M&A Deal Summary

Gresham Acquires Alexandra

On April 11, 2008, private equity firm Gresham acquired consumer products company Alexandra for 82M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gresham’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Gresham’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Gresham’s 25th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Alexandra was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2010.
  • Alexandra was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2019 for 62M GBP.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-11
Target Alexandra
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Gresham
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 82M GBP

Target

Alexandra

Bristol, United Kingdom
website
Alexandra is a supplier of workwear solutions, trading internationally through their Dimensions, Affinity, Alexandra and Yaffy brands. Alexandra was founded in 1854 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Gresham

London, United Kingdom

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gresham LLP is a private equity firm focused on management buyouts across a broad range of industries in the UK. Gresham considers transactions up to GBP100 million with an emphasis on opportunities in business services, support services, consumer products and services, financial services, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, industrial products and energy/environmental. Gresham is based in London with additional offices in Birmingham and Manchester.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 32
Sector (Consumer Products) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 23 of 26
Country (United Kingdom) 25 of 32
Year (2008) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-25 Giles Insurance Brokers

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Giles Insurance Brokers Ltd. is an independent insurance brokers in UK.

Sell £200M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-30 YM&U

London, United Kingdom

YM&U is an integrated provider of talent representation and management services for the entertainment, music, sports and scripted industries in the U.K. and U.S. With c. 300 employees, the company acts as talent agent and manager for c. 1,000 clients and offers professional services (accounting, legal and business management) to an additional c. 1,100 clients. YM&U was founded in 1984 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy £21M
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