This transaction represents a secondary leveraged buyout wherein ECI Partners acquires a controlling majority stake in Paragin Group. The operation successfully orchestrates a full realization and complete exit for the historical financial sponsor, Main Capital Partners, which had robustly scaled the enterprise during its tenure. Crucially, the incumbent executive management team of Paragin Group is significantly reinvesting to retain a substantial minority stake, ensuring total strategic alignment and operational continuity. The newly formed partnership is explicitly designed to heavily finance the target's next major phase of international growth and fuel ongoing consolidation efforts within the global educational technology sector.

PARAGIN GROUP, which reported an EBITDA margin of LOGIN in 2026, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of LOGIN, a level to compare with the average currently observed in the Retail & Consumer sector (10.9x).

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