EMZ Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, EMZ Partners has acquired 4 companies. It has also invested in 2 others.

EMZ Partners’ most common sectors for investment are distribution (25%) and chemicals (13%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (50%) and stake purchase (25%). In total, EMZ Partners has invested in 3 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2014 when it acquired Chryso SAS for $321M.

The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2
  • M&A Advisors 9

EMZ Partners

11 Rue Scribe,
Paris, 75009
France
+ 33 (0) 1 53 30 23 30
www.emzpartners.com
corinne.tors@emzpartners.com

EMZ Partners is a provider of long-term capital solutions to help companies fund buyouts, acquisitions, and other financing needs. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and looks to invest between €10 and €120 million per transaction. EMZ Partners was established in 1999 and is headquartered in Paris.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Distribution, Environmental, Food, Healthcare Services, Information Services, Life Science, Machinery, Manufacturing, Test/Measurement Equipment

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 10 120
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 2 - - 2 3 1 8
vol $603M $603M
Sell (0.2/yr) # - 1 - - - - 1
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Celebrate co. 2021-02-12 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
München, Germany · www.celebrate.company
Assepro Gruppe 2020-11-26 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
St. Gallen, Switzerland · www.assepro.com
HRWorks 2020-08-21 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
, France
Ankerkraut GmbH 2020-08-07 - Stake Purchase
Jesteburg, Germany · www.ankerkraut.de
Arturia 2019-06-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Grenoble, France · www.arturia.com
Spie Batignolles SA 2019-01-23 - Stake Purchase
Neuilly sur Seine Cedex, France · www.spiebatignolles.fr
Chryso SAS 2017-03-24 - Secondary Buyout
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France · www.chryso.com
Safic-Alcan SAS 2015-01-21 282M EUR Secondary Buyout
La Défense, France · www.safic-alcan.com
Chryso SAS 2014-10-31 321M EUR Divestiture
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France · www.chryso.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Distribution 2 (29%) 282M (100%) 2 (25%) 282M (47%)
Chemicals - - 1 (13%) 321M (53%)
Construction 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) -
Food 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) -
Insurance 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) -
Software 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) -
Total 7 $282M 8 $603M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
France 4 (57%) 282M (100%) 5 (63%) 603M (100%)
Germany 2 (29%) - 2 (25%) -
Switzerland 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) -
Total 7 $282M 8 $603M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 4 (57%) - 4 (50%) -
Stake Purchase 2 (29%) - 2 (25%) -
Divestiture - - 1 (13%) 321M (53%)
Secondary Buyout 1 (14%) 282M (100%) 1 (13%) 282M (47%)
Total 7 $282M 8 $603M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 1 (100%) -
Total 1 -

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 3
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 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $603M
TOTAL $603M
Largest Chryso SAS
$321M (2014-10-31)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Strategic(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Investor Summary

Size

Large

PE Assets

2.6B EUR

Established

1990

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Bruno Froideval

Managing Partner

Francois Carre

Managing Partner

Thierry Raiff

Chairman

Christelle Choplin

CFO

Ajit Jayaratnam

Partner

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