M&A Deal Summary

Stanley Black & Decker Acquires Facom S.A.S.

On January 3, 2006, Stanley Black & Decker acquired manufacturer Facom S.A.S. from Financière Marc de Lacharrière for 400M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Stanley Black & Decker’s 2nd transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Stanley Black & Decker’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Stanley Black & Decker’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-01-03
Target Facom S.A.S.
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Stanley Black & Decker
Sellers(s) Financière Marc de Lacharrière
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 400M EUR

Target

Facom S.A.S.

Morangis, France
website
Facom is a European is a manufacturer of hand tools. Facom offers a full range of over 8000 products through its distribution network, which include the storage product range (trolleys, cabinets, benches, portable storage etc.), standard tools (wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, hammers etc.) and specialist tools (Automotive, Electrical, Aerospace etc.).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Stanley Black & Decker

New Britain, Connecticut, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1843
Sector Diversified
Employees53,000
Revenue 14.5B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Stanley Black & Decker's corporate headquarters in New Britain, Connecticut.
Entrance to Stanley Black & Decker's corporate headquarters in New Britain, Connecticut.

Stanley Black & Decker is a diversified global producer of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, mechanical access solutions and electronic security solutions, engineered fastening systems, infrastructure solutions and more. Stanley Black & Decker dates back to 1843 and is based in New Britain, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 27
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 5
Country (France) 1 of 2
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-13 ISR Solutions

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

ISR Solutions, Inc. is an independent security systems integrator company in the U.S.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-16 STANLEY Convergent Security Solutions

Naperville, Illinois, United States

STANLEY Convergent Security Solutions, Inc. is a electronic security company that designs, installs, monitors, and services security systems.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Financière Marc de Lacharrière

Paris, France

website

Category Company
Founded 1877
Sector Business Services
Employees2,622
Revenue 225M EUR (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Fimalac is a parent of the rating firm, the Fitch Group. Fimalac also operates in real estate through North Colonnade Ltd (owner of an office building in London), as well as diversified investments, mainly through its Fimalac Développement subsidiary.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Manufacturing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
Country (France) 2 of 3
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-10-31 Secap SA

France

Secap offers a range of mail processing and paper handling equipment, supplies and technology for low- to mid-volume mailers.

Sell €220M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-12 Webedia SAS

Paris, France

Webedia SAS is an online editor of purepeople.com dedicated to gossip news. Webedia was founded in 2007 and is based in Paris, France.

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