M&A Deal Summary

Trigano Acquires SEA Società Europea Autocaravan

On November 23, 2012, Trigano acquired manufacturer SEA Società Europea Autocaravan from Indigo Capital and Bridgepoint

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Trigano’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Trigano’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-11-23
Target SEA Società Europea Autocaravan
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Trigano
Sellers(s) Indigo Capital
Bridgepoint
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SEA Società Europea Autocaravan

Poggibonsi, Italy
SEA is a European manufacturer of caravans under the brand names of Mobilvetta, Elnagh and McLouis.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Trigano

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1935
Sector Manufacturing
Employees10,652
Revenue 3.9B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Trigano designs, manufactures, and sells leisure vehicles in Europe. The company provides leisure vehicles, including motor caravans, caravans, and mobile homes; and accessories for leisure vehicles that comprise solar panels, electrical equipment, and cooking utensils, as well as rents motor caravans, sells rented stays in mobile homes, and finances leisure vehicles. Trigano was founded in 1935 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-06 Lider S.A.S.

Bonchamp-Les-Laval, France

Lider S.A.S. offer a wide range of professional road and trailers. Its network of dealers located throughout France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-02 Autocaravans Rimor

Poggibonsi, Italy

Autocaravans Rimor, is an Italian manufacturer of recreational vehicles.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Indigo Capital

London, United Kingdom

Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 1.6B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Indigo Capital is a provider of mezzanine capital to help fund buyouts, corporate acquisitions, expansions, and recapitalizations. Indigo typically invests alongside other private equity firms, however the Firm invests independently as well. Indigo is active throughout Europe and looks to commit €10 to €100 million per transaction. Indigo is sector agnostic and generally backs businesses with 'established market positions, strong, ambitious and incentivized management and attractive growth prospects.' Indigo Capital raised its first fund in 1990. The Firm has offices in London and Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 41
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 9
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-04 AVM

Sunbury on Thames, United Kingdom

AVMI provides a complete range of video conferencing, audiovisual, and collaboration services to the private and public sectors. AVMI focusses on seamless design, installation, and integration of in-room AV systems and provides maintenance of AV systems for large, blue-chip organizations such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank, 3G, and TalkTalk and public sector clients such as the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Justice. With the growing use of complex, integrated AV systems and digital signage, AVMI provides an increasing range of solutions including video conferencing, web streaming, secure evidence services, the video managed services, and augmented reality retail solutions. AVM was formed in 1990 and is based in Sunbury on the Thames.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-13 Shearings Holidays

Wigan, United Kingdom

Shearings Holidays Ltd. is a specialising in escorted tours and operation of resort hotels. Shearings operates a fleet of 250 coaches and a chain of 50 resort hotels.

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SELLER

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 75.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 112
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 39
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2012 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-03 Ponant

Marseilles, France

Ponant is a luxury cruise ship owner. The company operates 13 French-flagged cruise ships, including its famous three-masted sailing ship Le Ponant, and the latest addition to the fleet, Le Commandant Charcot, a hybrid ice-breaking polar exploration vessel powered by Liquefied Natural Gas, which made history in 2021 by becoming the first French ship to reach the geographic North Pole. Ponant was formed in 1998 and is based in Marseilles, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-02 Oasis Dental Care

Bristol, United Kingdom

Oasis Dental Care is a national dentistry group serving a strong mix of NHS, private and specialist patients. Oasis Dental Care has over 200 practices and 850 dentists. The company offers the full range of general and specialist dentistry, serving both the NHS and the private market. Oasis Dental Care was founded in 1996 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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