M&A Deal Summary

Cinven Acquires Netceed

On June 3, 2022, private equity firm Cinven acquired distribution company Netceed from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cinven’s 5th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Cinven’s 15th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-06-03
Target Netceed
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Cinven
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Netceed

Eaubonne, France
Netceed is a valued-added distributor of equipment and supplies for the telecommunications market. Netceed supplies and distributes a comprehensive range of passive and active equipment and tools for telecom network deployment and maintenance and offers a comprehensive range of services including product design and equipment selection, sourcing, outsourced procurement and logistics solutions for cable and telecom operators and network installers and their subcontractors. Netceed was founded in 1993 and is based in Eaubonne, France.

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Buyer

Cinven

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1977
PE ASSETS 39.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cinven is a private equity firm focused on buyout investments in growing, profitable businesses located throughout Europe and North America. Sectors of interest include business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, retail, leisure, consumer, technology, media, and telecommunications. Cinven looks to invest a minimum of €200 million in companies with minimum enterprise values of €400 million. Cinven does not invest in start-ups or development phase companies. Cinven was established in 1977 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 177 of 185
Sector: Distribution M&A 5 of 5
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 51 of 57
Country: France M&A 15 of 16
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-03 Premium Credit

Surrey, United Kingdom

Premium Credit is a provider of premium finance for commercial and retail insurance products. PCL’s products are a key source of funding for consumers and smaller businesses in the purchase of often mandatory products, such as motor, home or fire insurance. The company also provides financing for the payment of annual fees such as membership subscriptions, professional fees, commercial service charges and school fees. Premium Credit was founded in 1988 and is based in Surrey, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-07 Envirotainer

Sollentuna, Sweden

Envirotainer is a provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers. Envirotainer designs, manufactures, and leases active temperature-controlled containers used primarily for air freighting biopharma products, transporting up to two million doses of medicine per day. Envirotainer serves around 600 pharmaceutical companies worldwide, including many of the blue-chip global biopharma companies and operates from regional centres in Stockholm, Frankfurt, Dallas and Singapore, with a portfolio of around 5,800 leased containers globally. Envirotainer was founded in 1996 and is based in Sollentuna, Sweden.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 446 of 488
Sector: Distribution M&A 3 of 4
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 103 of 119
Country: France M&A 22 of 23
Year: 2022 M&A 9 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-26 HCP Packaging

Shanghai, China

HCP Packaging is a designer and manufacturer of prestige primary packaging containers for the cosmetics, skincare and fragrance industries. HCP Packaging is based in Shanghai, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-28 Varmora

India

Varmora is a domestic tile and bathware company. The company manufactures and sells tiles, bathware and sanitaryware products under the Varmora brand name through its pan-India distribution network of retailers and exclusive brand outlets. Varmora was founded in 1994 and is based in Morbi, India.

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