M&A Deal Summary

LBO France Acquires Bexley

On December 1, 2017, asset manager LBO France acquired retailer Bexley

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LBO France’s 4th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is LBO France’s 58th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-01
Target Bexley
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) LBO France
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Bexley

Villeurbanne, France
Bexley is a French specialty retailer of men’s high quality footwear at affordable price. Bexley rapidly established itself as one of the most successful French retailers of men’s footwear positioned in the affordable luxury segment and offering excellent quality-price ratio. Bexley was founded in 1985 and is based in Villeurbanne, France.

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Buyer

LBO France

Paris, France

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 5.4B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LBO France is an independent private equity group focused on acquiring majority stakes in French firms, or companies with French management. LBO France manages several funds, each targeting different types of businesses. The Firm's mid-market fund looks to acquire majority or minority stakes in companies valued from €100 million to €2.5 billion. The mid-market fund generally looks at companies with predictable sales, profits and cash flow, but will also consider businesses with under-utilized assets. LBO France's small cap fund targets majority stakes in smaller, profitable businesses valued from €10 to €100 million, with strong potential for growth or consolidation. In addition to its equity funds, LBO France also invests in real estate and provides LBO loans issued by medium-sized European companies (enterprise value between €150m and €2bn). LBO France was formed in 1985 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 69 of 91
Sector: Retail M&A 4 of 6
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 34 of 45
Country: France M&A 58 of 75
Year: 2017 M&A 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-04 PIEX

Les Ulis, France

PIEX is specialized in importing and exporting medicines and cosmetics to French and English African countries. Its unique positioning, based upon its strong expertise of targeted markets and ability to handle products from many pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical companies in a professional, agile and flexible way, positions PIEX as an indispensable and trusted partner of groups to enter the African market through a wide network of local wholesalers. PIEX was founded in 1979 and is based in Les Ulis, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-13 Crouzet

Valence, France

Crouzet engages in designing, manufacturing and supplying efficient components for automated systems to serve a wide range of applications in aerospace & defense market and in many Industrial equipment markets with a specific focus on applications such as access control, railway, nuclear and industrial valves markets. Crouzet was founded in 1921 and is based in Valence, France.

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