Founded in 1986, Centre Partners Management, LLC (“Centre Partners,” “Centre,” “CPM”,
the “Adviser,” “us,” “we,” and “our” the “Firm”) is a registered investment adviser and serves
as investment manager to the following Funds:
• Centre Capital Investors III, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (“CP III”)
• Centre Capital Investors IV, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (“CP IV”)
• Centre Capital Investors V, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (“CP V”)
• Centre Capital Investors VI, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (“CP VI”)
• Centre Capital Investors VII, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (“CP VII”)
• Centre Capital Investors VIII, L.P. (and its related investment vehicles (“CP VIII”)
• Centre Partners Continuation Fund, L.P. (“CP CF”)
• Centre Partners Continuation Fund SO, L.P. (“CP CFSO” and collectively with CP III,
CP IV, CP V, CP VI, CP VII, CP VIII and CP CF, the “Funds”).
Each of the Funds pursue private equity investments generally between $15 million and $85
million in businesses primarily based in the United States and Canada. The principal owners
of Centre Partners are Bruce Pollack and David Jaffe.
Centre has a 35+ year track record of investing in businesses, primarily as the first institutional
capital where Centre can be a catalyst for accelerated growth. Centre has the flexibility to
partner with the incumbent executives or to provide new executive leadership, and believes
that through its strategic, operational and financial support creates a collaborative and common
vision for achieving growth. Centre leverages its longstanding relationships, specific consumer
and healthcare industry expertise, and network of over 50 experienced operating executives
(“Centre Operating Partners”)
1 in seeking to generate advantaged deal flow, enhance its
transaction review process, and add value throughout the life of its investments. The
investment management services provided to the Funds primarily consist
of evaluating,
structuring and negotiating investments in and dispositions of securities, monitoring the
performance of such investments and other administrative services. These services are
provided by the Firm pursuant to investment management agreements with the Funds as a
result of a delegation of authority by the general partner of each Fund (collectively, the
“General Partners”). Investment advice is provided directly to each Fund and not individually
1 Centre Operating Partners provide expertise and collaboration on Centre investments. Centre Operating
Partners have been utilized in the past and may be utilized in the future throughout Centre’s investment process,
including actively sourcing opportunities, directly investing in their respective portfolio companies and actively
participating on boards of directors. Centre Operating Partners are sources of expert operational and practical
business advice and providers of immediate operating solutions when necessary. Their input helps Centre assess
and win transactions and then add value to portfolio companies over the life of each investment.
to the limited partners or investors in the Funds and is tailored to each Fund’s investment
objectives and the investment restrictions contained in the Funds’ governing documents.
Centre Partners also provides certain management consulting and advisory services to the
portfolio companies of the Funds, including with respect to the evaluation, structuring and
negotiation of potential investments, the direction and oversight of such portfolio companies
following an acquisition, and analysis of potential disposition opportunities. Centre Partners
also provides certain back-office services to both related and unrelated parties where it can
leverage its resources.
We do not participate in wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2023, our assets under management (including unfunded capital
commitments) are $1,291,587,608; all of which are managed on a discretionary basis. We do
not manage assets on a non-discretionary basis.