M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2010-01-27 |
| Target | Pets at Home Group |
| Sector | Retail |
| Buyer(s) |
KKR
Ardian |
| Sellers(s) | Bridgepoint |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Deal Value | 955M GBP |
| Advisor(s) | DLA Piper (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| PE ASSETS | 510.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 79 of 428 |
| Sector (Retail) | 7 of 15 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 7 of 102 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 4 of 23 |
| Year (2010) | 3 of 13 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 54 of 94 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-27 |
WILD Flavors
Zug, Switzerland WILD is a private producer of natural flavours, ingredients and systems to the food and beverage industry.WILD focuses on outstanding flavor, functionality, quality, and safety of its products. We are committed to developing innovative products that maintain a leading position in the market. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-23 |
Ambea
Stockholm, Sweden Ambea is an elderly and disabled care services provider. Ambea is active in the public-pay market for care services through Vardaga and Nytida which mainly provide services on behalf of local and regional authorities. Nytida is one of the leading providers of care for the disabled and Vardaga is one of the leading private providers of elderly care services in the Nordic region. Ambea also provides medical personnel staffing services through Rent-A-Doctor, Rent-A-Nurse and Careteam. Ambea was formed in 1996 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. |
Buy | kr5.2B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 125.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 132 of 416 |
| Sector (Retail) | 8 of 15 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 33 of 135 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 8 of 25 |
| Year (2010) | 2 of 27 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 29 of 67 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-18 |
Numberly
Paris, France Numberly specializes in interactive advertising and marketing. It provides optimize their advertising and marketing campaigns on interactive media (Internet, Mobile, etc.). The company is listed on Alternext. Numberly was founded in 2000 and is based in Paris, France. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-02 |
Synerail Exploitaiton SAS
Suresnes, France A communications network for European rail operators. The construction and the operation for 15 years of a GSM-R telecommunications network to be fully deployed by 2015 over 14,000 km of tracks. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 28.2B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 28 of 97 |
| Sector (Retail) | 2 of 6 |
| Type (Secondary Buyout) | 19 of 61 |
| Country (United Kingdom) | 17 of 44 |
| Year (2010) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 34 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-01 |
Art Embal
Paris, France Art'Embal operates supermarkets, distribution group platforms and directly to the wholesaler. It also owns two manufacturing plants which produce bread bags and wax paper. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-05 |
LGC Group
Teddington, United Kingdom LGC Group is an international life science measurement and testing company. LGC provides a range of measurement products and services that underpin the safety, health, and security of the public, including reference materials and proficiency testing, genomics reagents and instrumentation, and expert sample analysis and interpretation. LGC Group was founded in 1842 and is based in Teddington, United Kingdom. |
Buy | £257M |
