M&A Deal Summary

DH Private Equity Partners Acquires Umbro

On April 1, 1999, private equity firm DH Private Equity Partners acquired apparel/textiles company Umbro

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DH Private Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is DH Private Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Umbro went public in 2004.
  • Umbro was sold to a strategic buyer in 2007 for 285M GBP.
  • Umbro was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2012 for 225M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1999-04-01
Target Umbro
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) DH Private Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Umbro

Cheadle, United Kingdom
Umbro plc is a designer, marketer and full line supplier of branded and licensed soccer products. Branded products consist of uniforms, warm-up gear, footwear and active casual wear. Umbro was formed in 1924 and is headquartered in Cheadle, England.

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Buyer

DH Private Equity Partners

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 10.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

DH Private Equity Partners is an independent private equity firm focused on investments in traditional private equity, real estate, and venture capital. DH private equity group targets European mid-market businesses valued between €200 and €600 million. The Firm usually takes a majority stake in acquisitions, and looks for management participation as well. DH will consider investments across a range of industries, including building materials, packaging, energy, automotive, media, beverages, and luxury goods. DH Private Equity was formed in 1985 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 37
Sector: Apparel/Textiles M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 8 of 20
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 6
Year: 1999 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-03-01 TORNOS S.A.

Moutier, Switzerland

Tornos is a world-leading manufacturer of high performance automatic lathes for the production of precision-turned parts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-05-01 Elexis Elektroholding

Wenden, Germany

Elexis is a technology group with two business divisions: Factory Automation Steel and Printing; and a division focusing on Factory Automation Plastics. The former concentrates on machine vision systems, control systems and new technologies in the field of quality assurance systems. The latter is a leading supplier of automated handling systems (robotics) for plastic injection moulding machines.

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