Secondary Buyout • Retail

The Carlyle Group Acquires Arabela

On October 8, 2007, private equity firm The Carlyle Group acquired retailer Arabela from Advent International

Acquisition Context
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 2nd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 1st transaction in Mexico.
Investment Fate
  • Arabela was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2009.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 8, 2007
Target Arabela
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) The Carlyle Group
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target Company

Arabela

Toluca, Mexico
Arabela is an operator of a door-to-door retailer of assorted beauty and personal-care products that sells fragrances, beauty, personal care products, home goods, and novelty items in Mexico. Arabela was founded in 1991 and is based in Toluca, Mexico.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 299 of 750
Sector: Retail 2 of 8
Type: Secondary Buyout 25 of 130
Country: Mexico 1 of 3
Year: 2007 39 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-03 Coates Hire

Mascot, Australia

Coates Hire is Australia’s largest equipment hire company with 120 years of experience, supplying to a wide variety of markets including Engineering Civil Construction, Building Construction and Maintenance, Mining and Resources, Manufacturing, Government, Industrial Shutdowns and Events.

Buy $2.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-22 Apollo Global

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Apollo Global intends to make a range of investments in the international education services sector. Apollo Global will target investments and partnerships primarily in countries outside the US with attractive demographic and economic growth characteristics.

Buy $1.0B

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 91 of 236
Sector: Retail 5 of 17
Type: Secondary Buyout 16 of 61
Country: Mexico 2 of 5
Year: 2007 10 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-30 Equiniti Group

West Sussex, United Kingdom

Equiniti Group is a UK provider of share registration and associated investor services. Equiniti Group was founded in 2007 and is based in West Sussex, United Kingdom.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-15 Viena

Brazil

Brazil's leading casual dining restaurant chain

Buy -

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