M&A Deal Summary

Sun Capital Partners Acquires ESIM Chemicals

On May 14, 2018, private equity firm Sun Capital Partners acquired chemicals company ESIM Chemicals from Ardian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sun Capital Partners’ 6th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Sun Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Austria.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-05-14
Target ESIM Chemicals
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Sun Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

ESIM Chemicals

Linz, Austria
ESIM Chemicals is a global provider of high-quality agricultural and crop protection chemicals, intermediates and maleic anhydride tree chemicals, focusing on partnering with companies in the custom synthesis of their unique compounds and offer a portfolio of fine chemical products critical to multiple industries. The company has more than 75 years of experience in transforming innovative ideas into scalable supplies of advanced fine chemical products and intermediates using state of the art facilities. ESIM Chemicals was founded in 2015 and is based in Linz, Austria.

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Buyer

Sun Capital Partners

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sun Capital's corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sun Capital Partners is a large private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other control investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. Sun looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating experience including underperformers, turnarounds, and special situations. Target companies typically have $50 million to $1 billion in revenue with strong market positions. Sectors of interest include paper and packaging, food and beverages, metals and mining, automotive after-market parts, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, building products, telecommunications, technology, retailing and catalogs, restaurants, manufacturing and industrial. Sun Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 139 of 172
Sector: Chemicals M&A 6 of 7
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 26 of 45
Country: Austria M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-26 Albea

Gennevilliers, France

Albea is a packaging company producing a wide range of solutions for make-up, fragrance, skincare, personal and oral care markets. Albea was formed in 2006 and is based in Gennevilliers, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-12 American Golf

Westbrook, United Kingdom

American Golf is a specialist golf retailer in the UK and Europe. It sells a comprehensive range of golf clubs, equipment, shoes and clothing and employs PGA professionals and Master Fitters who provide custom fitting services and specialist in-store advice. American Golf was founded in 1970 and is based in Westbrook, United Kingdom.

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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 153 of 247
Sector: Chemicals M&A 6 of 9
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 58 of 92
Country: Austria M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2018 M&A 11 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-03 Mademoiselle Desserts

Montigny le Bretonneux, France

Mademoiselle Desserts is a producer of frozen bakery products, such as pastry base, flaky pastry, flans, and unbaked and baked pies. Mademoiselle Desserts was founded in 1984 and is based in Montigny le Bretonneux, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-08 Consort NT

Paris, France

Consort NT is an IT services firm focusing on communication and information technologies comprising three divisions: infrastructure services, application services, and engineering services. Consort NT is a leading IT outsourcing firm in the French market. Consort NT was founded in 1992 and is based in Paris, France.

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