M&A Deal Summary

Trail Capital Acquires Buffet Crampon

On February 27, 2012, private equity firm Trail Capital acquired consumer products company Buffet Crampon from Argos Wityu

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Trail Capital’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Trail Capital’s 14th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-02-27
Target Buffet Crampon
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Trail Capital
Sellers(s) Argos Wityu
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Buffet Crampon

Mantes La Ville, France
Buffet Crampon is a manufacturer and distributor of clarinets, harmony clarinets, saxophones, oboes, and bassoons. Buffet Crampon owns two brands of brass instruments, Besson and Antoine Courtois: tubas, euphoniums, trumpets, cornets, flugelhorns and trombones, saxhorns, tenor horns, baritones, French horns. Buffet Crampon was founded in 1825 and is based in Mantes La Ville, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Trail Capital

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 750M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Trail Capital is a private equity firm focused on small to medium-sized French companies. Trail looks to make control equity investments and seeks to commit €20 to €50 million per transaction. The Firm is a 'hands on' investor and looks to work alongside management in building companies. Trail Capital was formed in 2007 and has offices in Paris, Beijing, and Luxembourg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 25
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 8
Country: France M&A 14 of 22
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-04 Emeraude International

Paris, France

Emeraude International is a distributer of polymers and chemical products. Emeraude International was founded in 1986 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-01 Nerim

Paris, France

Nerim is a telecom operator providing Internet, hosting and telecom services for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France. Nerim was founded in 1999 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Argos Wityu

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 1.8B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Argos Soditic is a private equity firm that seeks majority or minority investments in small to medium sized companies headquartered throughout Europe. Argos Soditic will consider investments in public or private companies generating revenue of €20 to €600 million. The Firm's target investment size is €10 to €100 million. Funds are typically used to support management buyouts/buy-ins, divestitures, and growth capital needs. Argos Soditic is a generalist investor with interest in aerospace, manufacturing, distribution, business services, chemicals, marketing, industrial products, packaging, staffing, medical products, and healthcare services. Argos Soditic was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 41
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 3 of 5
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 11 of 20
Country: France M&A 11 of 26
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-26 Marchegay Technologies SAS

Luçon, France

Marchegay is a major player in the design, construction and installation of glass buildings, in particular production greenhouses dedicated to agriculture, local authorities or public research centers, and garden centres with a leading position in France. Capitalizing on its know-how, the company has diversified its activities in the photovoltaic sector by developing, manufacturing and installing mounting systems for photovoltaic roofing installations for residential, industrial, agricultural or commercial buildings.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-08 Bellco Società unipersonale a r.l

Mirandola, Italy

Bellco Società unipersonale a r.l is a provider of hemodialysis treatment solutions. Bellco offers therapies and systems for the treatment of renal failure, multiple organ failure and sepsis.

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