M&A Deal Summary

CITA INVESTISSEMENT Acquires CB News Editions SA

On December 31, 2005, private equity firm CITA INVESTISSEMENT acquired publishing company CB News Editions SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CITA INVESTISSEMENT’s 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is CITA INVESTISSEMENT’s 13th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • CB News Editions SA was sold to a strategic buyer in 2012.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-12-31
Target CB News Editions SA
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) CITA INVESTISSEMENT
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

CB News Editions SA

Boulogne, France
Magazine about media and advertising

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Buyer

CITA INVESTISSEMENT

Paris, France

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 76M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CITA INVESTISSEMENT is an investment firm focused on providing capital across various business stages. CITA will consider providing venture capital for start-ups, development capital for companies in expansion, as well as funding leveraged buyouts of mature companies. CITA does not specialize in any particular industry sector and looks primarily at the management team when evaluating opportunities. CITA will consider investing as little as $1 million in venture transactions to as much as $15 million for leveraged buyouts. CITA INVESTISSEMENT was established in 1985 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 27
Sector: Publishing M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 8 of 11
Country: France M&A 13 of 26
Year: 2005 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-07 Ucopia Communications

Chatillon Cedex, France

Ucopia Communications provides WLAN Security and mobility management.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-17 LINAGORA

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

LINAGORA develops ethical Free and Open Source Software. LINAGORA was founded in 2000 and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

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