Mubadala Capital to Take CI Financial Private (Take-Private Transaction Closed August 12, 2025)
August 13, 2025
Mubadala Capital, through an affiliate, acquired all outstanding shares of CI Financial Corp. in a premium, all-cash take-private transaction valued at an implied enterprise value of about C$12.1 billion. The transaction closed effective August 12, 2025 via a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario).
- Buyers
- Mubadala Capital
- Targets
- CI Financial Corp.
- Sellers
- CI Financial shareholders (including rollover shares held by Kurt MacAlpine)
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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