M&A Deal Summary

Xerox Acquires IMPIKA SA

On February 26, 2013, Xerox acquired business services company IMPIKA SA from Turenne Investissement, Siparex and XAnge

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Xerox’s 10th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Xerox’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-02-26
Target IMPIKA SA
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Xerox
Sellers(s) Turenne Investissement
Siparex
XAnge
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

IMPIKA SA

Aubagne, France
IMPIKA SA is a world leader in the design, production and marketing of advanced industrial inkjet printing solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Xerox

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Category Company
Founded 1903
Sector Business Services
Employees16,800
Revenue 6.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Xerox office in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Xerox office in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

Xerox is a provider of business process and document management services worldwide. Xerox was founded in 1903 and is based in Norwalk, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 50
Sector: Business Services M&A 10 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 26 of 46
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-19 Restaurant Technology Services

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

RTS is a services company that offers technical help related to POS equipment, kitchen video devices and “cashless” credit card processing machines.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-22 Xerox’s U.S. and Canadian Paper Business

United States

Xerox’s U.S. and Canadian Paper Business is a paper and print media products business operating in the United States and Canada.

Sell -

Seller(S) 3

SELLER

Turenne Investissement

Paris, France

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Turenne Investissement is a French private investment firm focused on acquiring interests in growth companies. Turenne targets its investment activity within the industrial, services, health, and retail sectors. Turenne looks for companies that are at or near profitability and valued between €5 and €100 million. Turenne Capital was formed in 2006 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 12
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 5
Country: France M&A 5 of 11
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-14 Eolite Systems SA

Pessac, France

EOLITE Systems has been launched in 2004 to provide new photonic solutions in instrumentation and laser systems to the scientific and industrial communities.

Sell $10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-17 SOCIO Software

Paris, France

SOCIO Software is 35 years of data analysis, the service, consultant, corporate boards, and annonceurs.Leader treatment studies and Statistical processing of survey data, data mining and business demographics.

Sell -
SELLER

Siparex

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1977
PE ASSETS 4.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Siparex is a French private equity firm that looks to invest mezzanine or equity capital in companies at all stages of development. The Firm separates its investment activity into mid-market, mezzanine, and small-cap. Within mid-market, Siparex looks to invest €2.5 to €40 million in companies with at least €15 million in sales. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, shareholder liquidity events, and growth capital financings. The Firm will consider all business sectors. Within its mezzanine group, Siparex looks to invest €2 to €10 million to support growth, acquisitions, refinancings, and restructurings. The small-cap group seeks investments starting at €300K in early-stage companies as well as those undergoing expansion or being sold. Siparex was formed in 1977 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 32
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 9
Country: France M&A 5 of 29
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-29 Malherbe

Rots, France

Malherbe is a provider of goods transportation and chartering services. Malherbe was founded in 1953 and is based in Rots, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-27 VitrineMedia

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

VitrineMedia is a manufacturer of display products for the commercial sector. VitrineMedia has also a strong position abroad with over half the sales as exports. VitrineMedia was founded in 2007 and is based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Buy -
SELLER

XAnge

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 450M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

XAnge is an early stage investor in Western European startups focused on enterprise data, financial technology, digital media, and tech-enabled services. XAnge was estbablished in 2004 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 42
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 26
Country: France M&A 9 of 30
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-20 Sparkow

Lille, France

Sparkow is a provider of SaaS solutions that enables merchants to boost their performance by designing a streamlined buying journey. Sparkow was founded in 2004 and is based in Lille, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-11 RunMyProcess

Paris, France

RunMyProcess provides a process and workflow platform for companies in SaaS. RunMyProcess offers superior capabilities by tapping into the world of digital ecosystems to propel businesses into the future. Through its integrated automate co-create approach, RunMyProcess builds fully customized, mobile-ready applications that integrate existing enterprise systems and data silos and connects them to new digital ecosystems. RunMyProcess was founded in 2007 and is based in Paris, France.

Sell -