M&A Deal Summary |
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| Date | 2016-04-13 |
| Target | Trigo |
| Sector | Business Services |
| Buyer(s) | Ardian |
| Sellers(s) | IK Partners |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Advisor(s) | Paul Hastings (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 268 of 464 |
| Sector: Business Services M&A | 19 of 38 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 83 of 155 |
| Country: France M&A | 134 of 206 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 14 of 34 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-08 |
Infopro Digital
Gentilly, France Infopro Digital is a business-to-business (“B2B”) professional information services provider. The Company is active in three divisions: (i) Software, Data & Leads, which provides tailor-made information and decision-making tools delivered through software packages and digital platforms; (ii) Knowledge & Networking, which produces and delivers industry-specific content and solutions (subscriptions, training, events, etc.); and (iii) Global Trade Shows, which organises industry-specific exhibitions for professionals. Infopro Digital was founded in 2001 and is based in Gentilly, France. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-14 |
Hawk
Paris, France Hawk is a provider in the real-time purchase of mobile advertising space (known as programmatic buying or real-time bidding). Hawk offers media agencies and advertisers an integrated solution that allows them to manage all their purchasing and distribution processes for mobile advertising campaigns in real-time, maximizing their return on investment across all mobile devices. Hawk was founded in 2013 and is based in Paris, France. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| PE ASSETS | 14.0B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
IK Partners is a private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle-market to large-sized companies throughout Europe. IK focuses on growth businesses located in the Benelux region, as well as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden. The Firm looks to commit €10 to €300 million of equity capital per transaction and targets companies with strong cash-flows. IK Investment Partners was formerly known as Industry Kapital. IK Partners was formed in 1989 and is based in London, England.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 70 of 122 |
| Sector: Business Services M&A | 8 of 13 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 24 of 51 |
| Country: France M&A | 11 of 27 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 2 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-04 |
Touristry
Stockholm, Sweden Touristry is a provider of tourism related services. Touristry operator of sightseeing buses and boats in the Nordic capitals as well as provider of tourism related services. Touristry was founded in 2011 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-24 |
Marle
Lyon, France Marle is an independent implant contract manufacturing company. The Company provides specialised manufacturing services for the production of a wide range of hip, knee, shoulder, spine and extremities implants as well as orthopaedic instruments of the highest quality. Marle was founded in 1964 and is based in Lyon, France. |
Buy | - |
