Investment Summary

Advent International Invests In Lululemon

On December 8, 2005, private equity firm Advent International invested in apparel/textiles company Lululemon

Investment Highlights
  • This is Advent International’s 3rd transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is Advent International’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Advent International’s 1st transaction in British Columbia.
Investment Fate
  • Lululemon went public in 2007.
  • Lululemon was sold to a financial buyer in 2014.

Investment Summary

Date 2005-12-08
Target Lululemon
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Investor(s) Advent International
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Lululemon

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lululemon retail store in Chicago, Illinois.
Lululemon retail store in Chicago, Illinois.
Lululemon is a designer, marketer, and retailer of yoga apparel. Lululemon athletica was founded in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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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 STATS #
Overall 129 of 353
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 3 of 7
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 12 of 30
State: British Columbia M&A 1 of 2
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2005 M&A 15 of 15
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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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.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 Slovanet a.s.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Slovanet Provider of comprehensive communication systems for businesses and homes; internet service provider.

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