easton-Bell Sports is a leading designer, developer and marketer of sports equipment. The company’s brand names include Easton, Bell, Riddell and Giro.Website: www.eastonbellsports.com
Exal Group is the largest specialty manufacturer of aluminum containers in the world, operating out of four facilities in the United States, Argentina and Switzerland. Exal produces containers for multinational consumer products customers in the household products, personal care and beverage industries.Website: www.exal.com
Flexera Software provides strategic application usage management solutions for application producers and their enterprise customers. It helps businesses manage application usage with solutions ranging from software installation and licensing, entitlement management and software delivery to application readiness and enterprise license optimization.Website: www.flexerasoftware.com
GNC is the largest global specialty retailer of health and wellness products, with 6,900 retail locations around the world, including approximately 2,200 franchises and 1,900 Rite Aid store-within-a-store locations. GNC products include vitamins, minerals, sports nutrition supplements and other health and wellness products.Website: www.gnc.com
Insight Pharmaceuticals is a leading marketer and distributor of branded over-the-counter pharmaceutical products with a diversified platform of nearly 30 unique brands, including Monistat, e.p.t., and Sucrets. It has an aggressive growth strategy built upon the acquisition of women’s health and personal care products.Website: www.insightpharma.com
INC Research is a therapeutically focused contract research organization with expertise in conducting global clinical development programs. It specializes in providing clinical trials services to support global Phase I through Phase IV studies.Website: www.incresearch.com
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Canada's largest sports enterprise, owns and operates four professional sports franchises (Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League team, Toronto Raptors National Basketball Association team, Toronto FC Major League Soccer team and Toronto Marlies American Hockey League team). It also owns the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, as well as broadcasting operations, retail and real estate developments.Website: www.mlse.com
Munchkin is a designer and marketer of innovative and high-quality products for babies and toddlers.Website: www.munchkin.com
National Bedding is the largest manufacturer of Serta brand mattresses in North America. Serta is one of the oldest and best-known names in the bedding industry. Serta’s brands include Perfect Sleeper, iComfort, iSeries and Trump Home.Website: www.serta.com
NXT Capital provides structured financing solutions to middle-market and emerging growth companies, as well as real estate investors, through its Corporate Finance, Venture Finance and Real Estate Finance groups.Website: www.nxtcapital.com
Simmons Bedding Company is one of the largest mattress manufacturers in the United States. Simmons brand portfolio includes Beautyrest, NXG, Beautyrest Black, Natural Care and Comforpedic.Website: www.simmons.com
SonicWALL, Inc. provides integrated network security devices and subscription services to the small, mid-size and enterprise markets and governments worldwide. Its suite covers firewall/unified threat management, secure remote access, web and email security and backup and recovery solutions.Website: www.sonicwall.com
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Links to other sites are provided as references to help you identify and locate resources of interest. The links should not be construed as an endorsement by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan of the services, products or information provided on the linked sites. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan assumes no liability or responsibility for the content, accuracy or appropriateness of the links or of any material contained on the linked sites.
Posted April 2012