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Vivarte SAS Acquires San Marina S.A.

On February 29, 2000, Vivarte SAS acquired distribution company San Marina S.A. from EPF Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vivarte SAS’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Vivarte SAS’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-02-29
Target San Marina S.A.
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Vivarte SAS
Sellers(s) EPF Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

San Marina S.A.

Aubagne, France
San Marina S.A. manufactures and retails men and women’s fashion shoes made from deer and kid leather, suede and fabrics.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vivarte SAS

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 1896
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Employees17,000
Revenue 3.1B EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Vivarte is the #1 footwear and clothing retailer in France with an extensive portfolio of brands (including La Halle aux Chaussures, Chaussland, André, San Marina, Minelli in the shoe sector and La Halle, Kookaï, Liberto, Caroll in clothing). The company has a very strong position in the "value for money" segment of the market and is also active in Spain and Switzerland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: France M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-09 Defimode SAS

Brioude, France

Défimode is a French clothing retailer that focuses on providing affordable, high quality products for the whole family.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EPF Partners

Paris, France
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EPF Partners is a private equity group focused on making minority growth capital investments. EPF generally looks to invest €3 to €20 million in businesses generating up to €100 million in revenue. EPF was formed in 1996 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 22
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 7
Country: France M&A 2 of 20
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-02-01 Challenger International S.A.S

Colombes, France

Challenger International S.A.S. disrtibution of learning toys and childcare articles for children under age 1.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-01 Atlantic Zeiser

Andover, United Kingdom

ATLANTIC ZEISER is a world-leader in industrial high-security coding and personalization technologies, offering total system solutions to governments and industries such as printing, plastic card, telecom, pharmaceutical, banking, packaging, labels and cosmetics.

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