Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Electronics

Ardian Acquires Magimix

On July 16, 2024, private equity firm Ardian acquired electronics company Magimix

Acquisition Context

This is Ardian’s 7th transaction in the Electronics sector.
This is Ardian’s 204th transaction in France.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	July 16, 2024
Target	Magimix
Sector	Electronics
Buyer(s)	Ardian
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s)	BNP Paribas CIB Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (Financial) White & Case Ernst & Young - Law (Legal)

Target Company

Magimix

Vincennes, France

Magimix has been designing and manufacturing high-quality food processors. Magimix offers a wide range of products consisting of food processors (notably its flagship product, the Cook Expert), blenders, juicers, co-branded coffee machines through a strategic long-term partnership with Nespresso, and other products (e.g. ice-cream machines, toasters, steamers). Magimix was founded in 1971 and is based in Vincennes, France.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Ardian

Paris, France

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	458 of 465
Sector: Electronics	7 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	122 of 124
Country: France	204 of 207
Year: 2024	14 of 17

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2024-07-16	Robot-Coupe Vincennes, United States Robot-Coupe has designed, developed and manufactured food preparation equipment. Robot-Coupe products are known for their reliability, durability, adaptability, reparability, easy-to-use features. The company is present in over 130 countries and serves more than 7,000 distributors and importers across the world. Robot-Coupe was founded in 1961 and is based in Vincennes, France.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2024-07-16

Robot-Coupe

Vincennes, United States

Robot-Coupe has designed, developed and manufactured food preparation equipment. Robot-Coupe products are known for their reliability, durability, adaptability, reparability, easy-to-use features. The company is present in over 130 countries and serves more than 7,000 distributors and importers across the world. Robot-Coupe was founded in 1961 and is based in Vincennes, France.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2024-07-22	Masco Group Milan, Italy Masco Group is a provider of engineered solutions and services for the life sciences industry, particularly focused on the rapidly growing biologics market. Masco Group was founded in 1912 and is based in Milan, Italy	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2024-07-22

Masco Group

Milan, Italy

Masco Group is a provider of engineered solutions and services for the life sciences industry, particularly focused on the rapidly growing biologics market. Masco Group was founded in 1912 and is based in Milan, Italy

Buy

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