Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Consumer Products

Advent International Acquires Herlitz Ag

On October 1, 2005, private equity firm Advent International acquired consumer products company Herlitz Ag

Acquisition Context

This is Advent International’s 6th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
This is Advent International’s 8th transaction in Germany.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	October 1, 2005
Target	Herlitz Ag
Sector	Consumer Products
Buyer(s)	Advent International
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Herlitz Ag

Berlin, Germany

Herlitz is Germany’s leading supplier of stationery and papeterie.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	1984
PE ASSETS	91.0B USD
Size	Mega
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	128 of 353
Sector: Consumer Products	6 of 19
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	82 of 156
Country: Germany	8 of 23
Year: 2005	14 of 15

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2005-10-01	AIRCOM International Leatherhead, United Kingdom AIRCOM is provider of network planning and optimisation services to the mobile telecoms industry. AIRCOM's clients include all of the 20 top global mobile network operators who depend upon its tools and consultants to improve network coverage and service quality for more than 1.1 billion subscribers worldwide.	Buy	-

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TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2005-10-01

AIRCOM International

Leatherhead, United Kingdom

AIRCOM is provider of network planning and optimisation services to the mobile telecoms industry. AIRCOM's clients include all of the 20 top global mobile network operators who depend upon its tools and consultants to improve network coverage and service quality for more than 1.1 billion subscribers worldwide.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2005-11-01	Loxam Prais, France Loxam is a provider in the rental of materials for building, public works, green spaces, services, industry, and events, offers all the equipment and tools for carrying out your work. Loxam was established in 1967 and is based in Prais, France.	Sell	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2005-11-01

Loxam

Prais, France

Loxam is a provider in the rental of materials for building, public works, green spaces, services, industry, and events, offers all the equipment and tools for carrying out your work. Loxam was established in 1967 and is based in Prais, France.

Sell

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