M&A Deal Summary

Alsea Acquires Grupo Vips Sigla SA

On October 31, 2018, Alsea acquired restaurant Grupo Vips Sigla SA from ProA Capital for 500M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Alsea’s 2nd transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Alsea’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Alsea’s 1st transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-10-31
Target Grupo Vips Sigla SA
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Alsea
Sellers(s) ProA Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 500M EUR

Target

Grupo Vips Sigla SA

Madrid, Spain
Grupo Vips Sigla SA is a multi-brand restaurant operator in Spain. The Group operates six leading brands: Vips, Ginos, Friday’s, Starbucks, Vipsmart and Wagamama. Grupo Vips operates more than 350 restaurants in Spain and Portugal. Grupo Vips Sigla is based in Madrid, Spain.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Alsea

Mexico City, Mexico
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Restaurants
Employees84,927
Revenue 76.2B MXN (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Alsea is a restaurant operator of quick service restaurants, coffee shops, casual and family dining establishments. Alsea was founded in 1997 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Restaurants) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
Country (Spain) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-18 Archie s Colombia S.A.S.

Bogotá, Colombia

Archie's Colombia S.A.S. is an operator of restaurants.

Buy $15M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ProA Capital

Madrid, Spain

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 1.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

ProA Capital is a private equity group firm that invests companies located in Spain. The firm focuses on unlisted medium-sized market companies between €30 and €500 million of company value. Types of transactions include MBO, MBI, SBO, LBO, build-up, Growth capital. The firms invest up to €100 million per operation, with the additional capacity of our co-investors. ProA Capital was formed in 2007 and raised its first fund in 2008. The Firm is based in Madrid.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 11
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 5
Country (Spain) 6 of 11
Year (2018) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-31 Saba Infraestructuras S.A.

Barcelona, Spain

Saba Infraestructuras S.A. is a benchmark operator in the management of concessionary car parks (through Saba Aparcamientos, with over 190,000 parking spaces in 360 car parks) and logistics centres (through Saba Logística), with presence mainly in Spain, Italy, Chile, and Portugal. Saba Infraestructuras was established in 1966 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-05 Pastas Gallo

El Carpio, Spain

Pastas Gallo is a provider of a brand of dry and fresh pasta, flours, and sauces. The company has three production facilities in Granollers (Dry and Fresh Pasta), Esparraguera (Gluten-Free Pasta), and Cordoba (Dry Pasta and Breadcrumbs). Pastas Gallo was founded in 1946 and is based in El Carpio, Spain.

Buy €200M
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