M&A Deal Summary

Dorel Industries Acquires Safety 1st

On May 1, 2000, Dorel Industries acquired consumer products company Safety 1st from Irving Place Capital for 140M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dorel Industries’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Dorel Industries’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Dorel Industries’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dorel Industries’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-05-01
Target Safety 1st
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Dorel Industries
Sellers(s) Irving Place Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 140M USD

Target

Safety 1st

Canton, Massachusetts, United States
Safety 1st, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of child care and safety products. The company supplies child care products such as bath seats, safety aids, booster seats, baby bathtubs, potty trainers, bath accessories, bed guards, walker alternatives, and nursery monitors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dorel Industries

Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

Dorel Industries Inc. is a Canadian company, based in Montreal, Quebec, which designs and manufactures for three areas: juvenile, home furnishings and recreational/leisure.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-02-01 Ampafrance SA

Cholet, France

Ampafrance is the leading European manufacturer of a broad range of baby products including strollers, car seats and other smaller products. Its products are sold under the Bebe Confort, Monbebe, Baby Relax and Babideal brands.

Buy €225M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Irving Place Capital

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 4.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Irving Place Capital (formerly Bear Stearns Merchant Banking) is an independent private equity firm focused on making investments in middle-market companies located in North America and Western Europe. Irving primarily looks for opportunities in the retail, financial services, consumer products and packaging sectors, but will also consider investments in other traditional and service based businesses such as restaurants, transportation/logistics, healthcare, energy, and industrial products/services. The Firm's target investment size is $50 to $250 million of equity capital and EBITDA in excess of $7 million. Prospective transaction situations include traditional management buyouts, growth capital financings, divestitures, consolidations, and recapitalizations. Irving Place is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 39
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 17
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 32
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-02-01 EINSTEINet

Munich, Germany

EINSTEINet GmbH was an applications service provider (“ASP”).

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-11 InterXion

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

InterXion Holding N.V. is a provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data center services in Europe, serving a wide range of customers through 52 data centers in 11 European countries. Interxion’s uniformly designed, energy-efficient data centers offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications.

Buy -
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