M&A Deal Summary

Graphite Capital Acquires InnBrighton

On April 1, 2007, private equity firm Graphite Capital acquired restaurant InnBrighton

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Graphite Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Graphite Capital’s 44th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • InnBrighton was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2014.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-04-01
Target InnBrighton
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Graphite Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

InnBrighton

Brighton, United Kingdom
Innbrighton operates 45 pubs, bars and nightclubs in Brighton and one pub in London. Each site is uniquely branded, 'wet-led' and run by operators encouraged to create a differentiated offering. The company targets culturally discerning customers, attracted to the individualism of each of the sites. InnBrighton was formed in 2007 and is based in Brighton, England.

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Buyer

Graphite Capital

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 1.2B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Graphite Capital is a private equity firm that seeks mid-market investments in the UK. Target sectors include retail and consumer, manufacturing, services and distribution, financial services, healthcare, leisure, and property. The Firm looks for transactions valued from £30 to £150 million. Prospective transaction situations typically include management buyouts/buy-ins of corporate spin-offs or privately held companies. The Firm also considers roll-outs and consolidation strategies. Graphite Capital was originally formed in 1981 and became independent in 2001. Graphite is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 79
Sector (Restaurants) 2 of 4
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 42 of 53
Country (United Kingdom) 44 of 75
Year (2007) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 PIFC Consulting

London,, United Kingdom

PIFC Consulting provides pensions and employee benefits consulting services. The company offers benefit consultancy, corporate healthcare and risk benefits, financial planning, and international services to companies with overseas parents establishing/established in the UK. Its clients include city-based financial and other professional service companies, telecom and information technology, leisure industry, and biotechnology.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-17 Bridgewell

United Kingdom

Bridgewell was founded in 2000 to offer corporate advisory, broking, equity research, market making and investor relations services. The company was listed on the AIM market in 2006. Bridgewell´s research has earned several accolades including fourth place in the Thomson Extel survey 2006 UK Small Caps Report.

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