Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Electronics

Riverside Acquires Teufel

On October 1, 2006, private equity firm Riverside acquired electronics company Teufel

Acquisition Context

This is Riverside’s 3rd transaction in the Electronics sector.
This is Riverside’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

Investment Fate

Teufel was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2010.
Teufel was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2018.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	October 1, 2006
Target	Teufel
Sector	Electronics
Buyer(s)	Riverside
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s)	Blue Corporate Finance AG (Financial)

Target Company

Teufel

Berlin, Germany

Teufel is a designer and online retailer of loudspeaker systems. It designs, markets and sells its own brand audio speaker systems like home theatre, multimedia, integrated systems. Teufel was founded in 1979 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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Buyer

Riverside

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	1988
PE ASSETS	5.0B USD
Size	Mega
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm that seeks investments in profitable lower middle-market companies valued under $400 million. Riverside looks to invest in growth businesses headquartered in North America, Europe, and Asia (primarily Japan and South Korea), that have been in operation for at least five years. Riverside targets investments in a wide array of industries including distribution, automotive, healthcare, education, manufacturing, software, consumer services, plastics, publishing, food, communications, marine, and business services. Riverside was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	82 of 295
Sector: Electronics	3 of 8
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	68 of 147
Country: Germany	2 of 16
Year: 2006	19 of 21

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2006-10-01	Agens Holding BV Zwolle, Netherlands Agens provides welfare-to-work for the unemployed and disabled, outplacement and replacement services, and temporary and subsidized work and vocational training. Its international client base includes national and regional governments, municipalities and businesses.	Buy	-

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TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2006-10-01

Agens Holding BV

Zwolle, Netherlands

Agens provides welfare-to-work for the unemployed and disabled, outplacement and replacement services, and temporary and subsidized work and vocational training. Its international client base includes national and regional governments, municipalities and businesses.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2006-12-01	AIS Group Linz, Austria AIS Group provides process-oriented technology solutions for the automotive, aerospace and steel industries.	Buy	-

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DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2006-12-01

AIS Group

Linz, Austria

AIS Group provides process-oriented technology solutions for the automotive, aerospace and steel industries.

Buy

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