M&A Deal Summary

BPM Capital Acquires Eskaro

On September 19, 2016, mezzanine finance firm BPM Capital acquired chemicals company Eskaro from Eskaro Group AB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BPM Capital’s 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is BPM Capital’s 2nd transaction in Estonia.
Investment Fate
  • Eskaro was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2021.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-09-19
Target Eskaro
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) BPM Capital
Sellers(s) Eskaro Group AB
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Eskaro

Maardu, Estonia
Eskaro is a producer of paint in the Baltic region. Eskaro operates six factories in five countries (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Estonia and Finland) as well as 15 distribution centres from which goods are distributed for export. Eskaro’s plants produce more than 30 million litres of products annually. Eskaro was founded in 1993 and is based in Maardu, Estonia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer
DESCRIPTION

BPM Capital is a provider of mezzanine financing to support buyouts, growth needs, and restructurings of lower middle-market companies in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. BPM has no sector focus, however the Firm will not invest in tobacco, alcoholic beverages, firearms, and gambling related businesses. BMP Capital is based in Tallinn, Estonia with an additional office in Warsaw, Poland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Estonia M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-10 OC Vision

Riga, Latvia

OC Vision is a retailer and wholesaler of eye care products in Latvia and Lithuania. OC Vision was founded in 1992 and is based in Riga, Latvia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-05 DEAC

Riga, Latvia

DEAC is a full service data center operator focused on providing data center and IT outsourcing services in a global scale, with key regions - Europe, USA and Asia. DEAC was founded in 1999 and is based in Riga, Latvia.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Eskaro Group AB

Gothenburg, Sweden

Category Company
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Eskaro Group AB is a paint producers in the Baltic region with factories in Estonia, Finland, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. Eskaro Group is based in Gothenburg, Sweden


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Estonia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1