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The Gores Group Acquires Sagemcom

On January 1, 2008, private equity firm The Gores Group acquired technology hardware company Sagemcom

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Gores Group’s 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is The Gores Group’s 2nd transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Sagemcom was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2011.
  • Sagemcom was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-01-01
Target Sagemcom
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) The Gores Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Sagemcom

Bois-Colombes, France
Sagemcom is a designer, developer and producer of a complete line of products for the broadband, set top box and printing industries. These products include consumer faxes, terminal & pro systems, photo printers, broadband access/DSL/FTTH, residential telephones, Wifi terminals, digital set top boxes, energy metering, networking equipment, video projectors and radio /modules. Sagemcom was founded in 2008 and is based in Bois-Colombes, France.

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Buyer

The Gores Group

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
The Gores Group's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.
The Gores Group's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.

The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses. Gores considers investments across Europe and North America and typically seeks non-core assets of public corporations. While Gores is a generalist investor, the firm has a particular interest in technology, telecommunications, business services, and industrial companies. The Gores Group was formed in 1987 and has offices in Beverly Hills, California, and Boulder, Colorado.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 74
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 17
Country: France M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-28 Lineage Power Holdings

Plano, Texas, United States

Lineage Power manufactures AC-DC and DC-DC power solutions in North America. The company provides power and components for communications, computer, and data networking companies. Its products include power solutions, DC-DC converters, filter modules, front-end AC-DC rectifier solutions, heat sinks, indoor and outdoor power, isolated and non-isolated converters, product range charts, shelf-level power, and telecom power systems.

Buy $100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-01 Brand-Rex

Glenrothes, United Kingdom

Brand-Rex Ltd. is a provider of structured cabling systems that connect the IT equipment in our offices, datacentres and homes and a niche supplier of high performance cables for extreme environment applications.

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