M&A Deal Summary

I2 Capital Partners Acquires Franco Vago

On September 25, 2008, private equity firm I2 Capital Partners acquired transportation company Franco Vago

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is I2 Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is I2 Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Italy.
Investment Fate
  • Franco Vago was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-09-25
Target Franco Vago
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) I2 Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Franco Vago

Scandicci, Italy
Franco Vago S.p.A is an international freight forwarding and logistics operator, with consolidated experience in the transportation of goods to and from Europe, Asia and the Americas, by air, sea, and ground. The company operates in the transportation and logistics of “fashion” apparel, where it provides value-added services to all the main brands in the sector. Franco Vago is based in Scandicci, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

I2 Capital Partners

Milan, Italy

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 200M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

I2 Capital Partners SGR SpA manages I2 Capital Partners, an Italian closed-end investment fund focused on distressed investments. I2 will consider a variety of special situations, including under performing or under managed companies with overleveraged capital structures, conglomerates with breakup value potential, non-core divestitures, and businesses performing poorly due to ownership issues. In addition to investing in ongoing businesses, I2 will consider acquiring assets and/or debt of companies in liquidation, as well as various portfolios of publicly listed securities. I2 is based in Milan and is controlled by publicly traded holding firm Intek.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-01 Selecta Digital

San Martino in Rio, Italy

Selecta Digital is an operator of a document management services company with the integration of multichannel, physical, and digital solutions, for Customer Interaction and the first private national operator in the printing and enveloping sector of mandatory communications. Selecta Digital is based in San Martino in Rio, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-31 Franco Vago

Scandicci, Italy

Franco Vago S.p.A is an international freight forwarding and logistics operator, with consolidated experience in the transportation of goods to and from Europe, Asia and the Americas, by air, sea, and ground. The company operates in the transportation and logistics of “fashion” apparel, where it provides value-added services to all the main brands in the sector. Franco Vago is based in Scandicci, Italy.

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