M&A Deal Summary

Marfin Investment Group Acquires Attica Group

On October 1, 2007, private equity firm Marfin Investment Group acquired transportation company Attica Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marfin Investment Group’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Marfin Investment Group’s 6th transaction in Greece.
Investment Fate
  • Attica Group went public in 2019.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-10-01
Target Attica Group
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Marfin Investment Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Attica Group

Kallithea, Greece
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Attica Group is a holding company with expertise in quality shipping, transportation and leisure. As the owner of the two leading ferry operators in Southeastern Europe, Superfast Ferries (leading ferry operator in the Adriatic Sea and Crete routes) and Blue Star Ferries (leading ferry operator in the Aegean Sea routes), Attica Group owns and operates modern, fast, cruise-class car-passenger ferries providing year-round transportation services for passengers, private vehicles and freight. Attica Group was incorporated in 1918 and is based in Kallithea, Greece.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Marfin Investment Group

Nea Erythrea, Greece

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Marfin Investment Group is a publicly traded investment firm focused on private equity-related investments, as well as investments in privatizations and infrastructure projects. Marfin looks to fund consolidations and other situations where the firm can extract value. Areas of interest include food & beverage, financial services, leisure/hospitality, shipping, IT, real estate and healthcare. Marfin Investment Group was initially formed in 1998 and became public in 2007. The Firm is located in Amaroussian, Greece.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 5 of 9
Country (Greece) 6 of 8
Year (2007) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-01 Robne kuce Beograd

Belgrade, Serbia

Robne Kuce Beograd (RKB) is specialised in real estate management and retail space arrangement in Serbia. It is historically the largest real estate department store and shopping center chain in the countries of former Yugoslavia and one of the largest in Europe. As such, it benefits from a remarkable real estate portfolio in attractive, non-replicable and central locations across 24 cities, with a total of 232,000 m2. It is comprised of 32 department stores in Serbia (9 of which in Belgrade), 4 department stores and 1 warehouse in Montenegro, 1 logistics centre and 1 office building in Belgrade. Robne kuce Beograd is based in Beograd, Serbia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-01 Sunce Koncern

Zagreb, Croatia

Sunce Koncern is a Croatia's renowned and fast growing tourism industry. The company owns and operates 11 hotels (approx. 5,000 beds) situated in prime locations along the Dalmatian coast under the Blue Sun Hotels & Resorts brand. Sunce also owns a majority stake in the airport of Brac Island and over 860,000 square meters of land of the highest quality fully permissioned for construction and development. Sunce Koncern is based in Zagreb, Croatia.

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