Divestiture • Consumer Services

Ardian and Crédit Agricole Acquire Saba Park Services

On June 4, 2014, private equity firm Ardian and Crédit Agricole acquired consumer services company Saba Park Services from Vinci

Acquisition Context
  • This is Ardian’s 2nd and Crédit Agricole’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 14th and Crédit Agricole’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Saba Park Services was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2018.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date June 4, 2014
Target Saba Park Services
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) Ardian
Crédit Agricole
Sellers(s) Vinci
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

Saba Park Services

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Saba Park Service is a provider of parking services from competitive drive-in rates to fantastic deals on season tickets and flexible online tickets. Saba Park Service is based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
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Buyers Overview 2

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 213 of 465
Sector: Consumer Services 2 of 6
Type: Divestiture 14 of 34
Country: United Kingdom 14 of 27
Year: 2014 8 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-30 Staci

Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone, France

Staci is a third-party logistics provider with a focus on complex retail logistics. Staci offers innovative B2B and B2C logistics solutions for companies wishing to outsource all or part of their logistics and distribution. Staci was founded in 1989 and is based in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone, France.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-05 Ikoula

Boulogne Billancourt, France

Ikoula is a web and cloud computing hosting provider that specializes in web and cloud hosting solutions. Ikoula owns its datacenters in France which host more than 5,000 IT environments for about 6,000 client companies. Ikoula is a pioneer of green hosting solutions and puts innovation, simplicity, and client satisfaction at the heart of its business. Ikoula was founded in 1998 and is based in Boulogne Billancourt, France.

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Buyer

Crédit Agricole

Montrouge, France

Category Company
Founded 1894
Sector Financial Services
Employees80,518
Revenue 25.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Crédit Agricole is a multinational bank that provides retail, corporate, and investment banking products and services. Crédit Agricole was founded in 1894 and is based in Montrouge, France.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector: Consumer Services 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom 1 of 1
Year: 2014 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-20 Skyrock

France

Skyrock was founded in 1985 by Pierre Bellanger, its current chairman, and is the leading expression platform for the new generation of 13-24 year olds through its radio station and a website dedicated to blogs.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-03-28 Comexposium

Paris, France

Comexposium is a pure-play exhibitions operator worldwide, owning, organising and managing a portfolio of approximately 135 exhibitions, across 30 countries and 11 industries, with over 46,000 exhibitors annually. Comexposium was founded in 2008 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Vinci

Rueil-Malmaison, France

Category Company
Founded 1899
Sector Infrastructure
Employees282,481
Revenue 72.8B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Vinci designs, finances, builds and operates infrastructure and public facilities under public-private partnerships. VINCI was founded in 1899 and is based in Rueil-Malmaison, France.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Consumer Services 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 3 of 3
Country: United Kingdom 1 of 1
Year: 2014 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-17 ANA Aeroportos de Portugal S.A

Lisbon, Portugal

ANA Aeroportos de Portugal S.A is a provider management, operation, and development of airports.

Buy $3.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-16 Orteng Engenharia e Sistemas S.A.

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Orteng Engenharia e Sistemas S.A. designs, builds and maintains electrical equipment, PLCs and turnkey solutions, primarily for the energy, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

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