M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-04-30 |
| Target | Alain Afflelou |
| Sector | Franchising |
| Buyer(s) | Lion Capital |
| Sellers(s) |
Bridgepoint
Apax |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Deal Value | 780M EUR |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| PE ASSETS | 4.3B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Lion Capital LLP is a specialist private equity firm focused on consumer-oriented opportunities throughout Europe and North America. Specific areas of interest include apparel, accessories, luxury goods, food, and specialty retail. Lion Capital LLP was formed in 2004 and is based in London. The Firm has an additional office in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 25 of 42 |
| Sector (Franchising) | 1 of 2 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 11 of 20 |
| Country (France) | 3 of 4 |
| Year (2012) | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 4 of 15 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-30 |
John Varvatos
New York, New York, United States John Varvatos is a men's clothing brand that includes footwear, bags, belts, eyewear, limited edition watches, and men’s fragrances. John Varvatos was founded in 2000 and is based in New York. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-10 |
ghd
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom ghd is a provider of premium hair styling irons, comlpementary wet products and other hair styling accessories. ghd is based in West Yorkshire, United kingdom. |
Buy | £300M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 28.2B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 31 of 97 |
| Sector (Franchising) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 21 of 61 |
| Country (France) | 5 of 19 |
| Year (2012) | 1 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 11 of 34 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-24 |
Quilter
London, United Kingdom Quilter is a UK private wealth management group with £7.6 billion of assets under management. Its clients group includes private individuals, charities and trusts, pension funds, corporate bodies and life companies. |
Buy | £175M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-21 |
BigHand
London, United Kingdom BigHand provides the workflow software, including integrated speech recognition technology, that makes the creation, distribution and processing of voice files more efficient and secure. BigHand was founded in 1995 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |
Buy | £49M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| PE ASSETS | 60.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Apax Partners is a mega-sized private equity investment group, operating across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia. Broad industry sectors of interest include tech & telecom, media, retail & consumer, healthcare, financial services, and business services. Apax will consider both minority and majority investment positions and prefers companies with strong market positions and growth potential. The Firm generally pursues platform acquisitions valued from €1 to €5 billion. Apax Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 74 of 163 |
| Sector (Franchising) | 1 of 2 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 18 of 60 |
| Country (France) | 10 of 18 |
| Year (2012) | 4 of 9 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 24 of 49 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-03 |
Wisair
Tel Aviv, Israel Wisair, Inc. is a developer of a chipset solution for high-performance wireless communication based on Ultra Wide Band technology. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-06 |
Plex Systems
Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States Plex Systems is the developer of Plex Online, a Cloud ERP solution for the manufacturing enterprise. Plex Online offers industry-leading features for virtually every department within a manufacturer, including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Quality Management System (QMS) for the shop floor, Supply Chain Management (SCM) for procurement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for finance and management, and Business Intelligence (BI) for executive management. Plex Online’s comprehensive functional coverage delivers a “shop floor to top floor” view of a manufacturer’s operations, enabling management to run its business at maximum efficiency. |
Sell | - |
