M&A Deal Summary

Primary Capital Acquires Paperchase Products

On July 1, 2010, private equity firm Primary Capital acquired retailer Paperchase Products from Borders Group for 30M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Primary Capital’s 4th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Primary Capital’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Primary Capital’s 20th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-07-01
Target Paperchase Products
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Primary Capital
Sellers(s) Borders Group
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 30M GBP

Target

Paperchase Products

London, United Kingdom
website
Paperchase Products Ltd. is a provider in design-led stationery, cards, and gift-wrap. The company designs much of its own product range and new collections are released every few weeks. Paperchase Products was established in 1968 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Primary Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 700M GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Primary Capital is a private equity firm focused on management buyouts and buy-ins of mid-market companies with an enterprise value of £20 - £100 million. Primary looks for opportunities across Europe but concentrates primarily on businesses located in the UK and Germany. The Firm looks to invest £10 to £44 million of equity or equity-related capital per transaction. Target sectors include consumer products/services, business & support services, financial services, IT services, software, and industrial products/services. Primary was formed in 1994 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 33
Sector (Retail) 4 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 20 of 31
Year (2010) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-01 Guralp Systems

Reading, United Kingdom

Guralp Systems Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of seismological instruments, digitisers, acquisition modules and software. Our product range encompasses nearly all types of seismic devices, including land-based, ocean-bottom and borehole instrumentation.

Buy £20M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-17 FoneStarz Media Group

St. Ives, United Kingdom

FoneStarz Media Group Ltd. is a provider in the management, hosting and retailing of mobile content to a global audience.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Borders Group

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Retail
Employees5,700
DESCRIPTION

Borders Group, Inc. is a national chain of bookstores.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-13 Paperchase Products

London, United Kingdom

Paperchase Products Ltd. is a provider in design-led stationery, cards, and gift-wrap. The company designs much of its own product range and new collections are released every few weeks. Paperchase Products was established in 1968 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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