M&A Deal Summary

Spotless Group SAS Acquires Eau Ecarlate SAS

On January 1, 2010, Spotless Group SAS acquired consumer products company Eau Ecarlate SAS from Ardian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Spotless Group SAS’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Spotless Group SAS’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-01-01
Target Eau Ecarlate SAS
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Spotless Group SAS
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Eau Ecarlate SAS

Genevieve- des Bois, France
Eau Ecarlate is a highly recognized brand for a group of stain removers and other cleaning products distributed primarily in France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Spotless Group SAS

Neuilly-sur-seine, France

Category Company
Sector Consumer Products
DESCRIPTION

Spotless Group is a manufacturer of branded laundry care, insecticides and household products.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 247
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 63
Country: France M&A 15 of 116
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-29 Cegos

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Cegos is a global professional training company. Cegos consultants cover all areas of management and soft skills development focussing upon the roll-out of large-scale training programmes in France and abroad. Cegos was founded in 1926 and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-05 GLADD

Tokyo, Japan

GLADD is an e-commerce sites in Asia, working directly and exclusively with brands, to bring top products and services to Asian customers. GLADD was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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