M&A Deal Summary

bpost Acquires Staci

On April 5, 2024, bpost acquired transportation company Staci from Ardian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is bpost’s 4th transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is bpost’s 3rd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-04-05
Target Staci
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) bpost
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

bpost

Brussels, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 1830
Sector Consumer Services
Employees35,382
Revenue 4.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

bpost is a modern, efficient postal company with a network of 670 post offices and 670 PostPoints that provides the universal service in Belgium, serving every letterbox five days per week and delivering around 10 million letters and 100,000 parcels on a daily basis. bpost was founded in 1830 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector: Transportation M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
Country: France M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-13 IMX Distribution Group

Pantin, France

IMX Distribution Group is an international delivery platform. IMX offers a wide variety of delivery services (parcels, letters, press publications, tracked shipments, delivery with signature, return goods, etc.) at optimized cost from the very first shipment. IMX Distribution Group was established in 1989 and is based in Pantin, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

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 233 of 247
Sector: Transportation M&A 6 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 58 of 63
Country: France M&A 109 of 116
Year: 2024 M&A 6 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-02 Avetta

Lehi, Utah, United States

Avetta is a provider of a cloud-based supply chain risk management platform. Avetta connects global organizations across several industries including oil/gas, telecom, construction materials, facilities management, and many others, with qualified and vetted suppliers, contractors, and vendors. Avetta was founded in 2003 and is based in Lehi, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-16 Kermel

Colmar, France

Kermel is a manufacturer of meta-aramid fibre for protective clothing and industrial applications. Kermel fibre is used for protective clothing. The company is a manufacturer of aramid fibre dedicated to heat resistant protective clothing. Kermel was founded in 1992 and is based in Colmar, France.

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