Michael Dell’s DFO and Sequence Holdings to Acquire The Baldwin Group in $7.7B Take-Private Deal

The Baldwin Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWIN) (“Baldwin” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which an entity to be formed by Sequence Holdings (“Sequence”) (“Parent”) and DFO Management (“DFO” or “Dell Family Office”) will acquire a majority interest in the Company in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $7.7 billion. Upon completion of the transaction, Baldwin will become a privately held company, with eligible Baldwin colleagues retaining a significant minority equity stake, alongside Sequence, a permanent holding company that acquires established enterprises in the service economy, and DFO, the family investment office of Dell Technologies Founder, Chairman, and CEO Michael Dell.

Transaction Highlights

• Baldwin shareholders will receive $32.50 in cash for each share of Baldwin common stock they hold, representing a premium of approximately 88% to the unaffected closing price on June 17, 2026.
• The transaction implies a total enterprise value of approximately $7.7 billion, comprised of an equity purchase price of approximately $4.6 billion and approximately $3.1 billion of net debt assumed or refinanced.
• This total enterprise value represents an implied multiple of approximately 20x Baldwin’s trailing-twelve-month Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $396 million.
• Eligible Baldwin colleagues who currently hold equity will have the opportunity to roll over a portion of their holdings into the private company.
• The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2027, subject to approval by Baldwin shareholders and regulatory approvals.

"This transaction allows us to deliver immediate value to shareholders while establishing a partnership with Sequence and DFO that will give Baldwin the long-duration capital and frontier AI execution to invest and move at the pace this moment demands," said Trevor Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer of The Baldwin Group. "Our vision and strategy are not changing. We remain committed to building the most diversified, vertically integrated insurance firm of the future, the destination for our industry’s best professionals. What changes is the pace of our investments in talent and technology. Moving faster on AI sharpens what we deliver for clients and elevates the work our colleagues do every day. Foundationally important, our colleagues will remain owners of what we build together."

“Sequence brings leading engineering talent and patient capital to each of the businesses with which we partner in order to transform them into market leaders,” said Michael J. Lee, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Sequence Holdings. “With Baldwin, we look forward to working with the Company’s team to rebuild workflows, products, and services around what is now possible with technology - extending Baldwin’s lead as the insurance firm of the future.”

“Baldwin has built something rare in insurance distribution: a genuine data and platform advantage, compounded over 15 years, led by a team with a clear and differentiated vision,” said Michael Dell. “DFO invests with the flexibility and patience of permanent capital, not as a fund working against a fixed exit clock. That structure enables DFO to back proven operators like Trevor and his team for the long term. I am excited that the DFO team is partnering with Sequence Holdings to support Baldwin’s next chapter with patient capital and engineering and operational expertise.”

Ardea Partners LP is serving as lead financial advisor, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is serving as legal advisor, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP is serving as insurance regulatory counsel, and MarshBerry is also acting as a financial advisor to The Baldwin Group. Perella Weinberg Partners LP and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP advised the Special Committee. Piper Sandler and Moelis advised Sequence and DFO.