Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Construction

Ardian Acquires Acousti

On September 30, 2020, private equity firm Ardian acquired construction company Acousti

Acquisition Context
  • This is Ardian’s 6th transaction in the Construction sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 54th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ardian’s 1st transaction in Florida.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date September 30, 2020
Target Acousti
Sector Construction
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Acousti

Orlando, Florida, United States
Acousti is a specialty contractor of complex interior systems for commercial and institutional buildings. Acousti provides a wide range of general and custom construction applications and interior finish applications for commercial construction customers. Acousti was founded in 1946 and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 384 of 465
Sector: Construction 6 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 111 of 124
State: Florida 1 of 3
Country: United States 54 of 70
Year: 2020 16 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-23 A-Plan

Witney, United Kingdom

A-Plan Ltd. is a UK specialist multichannel insurance broking group with a focus on personal lines and a growing presence in specialized products such as SME policies. The group’s core proposition is a branch-led, service-driven offering, valued by its large base of loyal customers that today make up over 1.5 million policies nationally. A-Plan was formed in 1963 and is based in Witney, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-02 INWIT

Rome, Italy

INWIT is a telco infrastructure business with over 11,000 infrastructure assets providing widespread coverage throughout the country, hosting the transmission equipment for all main national operators. It plays a decisive role in delivering wireless mobile coverage within Italy’s territory and will follow through on this commitment in the future, adding new infrastructure to its portfolio as new, breakthrough technologies like 5G are under development. INWIT was founded in 2015 and is based in Rome, Italy.

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