M&A Deal Summary

Ambienta Acquires TowerLight Srl

On February 17, 2012, private equity firm Ambienta acquired electrical equipment company TowerLight Srl for 18M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ambienta’s 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Ambienta’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Ambienta’s 5th transaction in Italy.
Investment Fate
  • TowerLight Srl was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-02-17
Target TowerLight Srl
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Ambienta
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 18M USD

Target

TowerLight Srl

Villanova d'Ardenghi, Italy
Tower Light manufactures the world’s largest range of lighting towers. Lighting towers are an outstanding solution in terms of energy efficiency, effective illumination and safety in all situations where an effective, temporary lighting is required, such as construction sites, road works, docks, airports, mines, and public events.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ambienta

Milan, Italy

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 3.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ambienta is a pan-European middle-market investor focused on acquiring rapidly expanding companies capturing long-term environmental trends. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout Europe and looks to commit €30 to €100 million per transaction. Ambienta was formed in 2007 and is based in Milan, Italy.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 32
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 6 of 21
Country (Italy) 5 of 19
Year (2012) 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-01 Lakesight Technologies Holding

Unterschleissheim, Germany

Lakesight Technologies Holding GmbH is a buy-and-build platform in the machine vision sector. Machine vision systems are devices for optical sensing that are able to automatically receive and interpret images to control machines or processes in real time. Lakesight Technologies Holding GmbH is based in Unterschleissheim, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-18 FoundOcean

Marlow, United Kingdom

FoundOcean is a contractor of subsea and offshore foundation grouting services to the oil & gas and offshore wind sector. Grouting services are required in most instances in which an offshore foundation has to be fixed to the seabed. FoundOcean also provides life extension solutions for offshore structures which includes structural inspection, repair and maintenance services, marine growth control products and support and protection solutions for subsea pipelines and cables.

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