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Matthew Dolgin
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No Surprises in Zayo's Decision to Be Taken Private for $35 or Its Fiscal 3Q Earnings Results

After months of speculation that potential buyers were lurking, and management's disclosure two months ago that it was evaluating strategic alternatives, Zayo announced on May 8, 2019, that it had agreed to be taken private by Digital Colony Partners and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund. Although we thought Zayo had more value to a strategic buyer, it is not surprising to see it go to an infrastructure fund, given recent chatter, a dearth of strategic buyers that made sense, and high levels of rec...
Underlying
Zayo Group Holdings Inc.

Zayo Group Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of communications and bandwidth infrastructure in the United States, Canada and Europe. The company has four segments: Zayo Networks, which provides access to bandwidth infrastructure; Zayo Colocation, which provides data center and cloud infrastructure solutions to a range of enterprise, carrier, cloud and content customers; Allstream, which provides Cloud VoIP and Data Solutions; and Other, which is comprised of Zayo Professional Services that provides network and technical resources to customers. Key products include leased dark fiber, fiber to cellular towers and small cell sites and other bandwidth offering.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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