M&A Deal Summary

Equistone Acquires BOAL Group

On March 16, 2018, private equity firm Equistone acquired building materials company BOAL Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Equistone’s 5th transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Equistone’s 4th transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-03-16
Target BOAL Group
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Equistone
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) William Blair
Deloitte
Oaklins (Financial)
Houthoff
VANEPS (Legal)

Target

BOAL Group

Maasdijk, Netherlands
BOAL Group is a designer and manufacturer of high-performance aluminium greenhouse roof and side-wall systems for glass and poly greenhouses. It also supplies the construction, engineering, and transport sectors with aluminium extrusions. BOAL Group was founded in 1970 and is based in Maasdijk, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Equistone

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 9.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equistone is a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-sized companies valued from €50 to €500 million. Equistone targets companies operating in the fields of services, healthcare, financial services, and consumer/travel. The Firm looks to invest €25 to €200 million in a variety of transactions, including buyouts, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, and take privates. Equistone was formed in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 219 of 252
Sector: Building Materials M&A 5 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 125 of 131
Country: Netherlands M&A 4 of 7
Year: 2018 M&A 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-05 Karavel

Paris, France

Karavel operates as a tour operator and an online travel agency, offering a full range of services including airline tickets, hotel rooms, cruises, and package holidays through multiple online channels which receive over seven million unique visitors each month. Karavel is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-26 Small World

London, United Kingdom

Small World is a multi-channel, cross-border payment service provider. Small World’s technology-driven platform allows customers to make cross-border payments via its physical network of over 6,000 third-party send-side agents and 80 branches. Small World was founded in 2005 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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