M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2019-04-10 |
| Target | Palacios |
| Sector | Food |
| Buyer(s) |
MCH Private Equity
Ardian Cerea Partenaire |
| Sellers(s) | The Carlyle Group |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| PE ASSETS | 850M EUR |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
MCH Private Equity is a private investment firm focused on mid-sized opportunities in Spain and Portugal. MCH invests in businesses exhibiting growth potential (organic/add-on), ability to improve operating margins, and consistent cash-flows. MCH is a generalist investor, however the Firm has a strong interest in sectors/markets undergoing consolidation. The Firm's target investment size is €15 to €45 million. MCH was formed in 1998 and is based in Madrid.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 21 of 24 |
| Sector (Food) | 4 of 5 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 3 of 3 |
| Country (Spain) | 19 of 22 |
| Year (2019) | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-12 |
Jeanologia
Valencia, Spain Jeanologia is a maker of denim manufacturing equipment. Jeanologia focuses on technologies that lower the usage of chemicals and waters in the making of jeans. Jeanologia was founded in 1994 and is based in Valencia, Spain. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-03 |
Prosur S.A.
San Ginés, Spain Prosur offers natural solutions such as antioxidants, flavors, and colors to the meat, poultry, and fish industry. It also offers clean label solutions in the fight against pathogens such as Listeria, Salmonella, E. coli. Prosur was formed in 1965 and is based in San Ginés, Spain. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 125.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €150 million per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 341 of 416 |
| Sector (Food) | 12 of 15 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 110 of 135 |
| Country (Spain) | 11 of 17 |
| Year (2019) | 13 of 30 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-08 |
LindFast Solutions Group
Blaine, Minnesota, United States LindFast Solutions Group is a master distributor of specialty fasteners in the North American market serving a broad base of national, regional, and local distribution customers through its metric (Lindstrom) and imperial (Stelfast) product brands. LindFast Solutions is based in Blaine, Minnesota. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-08 |
Zayo
Boulder, Colorado, United States Zayo is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo's services allow its customers, which include telecom carriers, wireless service providers, media and content companies, and other bandwidth-intensive businesses, to transport data, voice, video, and internet traffic, as well as to interconnect their networks. Zayo was founded in 2007 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. |
Buy | $14.3B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| PE ASSETS | 600M EUR |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Cerea Partenaire is a specialist investment firm dedicated to buyouts and providing mezzanine financing in agribusiness and related sectors. Céréa Gestion consists of Céréa Capital (private equity practice) and Céréa Mezzanine (mezzanine practice). Céréa primarily targets companies in Western Europe and looks to invest €5 to €15 million in companies with enterprise values of €30 to €500 million. Specific areas in agribusiness include services, distribution, equipment, packaging, logistics, and health services. Prospective transaction situations includes LBOs, LBIs, OBOs, and spin offs. Cerea Partenaire is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 38 of 52 |
| Sector (Food) | 17 of 20 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 14 of 19 |
| Country (Spain) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2019) | 1 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-30 |
La Comtoise
Louhans, France La Comtoise develops and supplies tailor-made cheese solutions which are integrated into prepared foods such as breaded escalopes (cordons bleus), grilled ham and cheese sandwiches (croque-monsieur), sandwiches and hamburgers. La Comtoise was formed in 1994 and is based in Louhans, France. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-01 |
Areas España
Paris La Défense Cedex, France Areas España engages in the travel catering and retail industry. Areas welcome 330 million customers each year in 2,000 restaurants and points of sale in 13 countries, throughout Europe as well as in the USA, Mexico, and Chile. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 376.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 363 of 443 |
| Sector (Food) | 5 of 7 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 82 of 114 |
| Country (Spain) | 7 of 8 |
| Year (2019) | 9 of 23 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-10 |
Athena Art Finance
New York, New York, United States Athena Art Finance Corp. is a specialty finance lender, dedicated to providing loans collateralized by fine art. Athena offers a full-service platform focused on debt origination, portfolio management and distribution of art-backed credit risk globally. Athena Art Finance Corp. was formed in 2015 and is based in New York. |
Sell | $170M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-11 |
Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste
Amsterdam, Germany Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste GmbH (VWD Group) is a provider of software solutions. With its intuitive solutions on a modular technology platform, vwd empowers wealth management and investment professionals to make smarter, more efficient and regulatory-compliant investment decisions. |
Sell | - |
