M&A Deal Summary

BVG Group Acquires Thompson & Morgan

On March 1, 2017, BVG Group acquired retailer Thompson & Morgan from Primary Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BVG Group’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is BVG Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-03-01
Target Thompson & Morgan
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) BVG Group
Sellers(s) Primary Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Thompson & Morgan

Ipswich, United Kingdom
Thompson & Morgan (UK) Ltd. is a horticultural brand in the UK, selling young plants, bulbs, nursery stock plants, flower and vegetable seeds, fruit, potatoes and garden accessories. It sells through a variety of channels including catalogue, online, retail, readers offers & promotions and TV shopping.

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Buyer

BVG Group

Powys, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

BVG Group sells a vast range of horticultural and garden lifestyle products, along with outdoor buildings, men’s apparel, and sporting products via a true multichannel approach to both B2C and B2B customers. BVG Group was founded in 1991 and is based in Powys, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Primary Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 700M GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Primary Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on management buyouts and buy-ins of mid-market companies with an enterprise value of £20 - £100 million. Primary looks for opportunities across Europe but concentrates primarily on businesses located in the UK and Germany. The Firm looks to invest £10 to £44 million of equity or equity-related capital per transaction. Target sectors include consumer products/services, business & support services, financial services, IT services, software, and industrial products/services. Primary Capital Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 25
Sector: Retail M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 17
Country: United Kingdom M&A 16 of 23
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Reading, United Kingdom

Readypower Group is a specialist rail and infrastructure services provider with a market leading operated asset hire business complemented by a specialist civil engineering division. With extensive knowledge and understanding of the UK’s regulated infrastructure and operated asset hire, it provides dynamic solutions underpinned by a renowned tradition of customer service with outstanding reliability. Readypower Group was established in 1992 and is based in Berkshire, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Lancaster, United Kingdom

Metamark is a manufacturer and distributor of self-adhesive sign vinyl and digital print media in the UK, Europe, and around the world. Metamark was founded in 1992 and is based in Lancaster, England.

Buy £62M