Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Media

Ardian Acquires HSE

On October 1, 2010, private equity firm Ardian acquired media company HSE

Acquisition Context
  • This is Ardian’s 7th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 8th transaction in Italy.
Investment Fate
  • HSE was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2012 for 650M EUR.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 1, 2010
Target HSE
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

HSE

Fiumicino, Italy
HSE is a home shopping TV network that reaches viewers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Russia. HSE was founded in 2010 and is based in Fiumicino, Italy.
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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 153 of 465
Sector: Media 7 of 9
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 66 of 124
Country: Italy 8 of 37
Year: 2010 23 of 28
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Madrid, Spain

eDreams ODIGEO is an online portal that allows users to find and book flight tickets and hotels. eDreams ODIGEO was founded in 1999 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-05 Arismore SAS

Saint-Cloud, France

Arismore SAS is an IT services company which helps to transform and secure information systems. The company operates on the architecture and the management of information systems, identity management and infrastructure simplification (Cloud Computing).

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