M&A Deal Summary

ENGIE Acquires La Compagnie du Vent

On June 1, 2015, ENGIE acquired renewable energy company La Compagnie du Vent from Omnes Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ENGIE’s 2nd transaction in the Renewable Energy sector.
  • This is ENGIE’s 2nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-06-01
Target La Compagnie du Vent
Sector Renewable Energy
Buyer(s) ENGIE
Sellers(s) Omnes Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

La Compagnie du Vent

Montpelier, France
La Compagnie du Vent sells electricity to the EDF (Electricite de France) network under a 15-year fixed fares contract. The wind farm records three 2 MW turbines manufactured by Gamesa.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ENGIE

Courbevoie, France

Category Company
Founded 1880
Sector Utilities
Revenue 73.8B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

ENGIE is a French utility company that provides electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, and renewable energy. ENGIE was founded in 1880 and is based in Courbevoie, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 31
Sector: Renewable Energy M&A 2 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 21
Country: France M&A 2 of 10
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-09 EMAC Engenharia de Manutenção LTDA

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-01 Solairedirect SA

Paris, France

Solairedirect SA is a solar power company operating across four continents. Solairedirect is a manufacturer of solar power more competitive than other energy sources.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Omnes Capital

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 5.7B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Omnes Capital formerly known as Credit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) is the investment arm of financial services group Credit Agricole. Omnes Capital looks to invest in a range of investment stages and transaction types, including LBO/expansion, venture capital, mezzanine, renewable energy, co-investment, infrastructure, and special situations. The Firm's LBO/expansion group looks to invest €25 to €80 million to support growth initiatives and buyouts of small and mid-cap businesses operating in a variety of industries. Omnes Capital generally invests in businesses operating in France and Italy. Omnes Capital's mezzanine area was formed in 2002 and looks to provide €5 to €30 million of junior capital to similar sized established businesses. In addition to Omnes Capital's traditional equity and subordinated debt investment arm, the Firm also invests in infrastructure projects as well as provides capital for distressed businesses with €10 to €150 million in revenue. Omnes Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 72 of 118
Sector: Renewable Energy M&A 5 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 30 of 53
Country: France M&A 55 of 89
Year: 2015 M&A 6 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-01 Exclusive Networks

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Exclusive Networks is an independent value-added distributor (VAD) for the EMEA region, specialising in the marketing of solutions for businesses in the areas of cybersecurity, data centres and associated value-added services. Exclusive Networks was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-24 Circet

Sollies-Pont, France

Circet is a provider of telecoms infrastructure services. Circet's clients include telecoms operators, manufacturers of telecoms equipment, key accounts owning infrastructures, infrastructure operators, the state and local authorities. Circet was founded in 1993 and is based in Sollies-Pont, France.

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