Investment Summary

Exits Cegos Group

On December 18, 2013, invested in education company Cegos Group from Ardian

Investment Highlights
  • This is transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is transaction in France.

Investment Summary
Date 2013-12-18
Target Cegos Group
Sector Education
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Sold to Management

Target

Cegos Group

Cedex 9, France
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Cegos Group, created in 1926, is a global leader of professional training. Its consultants experience includes all the area of management and skills development. In 2008 Cegos Group managed a 195, 5 M€ turnover and trained more than 200.000 people in France and in the World. Cegos works in 30 countries with 1.200 collaborators and 20.000 client firms.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 125.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

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 81 of 208
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Sold to Management) 3 of 13
Country (France) 42 of 103
Year (2013) 21 of 22
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