M&A Deal Summary

Bridgepoint Acquires Vermaat

On October 7, 2019, private equity firm Bridgepoint acquired restaurant Vermaat from Partners Group AG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 5th transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 2nd transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-10-07
Target Vermaat
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Bridgepoint
Sellers(s) Partners Group AG
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Vermaat

IJsselstein, Netherlands
Vermaat is a specialist in tailor-made hospitality, providing premium outsourced catering services to a variety of markets including corporates, museums, hospitals and travel hubs. Today it operates over 350 premium food and beverage outlets across the Netherlands, including restaurants, cafés and canteens and has a growing presence in Germany. Vermaat was founded in 1978 and is based in IJsselstein, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 28.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 134 of 176
Sector (Restaurants) 5 of 6
Type (Secondary Buyout) 53 of 70
Country (Netherlands) 2 of 4
Year (2019) 7 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-02 Moria

Antony, France

Moria is a Manufacturer of ophthalmic surgery equipment. Moria offers the finest range of medical devices such as hand-held instrumentation and equipments for refractive and corneal transplant surgeries. Moria was founded in 1820 and is based in Antony, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-30 Agence K

Paris, France

Agence K is an IT and business support services firm. Agency K aims to combine the best of technology and human know-how to make the digital transformation the key to future performance.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER
DESCRIPTION

Partners Group is a global investment management firm with a variety of funds and institutional clients. The Firm's direct investment group looks to invest in or acquire market leading companies with growth opportunities linked to technology. Partners is a hands-on investor and looks to actively support its portfolio companies with expansion, operational, and governance structure support. Partners Group was established in 1996 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 25
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 8 of 16
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-20 Prime Termoflores S.A. E.S.P.

Barranquilla, Colombia

Prime Termoflores S.A. E.S.P. is the owner of the Termoflores power plant (“Termoflores”), one of the largest gas-fired backup power plants in Colombia with 610 MW of capacity, via its subsidiary Prime Energía.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-16 EyeCare Partners

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

EyeCare Partners is a vertically integrated medical vision services provider in the US. The company offers patients end-to-end services covering medical optometry, ophthalmology and sub-specialties, and vision correction products. EyeCare Partners was founded in 2015 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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