M&A Deal Summary

Metric Capital Partners Acquires Paginas

On May 1, 2017, mezzanine finance firm Metric Capital Partners acquired marketing company Paginas from Atena Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Metric Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Metric Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Portugal.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-01
Target Paginas
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Metric Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Atena Equity Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Paginas

Lisbon, Portugal
Paginas is a provider of marketing and advertising needs for Spanish small and medium enterprises. Paginas maintains a traditional phone book business but also provides a full suite of solutions to its clients, including website design and production, online directory services, search engine optimization, and social media campaigns. Paginas was founded in 1959 and is based in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Metric Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on proving financing solutions to small and mid-sized companies across Europe. Investment funds are generally used to support buyouts, refinancings, growth capital financings, rescues, and shareholder liquidity needs. Metric Capital Partners was formed in 2011 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 26
Sector: Marketing M&A 3 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: Portugal M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-07 Paginas Amarillas

Madrid, Spain

Paginas Amarillas is a provider of marketing and advertising needs for Spanish small and medium enterprises. Paginas Amarillas maintains a traditional phone book business but also provides a full suite of solutions to its clients, including website design and production, online directory services, search engine optimization, and social media campaigns. Paginas Amarillas is based in Madrid, Spain.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-18 Acadomia

Paris, France

Acadomia is a provider of supplementary education in France. The Company provides educational services for over 50,000 students through more than 20,000 teaching professionals annually. Acadomia provides both home-based tutoring services as well as classroom based education. Acadomia was founded in 1989 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Atena Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in lower middle-market Portuguese companies. Atena looks to invest up to €15 million in companies valued between €10 and €50 million. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally pursues a variety investment situations, including buy-and-build opportunities, companies facing succession issues, financial restructurings, growth capital financings, and non-core divestitures. Atena Equity Partners was formed in 2014 and is based in Lisbon.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Marketing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Portugal M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-08 Prado

Lousa, Portugal

Prado is a producer of a high-weight cardstock market with an annual capacity of 25,000 tons. PCL was formed in 2003 and is based in Lousa, Portugal.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-01 Wemold Group

Leiria, Portugal

Wemold Group is a complete solutions provider for injection molds. The group companies, Tecnifreza, E&T, AFR, and Planitec, use advanced mold making technologies to deliver functional, reliable, and affordable solutions. Highly skilled resources and state of the art equipment, capable of designing, engineer, manufacturer, test and deliver precision molds for the worldwide market. Wemold was formed in 2017 and is based in Leiria, Portugal.

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