M&A Deal Summary

Advent International Acquires Oberthur Technologies

On December 1, 2011, private equity firm Advent International acquired safety/security company Oberthur Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advent International’s 1st transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is Advent International’s 11th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-12-01
Target Oberthur Technologies
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) Advent International
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Oberthur Technologies

Levallois-Perret, France
Oberthur Technologies is specialised in digital security based on smart card technology. It is the world’s second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services, operating in the mobile and payment industries as well as government and corporate markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 195 of 353
Sector: Safety/Security M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 124 of 156
Country: France M&A 11 of 17
Year: 2011 M&A 15 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-30 MORSCO

Forth Worth, Texas, United States

MORSCO, Inc. is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC, and builder products in the Southwest. Sovos Brands is a new kind of food and beverage company with a mission to acquire and build one-of-a-kind brands. Its portfolio includes Michael Angelo’s Gourmet Foods, a leading producer of premium, authentic frozen Italian entrées, and Rao’s Specialty Foods, a producer of super premium pasta sauce and other Italian specialty foods. Founded in 1917, Morrison now operates approximately eighty locations in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Louisiana.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-01 National Bankruptcy Services

Dallas, Texas, United States

National Bankruptcy Services is a provider of technology-enabled default management and bankruptcy processing solutions to financial institutions, credit unions, automobile lenders, and mortgage servicers in all 94 bankruptcy jurisdictions. National Bankruptcy Services was founded in 1999 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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