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UI Gestion SA Acquires Gault et Fremont

On February 1, 2015, private equity firm UI Gestion SA acquired packaging company Gault et Fremont from Eurazeo PME and Cerea Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UI Gestion SA’s 2nd transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is UI Gestion SA’s 11th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Gault et Fremont was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2021.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-02-01
Target Gault et Fremont
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) UI Gestion SA
Sellers(s) Eurazeo PME
Cerea Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Gault et Fremont

St Pierre des Corps, France
Gault et Fremont is a manufacturer of packaging paper and cardboard destined for bakery - pastry (printing, cutting, folding, gluing). Gault & Frémont was established in 1850 and is based in St Pierre des Corps, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

UI Gestion SA

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
PE ASSETS 600M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

UI Gestion SA is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in small to mid-sized French companies. UI Gestion seeks businesses with up to €50 million in revenue and is a generalist investor with no sector preferences. UI Gestion SA is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 84
Sector: Packaging M&A 2 of 4
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 11
Country: France M&A 11 of 84
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-01 Lacroix Emballage

Bois-d'Amont, France

Lacroix Emballage is a manufacturer of industrial package series, offers packaging made of wood, cardboard and plastic for the agri-food and non-food industries. Lacroix Emballage was founded in 1946 and is based in Bois-d'Amont, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-01 Api & You

Poligny, France

Api & You is a group of digital communication and media agencies, specializing in high-end hotels, restaurants and tourism. The agency targets high-end clients to offer them customer management and electronic payment solutions as alternatives to large online reservation platforms. Api & You was founded in 1997 and is based in Poligny, France.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Eurazeo PME

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Eurazeo PME, formerly known as OFI Private Equity Capital. Eurazeo PME invests equity and mezzanine capital in secondary buyout transactions of unlisted French companies. The Firm looks for opportunities valued between €50 and €250 million. Areas of interest include chemicals, financial services, consumer services, retail, manufacturing, distribution, and life science. Eurazeo PME was formed in 1997 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 29
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 7 of 16
Country: France M&A 10 of 21
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-06 IMV Technologies

Normandy, France

IMV Technologies engages in the areas of animal and human-assisted reproduction technologies and veterinary imaging. IMV Technologies provides customers with solutions for animal artificial insemination; its human division, Cryo Bio System, offers solutions for human assisted reproduction including human embryo vitrification, human sperm freezing, and preservation, and other assisted reproduction technologies. IMV Technologies was founded in 1963 and is based in Normandy, France.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-07 InVivo NSA

Saint-Nolff, France

InVivo NSA is a livestock feeding and nutrition business.

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SELLER

Cerea Partners

Neuilly sur Seine, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Cerea Partners is a specialist investment firm focused on investing in and providing finance to agriculture and related sustainable food businesses. Cerea primarily targets companies in Western Europe and looks to invest in companies valued between €20 and €500 million. Prospective transaction situations includes LBOs, LBIs, OBOs, and spin-offs. Cerea Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 32
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 18
Country: France M&A 11 of 26
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-01 Moret Industries Group

Charmes, France

Moret Industries Group manufactures and markets industrial pumps, active in pumps, process and equipment markets for the food industry, globally. Moret Industries Group was founded in 1957 and is based in Charmes, France.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-01 De Sangosse

Pont-du-Casse, France

De Sangosse is an international player in crop protection, plant nutrition, and pest control. Supporting the profound transformation of agricultural sectors by providing farmers with BioSolutions, BioFertilizers, BioStimulants, BioControl, BioAdjuvants, Stimulate, Protect crops for a triple social, ecological and economic performance. De Sangosse was founded in 1926 and is based in Pont-du-Casse, France.

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