Investment Summary

Equistone Partners Europe Limited and SES Iberia Private Equity SA Invest In Sicame

On December 22, 2009, private equity firms Equistone Partners Europe Limited and SES Iberia Private Equity SA invested in electrical equipment company Sicame

Investment Highlights
  • This is Equistone Partners Europe Limited’s 9th and SES Iberia Private Equity SA’s 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Equistone Partners Europe Limited’s 49th and SES Iberia Private Equity SA’s 3rd transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Sicame was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2022.

Investment Summary

Date 2009-12-22
Target Sicame
Sector Electrical Equipment
Investor(s) Equistone Partners Europe Limited
SES Iberia Private Equity SA
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Sicame

Pompadour, France
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Sicame designs, manufactures and sells a complete range of specialised electrical equipment and accessories for transmission and distribution networks. Sicame was founded in 1955 and is based in Pompadour, France.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Equistone Partners Europe Limited

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 9.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equistone Partners Europe Ltd is a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-sized companies with valued from €50 to €500 million. Equistone targets companies operating in the fields of services, healthcare, financial services, and consumer/travel. The Firm looks to invest €25 to €200 million in a variety of transactions, including buyouts, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations. Equistone Partners Europe Ltd. (formerly Barclays Private Equity Ltd) was formed in 1997 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 155 of 253
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 9 of 10
Type (Growth Capital) 5 of 11
Country (France) 49 of 74
Year (2009) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-01 Bounty

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

Bounty is a provider of information and direct marketing solutions to pregnant mothers and new parent households. The Company was formed in 1960 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-27 Deb Group

Denby, United Kingdom

Deb manufactures and markets skincare products and dispensing systems for the industrial, automotive, healthcare, food and commercial sectors. The business has operations in 16 countries and its products are sold across 100 countries through a global network of distributors.

Sell £325M
DESCRIPTION

SES Iberia Private Equity SA is a Spanish private equity firm that targets small and mid-sized Iberian companies, as well as French companies with interest in Spain or Portugal. SES looks to invest minimum of €3 million in companies with revenues of €20 to €50 million. The Firm will consider opportunities in a broad range of industries, however the Firm will not invest in financial services and real estate. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, shareholder restructurings, and growth capital financings. SES Iberia Private Equity SA was formed in 2004 by Espirito Santo Capital and the Siparex group. The Firm is based in Madrid with additional offices in Lyon, France and Lisbon, Portugal.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 10
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 1
Country (France) 3 of 4
Year (2009) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-01 Skandiaverken Group

Zamudio, Spain

Skandiaverken Group has more than 100 years of history and is devoted to the production and distribution of spare parts for 2-strokes and 4-strokes vessels’ engines, to render the technical service for these engines and to the distribution and maintenance of auxiliary engines of the brand Yanmar. The turnover of the Group is well spread at international level (85% of sales are carried out abroad) and is generated through its subsidiaries in Spain, Scotland and its 14 agents’ network with a turnover over €10M, the Group employs 40 people.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-02 JST Transformateurs

Lyon, France

JST Transformateurs is a manufacturer of high and medium voltage “power” electrical transformers for the production, transport and distribution of electrical energy, and on-board “traction” transformers for rail transport. Its offer includes preventive and curative maintenance. JST Transformateurs was founded in 1905 and is based in Lyon, France.

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