M&A Deal Summary

European Capital Acquires Action Sport Holding SA

On February 17, 2006, private equity firm European Capital acquired distribution company Action Sport Holding SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is European Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is European Capital’s 4th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-02-17
Target Action Sport Holding SA
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) European Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Action Sport Holding SA

Saint Thibault, France
Action Sport Holding, a leading distributor of motorcycle and bicycle gear and accessories in France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

European Capital

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

European Capital is the European investment affiliate of American Capital. European Capital looks to provide a variety of investment and financing solutions including unitranche debt, mezzanine capital, senior debt, and equity co-investment. Funds are typically used to support buyouts, recapitalizations, finance growth, and make acquisitions. European Capital is sector agnostic, however the Firm has a preference for investments in the consumer, technology, manufacturing, services, and distribution sectors. European Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 74
Sector: Distribution M&A 2 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 32
Country: France M&A 4 of 31
Year: 2006 M&A 5 of 27
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-26 Tokheim S.A.S.

Cedex, France

Tokheim provides fuel distributors with a complete range of products and services, covering equipment (dispensers, systems), maintenance, installation and project management.

Buy €380M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-28 Ayming

Gennevilliers, France

Ayming is a French consulting company specializing in cost reduction consultancy. Ayming is an international Business Performance consultancy and has a global footprint. The Group is present in 16 countries: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, and the USA. Ayming was founded in 1986 and is based in Gennevilliers, France.

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