The private equity investment, fund raising and profiles information is updated on a nightly basis.

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The private equity benchmarks information is updated on a quarterly basis for the U.S. sample.
The European private equity benchmarks information is updated on a semi-annual basis.

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Thomson Reuters’private equity data sources for investment, fund raising and profiles include quarterly surveys of private equity firms; government filings; public news releases; and Thomson reporters - writing for the Venture Capital Journal (VCJ), European Venture Capital and Private Equity Journal (EVCJ), Private Equity Week and Buyouts Newsletter - who gain access to private equity newsmakers and ensure that breaking news filters into the private equity database.

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In the U.S. private equity firms are surveyed on a quarterly basis to obtain the updated cash flow and residual value information used to calculate the U.S. benchmarks.

In Europe private equity firms are surveyed semi-annually to obtain the updated cash flow and residual value information used to calculate the European benchmarks.

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Thomson Reuters reports private equity round amounts by the Actual Equity Investment in a portfolio company, instead of the Total Announced Deal Value. Deal Value is structured to include equity, debt, etc. The Round Amounts, as reported by Thomson Reuters, will be purely composed of the equity portion of the investment. For deals where the Actual Equity Investment was not disclosed, it will remain as “blank” in the Round Amount column.

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In cases where investments involved two or more Investment Tranches in a portfolio company, Round Amounts are recorded according to the Actual Investment on the indicated schedule. If equity breakdown and schedule is not available, Thomson Reuters only records the Total Investment Amount at the time the investment was completed

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Thomson Reuters only records one Investment Round per Quarter for each portfolio company. When a portfolio company engages in multiple investment rounds in one quarter, these will be combined into One Round with the Sum of All the Amounts and Round Date based on the date of the latest round.

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A Company's Nation is determined by the Location of the Company’s Main Headquarters. Investments for a Company’s regional operations are credited under its Main Headquarters.

Captive/Evergreen funds are excluded from the standard/basic reports in the Fund Performance/PE Benchmarking module.

The Independent vs. Captive criteria in the Fund Performance/PE Benchmarking Advanced Reports gives users the option to create benchmarks for either sample. All Advanced Reports default to include Independent funds.

The Thomson Reuters private equity press releases can be found at: www.thomson.com\financial

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The definitions for the screening fields and report fields within the product can be found in the Private Equity Glossary section of the Help files.

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Information regarding the private equity methodology used in the product can be found in the Private Equity Methodology section of the Help files.

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