M&A Deal Summary

Spin Master Acquires Meccano SN

On August 13, 2013, Spin Master acquired consumer products company Meccano SN from 21 Invest

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Spin Master’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Spin Master’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-08-13
Target Meccano SN
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Spin Master
Sellers(s) 21 Invest
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Meccano SN

Clichy, France
Meccano and Erector Set in the US are well-known toys brand in the building-set category.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Spin Master

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Consumer Products
Employees2,500
Revenue 2.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Spin Master is a children's entertainment company that creates, designs, manufactures and markets a diversified portfolio of innovative toys, games, products and entertainment properties. Spin Master was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 17
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 10
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-26 Wild Planet Entertainment

San Francisco, California, United States

Wild Planet Foods, Inc. sells seafood products from environmentally-preferable fisheries. The company?s line of premium-quality canned albacore tuna, salmon and shrimp products are delicious, low in mercury, and excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Its fish are primarily caught in the coastal waters of Northern California, Oregon and Washington by local U.S. fishermen.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-10 Cardinal Industries

Long Island City, New York, United States

Cardinal Industries, Inc. is a board game and puzzle companies, offering more than four hundred items including traditional games such as dominoes, checkers and poker sets, as well as an extensive line of licensed games and lenticular, wood and basic puzzles.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

21 Invest

Treviso, Italy

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

21 Invest is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented, middle-market Italian, French, and Polish companies operating in a variety of industries. The Firm invests in French businesses through 21 Centrale Partners, Italian companies through 21 Partners SGR, and Polish companies through 21 Concordia. The Firm targets transactions requiring at least €10 million of capital typically in the form of development capital for growth companies, buyout capital for managers, or replacement capital for companies facing succession issues or needing shareholder liquidity. 21 Invest was founded in 1992 and is based in Treviso, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 45
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: France M&A 10 of 22
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-29 Fantini Group

Ortona, Italy

Fantini Group markets and distributes wines from southern and central Italy. The company acquires grapes from local farmers, oversees production and markets wines under specialty labels to customers internationally. Fantini Group was founded in 1994 and is based in Ortona, Italy.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-19 Meribel Pharma Solutions

Entzheim, France

Meribel Pharma Solutions is a pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). Meribel Pharma Solutions develops, manufactures, and packages drugs in various forms (solid, liquid…) on value-adding niches, specialized in small and medium-sized batches. Meribel Pharma Solutions was founded in 2001 and is based in Entzheim, France.

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