M&A Deal Summary

Endless Acquires American Golf

On October 12, 2018, private equity firm Endless acquired retailer American Golf from Sun Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Endless’ 11th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Endless’ 53rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-10-12
Target American Golf
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Endless
Sellers(s) Sun Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

American Golf

Westbrook, United Kingdom
American Golf is a specialist golf retailer in the UK and Europe. It sells a comprehensive range of golf clubs, equipment, shoes and clothing and employs PGA professionals and Master Fitters who provide custom fitting services and specialist in-store advice. American Golf was founded in 1970 and is based in Westbrook, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Endless

Leeds, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Endless LLP is an independent private equity firm that targets management buyouts and turnaround investment opportunities in a variety of industries. Endless invests in UK based companies with generating sales of £10 to £1000 million. Endless can commit up to £80 million for each transaction in the form of equity and/or debt. Endless will not invest in startups or companies with less than £10 million of sales. Endless was formed in 2005 and has offices in Leeds, Manchester and Solihull.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 76
Sector: Retail M&A 11 of 13
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 16 of 19
Country: United Kingdom M&A 53 of 73
Year: 2018 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-02 Ink

London, United Kingdom

Ink is a travel media and marketing company. Ink publishes in-flight magazines for more than 40 different airlines and has offices across the world. Ink was founded in 1994 and is based in London, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-15 Affinity Workforce

Birmingham, United Kingdom

CER Staffing Solutions Ltd. is staffing solution provider. Affinity Workforce major public sector recruitment specialists across Education, Healthcare and Social Care. CER Staffing Solutions Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sun Capital Partners

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sun Capital Partners is a large private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other control investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. Sun looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating experience including underperformers, turnarounds, and special situations. Target companies typically have $50 million to $1 billion in revenue with strong market positions. Sectors of interest include paper and packaging, food and beverages, metals and mining, automotive after-market parts, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, building products, telecommunications, technology, retailing and catalogs, restaurants, manufacturing and industrial. Sun Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 100 of 131
Sector: Retail M&A 20 of 24
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 25 of 34
Country: United Kingdom M&A 12 of 18
Year: 2018 M&A 7 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-14 ESIM Chemicals

Linz, Austria

ESIM Chemicals is a global provider of high-quality agricultural and crop protection chemicals, intermediates and maleic anhydride tree chemicals, focusing on partnering with companies in the custom synthesis of their unique compounds and offer a portfolio of fine chemical products critical to multiple industries. The company has more than 75 years of experience in transforming innovative ideas into scalable supplies of advanced fine chemical products and intermediates using state of the art facilities. ESIM Chemicals was founded in 2015 and is based in Linz, Austria.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-15 ELIX Polymers SL

La Canonja, Spain

Elix Polymers SL is a producer of a pre-colored Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (“ABS”) and ABS specialty thermoplastic resins which possess high impact and mechanical strength. These plastics are used in the manufacture of high-end consumer goods, consumer electronics, medical devices, and automotive dash-boards.

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