M&A Deal Summary

Equistone Acquires Camusat

On July 6, 2016, private equity firm Equistone acquired communications company Camusat from MBO & Co.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Equistone’s 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Equistone’s 62nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-07-06
Target Camusat
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Equistone
Sellers(s) MBO & Co.
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Camusat

Paris, France
Camusat constructs and manages mobile telecom networks. Camusat primarily designs, installs and maintains telecom towers for mobile network operators (MNOs) and tower companies. Additionally, the business supplies and maintains fibre-optic broadband networks. Camusat was founded in 1948 and is based in Paris, France.

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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 205 of 252
Sector: Communications M&A 3 of 4
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 57 of 83
Country: France M&A 62 of 72
Year: 2016 M&A 7 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-04 Inherent

Maxéville, France

Inherent is a specialist in IT and telecom services, supports the digitalisation of a diverse customer base, made up of private-sector players (from SMEs to large companies) and public-sector organisations (hospitals and local authorities), with a full range of services. Inherent was founded in 1981 and is based in Maxéville, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-17 United Initiators

Pullach, Germany

United Initiators is a global manufacturer of peroxides, persulfates and other specialty initiators. United Initiators’ products comprise organic peroxides, persulfates, hydrogen peroxide and speciality chemicals, which have a wide range of applications including the production of acrylics and latex polymers, paint, plastics, bleaching agents, denture cleaners, teeth whiteners and disinfectants. United Initiators was founded in 1911 and is based in Pullach, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MBO & Co.

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 700M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MBO Partenaires is a private equity firm focused on buyout, shareholder liquidity, and growth capital transactions in France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxemburg. The Firm will consider majority or minority positions and seeks to commit €5 to €25 million in transactions valued up to €100 million. MBO Partenaires was formed in 2002 and is headquartered in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 29
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: France M&A 23 of 28
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-02 SIRA Groupe

Saint-Ouen-l'Aumane, France

SIRA Groupe is a desginer, manufacture and supplier of aerospace parts to aerospace, military, space, and defense industry.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-02 Transports Citra SA

Rouvroy, France

Transports Citra SA is involved in providing transportation of freight and cargo.

Sell -