Black Knight Financial Services | Stephens

Who We Are

What We Do

We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.

About Us

We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.

The Stephens Story

The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.

Leadership

Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.

Impact Initiatives

We are committed to corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Our Brand Ambassadors

Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.

Stephens & Williams Racing Partnership

Stephens is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.

Making Connections

We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.

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Black Knight Financial Services

$507 Million 05/19/2015 Technology, Media & Telecom Complete
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Transaction Details

  • On May 19, 2015, Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: BKFS) priced an Initial Public Offering for a deal value of $441,000,000
  • The deal priced 18,000,000 common shares at $24.50 per share
  • All shares offered were primary shares
  • Proceeds from the offering will be used (i) to effect a portion of the offering’s related reorganization, (ii) to pay down outstanding debt, (iii) for working capital and (iv) for general corporate purposes
  • On May 21, 2015, the underwriters fully exercised the overallotment option to purchase an additional 2,700,000 common shares, increasing the total number of common shares to be issued in the offering to 20,700,000 and total deal value to $507,150,000
  • Stephens Inc. served as a Co-Manager in the Offering

About the company

Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: BKFS) is a leading provider of integrated technology, workflow automation and data and analytics to the mortgage industry. Their solutions facilitate and automate many of the mission-critical business processes across the entire mortgage loan life cycle, from origination until asset disposition. Their solutions are utilized by 23 of the 25 largest U.S. mortgage originators and all of the 25 largest U.S. mortgage servicers as of September 30, 2014.

Sources: Company filings and Stephens Inc. internal data.
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