M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2016-01-05 |
| Target | Fleet Farm |
| Sector | Retail |
| Buyer(s) |
KKR
Ardian |
| Deal Type | Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| PE ASSETS | 267.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 198 of 499 |
| Sector: Retail M&A | 12 of 17 |
| Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals | 34 of 71 |
| State: Wisconsin M&A | 2 of 3 |
| Country: United States M&A | 79 of 212 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 4 of 26 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 |
Groundworks
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States Groundworks is a vertically integrated foundation services company that serves primarily the single-family residential market, providing a critical suite of services to homeowners that preserve home value, integrity, and safety, including foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair and encapsulation, and concrete lifting. Groundworks was founded in 2016 and is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-10 |
Chill Sleep
Mooresville, North Carolina, United States Chill Sleep is a direct-to-consumer wellness company optimizing sleep through innovative hardware and software technologies. Chill Sleep is based in Mooresville, North Carolina. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 255 of 464 |
| Sector: Retail M&A | 13 of 15 |
| Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals | 87 of 123 |
| State: Wisconsin M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United States M&A | 32 of 70 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 1 of 34 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-24 |
Bite Group
Amsterdam, Netherlands Bite Group is a provider of mobile telecommunication and mobile Internet services to residential and business customers primarily in Lithuania and Latvia. Bite Group is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-08 |
Sogetrel
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Sogetrel is a provider of communication network services, with turnkey solutions for the deployment, connection and commissioning of customers telecommunication networks. Sogetrel was founded in 1985 and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. |
Sell | - |
