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M&A Deal Summary

Advent International Acquires Douglas

On December 1, 2012, private equity firm Advent International acquired retailer Douglas for 1.9B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advent International’s 19th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Advent International’s 17th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Advent International’s 14th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Douglas was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-12-01
Target Douglas
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Advent International
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 1.9B USD

Target

Douglas

Hagen, Germany
Douglas is a premium beauty retailer with about 2,400 stores and fast-growing online shops in 21 European countries. Douglas has a portfolio of some 38,000 high-quality products in the areas of perfumery, decorative cosmetics and skincare. Douglas was founded in 1910 and is based in Hagen, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 76.0B 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 STATS #
Overall 204 of 341
Sector (Retail) 19 of 20
Type (Going Private) 7 of 19
Country (Germany) 14 of 22
Year (2012) 9 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 17 of 47
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-16 Xafinity

Crawley, United Kingdom

Xafinity provides consulting, software, resourcing, training and business process outsourcing services that enable public and private sector organisations to deliver employee benefits more efficiently.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-31 LaborMed Pharma

Ljubljana, Romania

LaborMed Pharma is a manufacturer and distributor generic pharmaceuticals primarily for cardiovascular and central nervous system aliments. The Company has also launched a portfolio of drugs for diabetes. LaborMed Pharma is based in Ljubljana, Romania.

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