M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Dunlop Protective Footwear

On May 1, 2018, private equity firm EQT acquired apparel/textiles company Dunlop Protective Footwear from Gilde Equity Management Benelux

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 3rd transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is EQT’s 6th transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-05-01
Target Dunlop Protective Footwear
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) EQT
Sellers(s) Gilde Equity Management Benelux
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Dunlop Protective Footwear

Raalte, Netherlands
Dunlop Protective Footwear is a global manufacturer of branded protective wellington boots. Its products provide comfort and protection for professionals in Agriculture & Fishery, Food processing, Industry, and the Oil, Gas & Mining industry. Dunlop Protective Footwear is based in Raalte, Netherlands.

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Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 50.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 182 of 300
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 45 of 94
Country (Netherlands) 6 of 7
Year (2018) 3 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-30 Piab

Taby, Sweden

Piab is a provider of smart solutions for the automated world, helping thousands of end users and machine producers in e-commerce logistics, food, pharma, automotive and other manufacturing industries to improve energy-efficiency, productivity and working environments. By leveraging the ongoing technological development in automation and robotics, and targeting high-growth segments and geographies, Piab's vision is to become the global leader in gripping and moving solutions. Piab was founded in 1951 and is based in Taby, Sweden.

Sell kr7.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-02 Candidator

Alingsas, Sweden

Candidator is a successful IT company that delivers complete IT operation, telephony, and outsourcing services to companies and organizations in the Nordic market, under the motto "make it simple.". Candidator was founded in 1997 and is based in Alingsas, Sweden.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Gilde Equity Management Benelux

Houten, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 500M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gilde Equity Management Benelux (GEM) is a unit of Gilde Investment Management, a Dutch investment firm. Gilde Equity Management (GEM) is a generalist investor, focusing on buyouts of mid-market growth companies valued between €20 and €200 million. Broad sectors of interest include services, consumer goods, manufacturing, and industrial products. Gilde looks for investments across the Benelux region. GEM was formed in 1992 and is headquartered in Houten, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 30
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 8 of 9
Country (Netherlands) 20 of 25
Year (2018) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-07 BlueCielo ECM Solutions BV

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

BlueCielo ECM Solutions BV is a provider of software solutions to manage engineering information throughout the asset lifecycle. BlueCielo Meridian software connects maintenance and engineering, supports concurrent plant modifications, and improves data handover, while transforming engineering data into actionable plant information, keeping your users informed, compliant, and in control.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-02 conTeyor

Merelbeke, Belgium

conTeyor is a manufacturer and supplier of returnable and re-usable textile packaging systems for the B2B industry. conTeyor was founded in 1995 and is based in Merelbeke, Belgium.

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