M&A Deal Summary

Aquasourça Acquires Tribune de Lyon

On January 1, 2007, family office Aquasourça acquired publishing company Tribune de Lyon

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aquasourça’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Aquasourça’s 3rd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-01-01
Target Tribune de Lyon
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Aquasourça
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Tribune de Lyon

Lyon, France
Tribune de Lyon is a daily news site (politics, society, economy, science, education, lifestyle, culture, etc.) on Lyon and its metropolis. The company also publishes the magazine Exit (www.exitmag.fr), a free monthly magazine for outings in Lyon and Rhône-Alpes (tourism, leisure, shows, restaurants), as well as the family magazine Grains de Sel, also free (www. .grainsdesel.com). Tribune de Lyon was formed in 2006 and is based in Lyon, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aquasourça

Investor Investor


Category Family Office
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 200M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Aquasourça is a generalist French private equity investment group focused on opportunities in Western Europe. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally looks to commit €3 to €15 million per transaction in support of buyouts and growth capital financings. Aquasourça was formed in 1996 and is based in Villeurbanne.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 20
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 8
Country: France M&A 3 of 18
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 M. Chapoutier

Tain I Hermitage, France

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 JL Bourg

Bourg-en-Bresse, France

JL Bourg is a professional basketball club having a home arena at Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people. JL Bourg was formed in 1910 and is based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France.

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