M&A Deal Summary

Ardian Acquires Masco Group

On July 22, 2024, private equity firm Ardian acquired engineering company Masco Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 5th transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 36th transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-07-22
Target Masco Group
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Jefferies
Grant Thornton Transaction Advisory (Financial)
CMS Legal (Legal)

Target

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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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 458 of 464
Sector: Engineering M&A 5 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 122 of 123
Country: Italy M&A 36 of 37
Year: 2024 M&A 15 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
2024-07-25 Nutripure

Donneville, France

Nutripure is a digital active nutrition brand providing a comprehensive ecosystem of products and services, including food supplements and sports nutrition, primarily through its website. The company offers almost 40 products for all consumers across health & metabolism, sports & endurance, physical recovery, and healthy nutrition. Nutripure was formed in 2017 and is based in Donneville, France.

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