M&A Deal Summary

Argus Capital Partners Acquires POLOmarket Sp. z o.o. - Market-Detal

On November 4, 2012, private equity firm Argus Capital Partners acquired retailer POLOmarket Sp. z o.o. - Market-Detal

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Argus Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Argus Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in Poland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-11-04
Target POLOmarket Sp. z o.o. - Market-Detal
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Argus Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

POLOmarket Sp. z o.o. - Market-Detal

Pakość, Poland
Market-Detal (€œPMD€) is leading Polish supermarket chain operating over 140 supermarkets across Poland under the POLOmarket brandname. PMD stores have an average selling area of between 400-500 sqm and carry ca. 6,500 stock keeping units (food and non-food). PMD, which is run by independent professionals, is an exceptionally well organized and well managed company.

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Buyer

Argus Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 433M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

ARGUS Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing throughout Central and Eastern Europe, including Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey. ARGUS does not have any industry preferences and can support a variety of transaction situations. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, and industry consolidations. The Firm's target investment size is €10 to €40 million. ARGUS Capital was formed in 1998 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 13
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 7
Country: Poland M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-25 KCR Co.

Warsaw, Poland

KCR is the largest Polish-owned firm in the CRO sector (a Contract Research Organization -€“ a company which conducts clinical trials). Since its beginning, KCR has conducted over 300 clinical trials in 7,500 centres, in which over 300,000 patients have participated. The company conducts phase II-IV clinical trials (mostly phase III studies), including tests in neurology, psychiatry, internal and contagious diseases, pulmonology, cardiology and gastrology. KCR has performed studies for a diverse mix of clients (large global pharma co's, mid-size regional pharma players, and biotech companies).

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-11 SIA IZZI

Riga, Latvia

SIA IZZI is a provider of communication services including internet, mobile and fixed-line telephony.

Sell -