M&A Deal Summary

Ardian Acquires Magimix

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

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 7th transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 203rd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-07-16
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

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

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 STATS #
Overall 457 of 464
Sector: Electronics M&A 7 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 121 of 123
Country: France M&A 203 of 206
Year: 2024 M&A 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.

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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

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