Permira Advisers Ltd. signed an agreement to launch an offer to acquire an unknown stake in LegalZoom.com, Inc. for approximately €160 million on December 30, 2013. LegalZoom's management team will maintain ownership in the Company. other large shareholders, including Polaris Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will maintain their ownership.

Following the close of the transaction, Permira will be LegalZoom's largest shareholder and will have the right to appoint a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, which will include Brian Ruder, Partner at Permira, and Dipan Patel, Principal at Permira. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014. Brooke Gordon and Nathaniel Garnick of Sard Verbinnen & Co acted as public relations advisors for Permira Advisers Ltd. Justin O'Neill of Access Communications acted as public relations advisor for LegalZoom.

Robert Schwenkel, Brian Mangino, Jeffrey Ross, Lisa Bebchick, David Hennes and Alan Kaden of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP acted as the legal advisors to Permira. Tom Hopkins, Ian Smith, Renee Deming, Francis Fryscak, Jeremy Naylor, Melika Martin, Sara Dale, Aaron Binstock, Nicole Miller and Katherine Decker-Sadowski of Cooley LLP acted as legal advisors for LegalZoom.