M&A Deal Summary

Endless Acquires Acenta Steel

On January 1, 2011, private equity firm Endless acquired metals/mining company Acenta Steel

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Endless’ 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is Endless’ 17th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Acenta Steel was sold to management in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-01-01
Target Acenta Steel
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) Endless
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Acenta Steel

Willenhall, United Kingdom
Acenta Steel is an independent engineering steel processor and distributor, operating from six sites across the UK. Headquartered in Willenhall, the business serves a wide range of customers across a number of industries, both home and abroad, from three divisions namely hot rolling, cold finishing/bright drawing and distribution.

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Buyer

Endless

Leeds, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Endless LLP is an independent private equity firm that targets management buyouts and turnaround investment opportunities in a variety of industries. Endless invests in UK based companies with generating sales of £10 to £1000 million. Endless can commit up to £80 million for each transaction in the form of equity and/or debt. Endless will not invest in startups or companies with less than £10 million of sales. Endless was formed in 2005 and has offices in Leeds, Manchester and Solihull.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 76
Sector: Metals/Mining M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 13 of 36
Country: United Kingdom M&A 17 of 73
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Buy £23M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-02-14 AMCO

Barnsley, United Kingdom

AMCO is a provider of construction, engineering, property development and manufacturing services.

Sell £41M