Carve-out transactions are labor-intensive, requiring deep industry knowledge, patience and creativity to unlock value that has been overlooked or undermanaged. PLASE Capital Group is a special-purpose portfolio investment company to facilitate an investment program through which the company will make investments from time to time in various opportunistic situations. SignOn San Diego. With its well-invested plants, strong technical expertise and long-standing customer base, Apollo believed Verallia would thrive as a stand-alone company, as opposed to continuing to operate as a non-core division within a much larger corporate framework. Operating income. The company operates the following businesses: estate agency, lettings, financial services, surveying. Subsequently, in May , Protection 1 acquired The ADT Corporation, a leading industry player with global brand recognition, through a public-to-private transaction.