M&A Deal Summary

Samsonite International Acquires Lipault

On April 7, 2014, Samsonite International acquired consumer products company Lipault for 20M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Samsonite International’s 3rd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Samsonite International’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Samsonite International’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-04-07
Target Lipault
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Samsonite International
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 20M EUR

Target

Lipault

Paris, France
Lipault is a producer of high-end consumer luggage products and accessories. The Company is headquartered in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Samsonite International

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Category Company
Founded 1910
Sector Consumer Products
Employees11,850
Revenue 3.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Samsonite International designs, manufactures, and distributes luggage. The Company's products include suitcases, garment bags, casual bags, business cases, clothing, shoes, and accessories. Samsonite also licenses their trademarks for use on products such as travel accessories, leather goods, handbags, clothing, and furniture. Samsonite International was founded in 1910 and is based in Luxembourg City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 3 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-02 Hartmann

Lebanon, Tennessee, United States

Hartmann is a quintessential American luxury brand, with over 130 years of design, quality, and innovation experience.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-29 Speck Products

Palo Alto, California, United States

Speck Products develops, markets, and sells innovative personal electronics accessories, primarily cases for smartphones, tablets, laptops, MP3 players and GPS devices, to specialty, mass and wireless carrier retailers worldwide.

Buy $85M