M&A Deal Summary

Permira and Intermediate Capital Group Acquire Takko

On March 1, 2000, private equity firm Permira and mezzanine finance firm Intermediate Capital Group acquired retailer Takko from Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG for 604M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Permira’s 2nd and Intermediate Capital Group’s 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Permira’s 46th and Intermediate Capital Group’s 26th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Permira’s 10th and Intermediate Capital Group’s 30th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Takko was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2007.
  • Takko was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2010 for 1.7B USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-03-01
Target Takko
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Permira
Intermediate Capital Group
Sellers(s) Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 604M EUR

Target

Takko

Telgte, United Kingdom
Takko is a retailer of fashionable 'value for money' clothing, targeting young families and women aged between 25 and 40. Takko was formed in 1982 and runs over 900 stores in Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Search 198,123 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Permira

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 75.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 159
Sector (Retail) 2 of 10
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 18
Country (United Kingdom) 10 of 35
Year (2000) 2 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 46 of 61
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-01-01 Euro Dental Holding

Germany

Euro Dental Holding provides mail order house for dental consumables.

Buy €137M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-18 Across Wireless AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Across Wireless AB is a company that had developed a range of products designed to enable mobile phone operators to manage their populations of SIM cards via their wireless networks and to implement mobile internet and mobile commerce applications on a standard phone.

Sell -
Buyer

Intermediate Capital Group

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 74.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) is a global mezzanine finance firm. IGC looks to provide junior capital to support a wide range of transactions, including buyouts, debt restructurings, and development financing. The Firm generally invests alongside financial sponsors and management teams in transactions valued from €250 million to €1 billion. ICG was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 61 of 292
Sector (Retail) 3 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 27
Country (United Kingdom) 30 of 80
Year (2000) 7 of 10
Size (of disclosed) 26 of 82
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-01 The Tetley Tea Group

Greenford, United Kingdom

Tea Beverage Company. Tetley’s operations were arranged in three divisions addressing the UK tea market, the tea and coffee market in the USA and various smaller subsidiaries and joint ventures in a number of other.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-23 Addum AB

Kista, Sweden

Addum was, at acquisition, an industry conglomerate consisting of many separate businesses including construction equipment rental (Cramo), pre-cast concrete manufacturing and the production of piston rings.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG

Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Category Company
Sector Retail
Revenue 11.3B EUR (2009)
DESCRIPTION

Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG is an international multi-sector retailer in Europe.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-31 babymarkt.de

Dortmund, Germany

Baby-Markt.de (www.baby-markt.de) is a online store for baby products in Germany.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal