M&A Deal Summary

EMX Capital and Graycliff Partners Acquire Arabela

On October 2, 2009, private equity firms EMX Capital and Graycliff Partners acquired retailer Arabela from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EMX Capital’s 1st and Graycliff Partners’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is EMX Capital’s 2nd and Graycliff Partners’ 1st transaction in Mexico.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-10-02
Target Arabela
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) EMX Capital
Graycliff Partners
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Arabela

Toluca, Mexico
Arabela is an operator of a door-to-door retailer of assorted beauty and personal-care products that sells fragrances, beauty, personal care products, home goods, and novelty items in Mexico. Arabela was founded in 1991 and is based in Toluca, Mexico.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

EMX Capital

Mexico City, Mexico

Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 134M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EMX Capital is a private equity group focused on opportunities in Mexico. EMX looks for growth equity and leveraged buyout situations where the firm can invest $10 to $50 million of equity capital. EMX generally targets family-owned companies looking for liquidity, consolidations within fragmented industries, businesses with unique growth opportunities. The Firm prefers majority investment positions and has an investment horizon of three to five years. EMX Capital is based in Mexico City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 1
Country (Mexico) 2 of 8
Year (2009) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 ULA

Mexico, Mexico

ULA is an operator of a university that runs high-school, traditional undergraduate & graduate, with online and on-campus programs. ULA has three campuses in Mexico City and one in Cuernavaca, Morelos. ULA was founded in 1976 and is based in Mexico City.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-01 IHS Global

Mexico City, Mexico

IHS Global produces and markets healthy snack foods.

Buy -
Buyer

Graycliff Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Graycliff Partners is a private equity firm focused on private equity and mezzanine investments in middle-market companies throughout the US. The Firm's mezzanine practice does not have any sector preferences and looks to invest $10 to $50 million in profitable companies with at least $10 million in revenue. Funds are used to support buyouts, growth needs, divestitures, or consolidations. Graycliff's private equity group looks to acquire middle-market companies in the manufacturing, service, and distribution sectors. The Firm looks for businesses with $10 to $200 million of revenue. Graycliff Partners was established in 1991 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 72
Sector (Retail) 1 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 10
Country (Mexico) 1 of 2
Year (2009) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-01 Herndon Aerospace & Defense

O'Fallon, Missouri, United States

Herndon Aerospace & Defense LLC is a supply chain management and consumables hardware distributor serving principally military depot aftermarket customers, as well as commercial aerospace aftermarket customers. Herndon Aerospace & Defense was founded in 2003 and is based in O'Fallon, Missouri.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-06 Harmon Hall

Mexico City, Mexico

Harmon Hall is a provider of english language school chain. Harmon Hall Holding is based in Mexico City.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 134 of 481
Sector (Retail) 2 of 8
Type (Secondary Buyout) 23 of 117
Country (Mexico) 1 of 1
Year (2009) 9 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-01 Natural Beauty Bio-Technology

Shanghai, China

Natural Beauty Bio-Technology Ltd. is one of Greater China’s largest skin care product and beauty spa service providers with the bulk of its operations carried out via franchised beauty spas in the PRC and Taiwan.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-19 Stallion Oilfield Services

Houston, Texas, United States

Stallion Oilfield Services provides drill site products and services including accommodation units, surface equipment, and solids control services for oil and natural gas exploration companies in the Gulf Coast, South Texas, ArkLaTex, Fort Worth Basin, Permian Basin, and Rocky Mountain regions. Stallion Oilfield Services was founded in 2002 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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