M&A Deal Summary

Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity Acquires Elematic

On September 14, 2007, private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity acquired machinery company Elematic from Sentica Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in Finland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-09-14
Target Elematic
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity
Sellers(s) Sentica Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Elematic

Akaa, Finland
Elematic is a precast concrete machinery and equipment supplier products range from single machines to large production lines, to entire turn-key precast concrete production plants. Elematic was founded in 1959 and is based in Akaa, Finland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 11.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Pamplona Capital Management - Private Equity, is the private equity unit of asset manager Pamplona, which also provides hedge funds and hedge fund-of-funds products. Pamplona PE invests in 'market leading' companies in a variety of industry sectors. The Group will consider opportunities throughout North America and Europe. Pamplona PE was established in 2005 and is based in London and New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 39
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 20
Country: Finland M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-01 Johnson Matthey - Ceramics Division

Spain

The Ceramics Division, headquartered in Spain, is a leading global supplier of raw materials and intermediate products to the tile and sanitaryware industries. The business has a presence in all the major geographical regions with core manufacturing facilities in Spain, Italy, UK, Brazil, USA, Malaysia, India and China.

Buy £153M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-01 KCA Deutag

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

KCA Deutag is an international land drilling contractor that provides onshore and offshore drilling services and rig operations to major international and government-owned oil companies. With over 100 rigs positioned in key international growth markets, the company is focused on development drilling projects in major petroleum producing regions. KCA Deutag was founded in 1888 and is based in Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sentica Partners

Helsinki, Finland

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 500M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sentica Partners is a private equity group focused on investing in and developing small to mid-sized Finnish companies. Sentica looks for businesses generating sales of €10 to €100 million. The Firm is a generalist investor, but areas of particular interest include IT services, healthcare services and products, business services, consumer goods, manufacturing, and engineering. Sentica Partners in its present form was founded in 2004. The Firm has offices in Helsinki and Kuopio.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 26
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 7
Country: Finland M&A 1 of 26
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Tammermatic

Pirkkala, Finland

Tammermatic is a global, high-tech company that manufactures vehicle wash systems for cars, heavy transport vehicles, buses, rail fleets and a variety of special equipment. Tammermatic was founded in 1966 and is based in Pirkkala, Finland.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 Plenware Oy

Tampere, Finland

Plenware Oy, an information technology company, provides software development services and data communication solutions for companies in the industrial, telecommunication, finance, and media sectors.

Sell -