Investment Summary

Cinven Invests In Semitron Industries

On April 1, 1994, private equity firm Cinven invested in technology hardware company Semitron Industries

Investment Highlights
  • This is Cinven’s 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Cinven’s 37th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Semitron Industries was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2002.

Investment Summary

Date 1994-04-01
Target Semitron Industries
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Cinven
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Semitron Industries

Swindon, United Kingdom
Semitron Industries Ltd. designed, produced and marketed power protection devices for the electronics and telecommunications markets.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Cinven

London, United Kingdom

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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 45 of 186
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 37 of 88
Year: 1994 M&A 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1994-01-01 Hamleys

London, United Kingdom

Hamleys Ltd. the world’s most famous toyshop,The business had a number of competitive advantages that could be exploited and the management team believed this could be achieved in a relatively short space of time.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1994-05-01 British Bus

Business Park, United Kingdom

British Bus was one of the three largest bus operators in the UK, following the privatisation and restructuring which reshaped the industry in the early 1990s.

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