M&A Deal Summary

CVC Capital Partners Acquires Stark Group

On January 8, 2021, private equity firm CVC Capital Partners acquired building materials company Stark Group from Lone Star Funds

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CVC Capital Partners’ 7th transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is CVC Capital Partners’ 6th transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-01-08
Target Stark Group
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) CVC Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Lone Star Funds
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Stark Group

Frederiksberg, Denmark
Stark Group is a distributor and retailer of building materials to clients from the Nordic region. Stark Group was formed in 1896 and is based in Frederiksberg, Denmark.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CVC Capital Partners

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 177.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CVC Capital Partners is a global private equity firm focused on investments in large companies located in Europe, North America, and Asia. CVC looks for opportunities with stable cash flows and talented management, and will consider businesses in a variety of industries. Target sectors include textiles, industrial products, waste management, building materials, energy/utilities, business services, financial services, distribution, healthcare, media, semiconductors, and gaming. CVC can handle transactions valued from €200 million to €10 billion. CVC Capital Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 264 of 323
Sector (Building Materials) 7 of 8
Type (Secondary Buyout) 56 of 76
Country (Denmark) 6 of 8
Year (2021) 1 of 35
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-08 Kount

Boise, Idaho, United States

Kount is a SaaS platform that simplifies fraud detection and helps online and mobile businesses accept more orders. Kount’s Identity Trust Global Network delivers real-time fraud prevention and account protection and enables personalized customer experiences for more than 9,000 leading brands and payment providers.

Sell $640M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-13 Petco Health and Wellness Company

San Diego, California, United States

Petco Health and Wellness Company is a health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents, and their own Petco partners. The company is focused on delivering comprehensive wellness solutions through its products and services, and creating communities that deepen the pet-pet parent bond. It operates more than 1,500 Petco locations across the U.S., Mexico, and Puerto Rico, including a growing network of more than 100 in-store veterinary hospitals, and offer a complete online resource for pet health and wellness. Petco Health and Wellness Company was founded in 1965 and is based in San Diego, California.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lone Star Funds

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 85.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Lone Star Funds is a global private investment firm focused on investing across several strategies. The Firm's primary investment activity surrounds financial services and real estate. Lone Star generally looks to acquire distressed debt and equity assets including corporate, commercial real estate, single family residential and consumer debt products as well as banks and asset rich operating companies. Lone Star was formed in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas with additional offices across Western Europe and Asia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 17
Sector (Building Materials) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 7 of 9
Country (Denmark) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-08 American Bath Group

Savannah, Tennessee, United States

American Bath Group is a manufacturer of residential, commercial, assisted living, senior care, and premium showroom bathing products. The Company sells its products through wholesale and retail channels to a diverse base of builders, plumbers, general contractors, and individual end-users. American Bath Group was founded in 1993 and is based in Savannah, Tennessee.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-13 AOC

Collierville, Tennessee, United States

AOC is a global CASE & Colorants company focused on producing and formulating unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, and other solutions for applications in coatings & protective barriers, colorants & visual effects, adhesives, and conventional composite resins. It serves customers globally with specialty products for the automotive, marine, corrosion, construction, and infrastructure segments. AOC was formed in 1960 and has production facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia.

Buy $2.4B
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