M&A Deal Summary

DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR Acquires Grandi Navi Veloci

On December 1, 2006, asset manager DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR acquired transportation company Grandi Navi Veloci from Permira

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-12-01
Target Grandi Navi Veloci
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR
Sellers(s) Permira
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Grandi Navi Veloci

Genoa, Italy
Grandi Navi Veloci S.p.A operates passenger cruise ferries. It offers various amenities in its ferries, including party rooms, discotheques, piano bars, cafeterias, restaurants, cinemas, shopping centers, slot machines, solariums, and swimming pools, as well as provides cruise-ferries equipped for hosting corporate events for clients.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer
DESCRIPTION

DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR is an Italian alternative investment group focused on fund-of-funds and direct co-investment opportunities. The Firm considers opportunities throughout North America and Europe. DeA Capital Alternative Funds was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Milan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 27
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 23
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 La Piadineria

Montirone, Italy

La Piadineria offers freshly made “Piadinas”, a typical Italian product consisting of flatbreads filled with a broad variety of ingredients. La Piadineria was founded in 2000 and is based in Montirone, Italy.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Permira

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 80.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 97
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 29
Country: Italy M&A 3 of 9
Year: 2006 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-01 BorsodChem Zrt

Kazincbarcika, Hungary

BorsodChem (‘BC’) is a European producer of isocyanate-based chemicals and PVC, headquartered in Kazincbarcika, Hungary. BorsodChem’s core products are toluene diisocyanate (‘TDI’) and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (‘MDI’), which are used in the production of rigid and flexible polyurethane foams.

Buy €1.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-14 ProSiebenSat.1 Media

Unterfohring, Germany

ProSiebenSat.1 Media is a media company that operates 27 TV channels in 10 countries. The entertainment segment operates free TV stations, such as SAT.1, prosieben, kabel eins, sixx, SAT.1 gold, prosieben MAXX, and kabel eins doku, as well as distributes prosiebenSat.1 HD stations. ProSiebenSat.1 Media was founded in 1984 and is based in Unterfohring, Germany.

Buy $3.9B