M&A Deal Summary

Natixis Global Asset Management SA Acquires DNCA Finance

On July 2, 2015, Natixis Global Asset Management SA acquired financial services company DNCA Finance from TA Associates for 549M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Natixis Global Asset Management SA’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Natixis Global Asset Management SA’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Natixis Global Asset Management SA’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-07-02
Target DNCA Finance
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Natixis Global Asset Management SA
Sellers(s) TA Associates
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 549M EUR

Target

DNCA Finance

Paris, France
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DNCA Finance is a French asset management firm with €5 billion in funds under management. The company was founded in 2000 and offers clients a number of different fund products investing in France, the wider Eurozone and internationally.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer
DESCRIPTION

Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. asset managers in the world based on assets under management. Its affiliated asset management companies provide investment products that seek to enhance and protect the wealth and retirement assets of both institutional and individual investor clients.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-19 Gateway Investment Advisers

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-21 Ellisphere

Nanterre, France

Ellisphere is a provider of a comprehensive range of business and marketing information services, which allow its clients to develop their portfolio of customers, manage risk and monitor client exposure. Ellisphere collects and processes data to provide high quality, tailored solutions to support clients’ decision-making processes. Ellisphere was founded in 2014 and is based in Nanterre, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TA Associates

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA will consider control or minority investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $70 and $500 million per transaction. TA proactively reaches out to companies directly in sourcing potential investment opportunities. Prospective businesses are generally valued between $100 million and $3 billion. Areas of interest include technology, software, communications, financial services, healthcare, business services, semiconductors/electronics, and consumer products/services. In addition to investing equity capital, TA also makes subordinated debt investments. TA's geographic preference is North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. TA Associates was formed in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 182 of 252
Sector (Financial Services) 23 of 31
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 103 of 129
Country (France) 1 of 4
Year (2015) 4 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 21 of 66
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-01 Gamma Technologies

Westmont, Illinois, United States

Gamma Technologies offers a sophisticated computer-aided engineering (CAE) software GT-SUITE that is used by engineers to execute large-scale, integrated simulations of powertrain and vehicle systems. GT-SUITE includes a complete library of physics-based modeling software customized to address the challenges of vehicle and component design, allowing simulation of a variety of vehicle functions and subsystems, including powertrain, transmission, engine, thermal management, hydraulics, lubrication and friction, acoustics, HVAC, after treatment, general multi-body mechanics and control. Gamma Technologies was formed in 1994 and is based in Westmont, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-20 First Eagle Investment Management

New York, New York, United States

First Eagle Investment Management is an asset management firm which manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual clients. With the core purpose of providing prudent stewardship of its clients’ assets, the Firm is focused on fundamental, flexible and benchmark-agnostic investing, including strategies which seek to provide clients with downside protection. First Eagle Investment Management was founded in 1864 and is based in New York City.

Sell $4.0B