CBPE Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, CBPE Capital has acquired 1 company. It has also invested in 3 others.

CBPE Capital’s most common sectors for investment arebusiness services (14%) and chemicals (12%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (54%) and growth capital (25%). In total, CBPE Capital has invested in 5 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2008 when it acquired Sparrows Offshore Group for $219M.

In the last 3 years, CBPE Capital has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (43%). CBPE Capital’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2007 when it sold Park Resorts for $677M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity90
    • M&A Buy Activity52
    • M&A Sell Activity38
  • Total Sectors Invested 23
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 13
  • M&A Advisors 16

CBPE Capital LLP

2 George Yard,
London, EC3V 9DH
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 20 7065 1100
www.cbpecapital.com
enquiries@cbpel.com

Close Brothers Private Equity (CBPE) is a private equity firm that seeks investments in mid-sized UK based businesses. Close Brothers focuses on transactions valued of between £25 million and £150 million and will consider opportunities in a variety of industries. Sectors of interest include support services (inspection testing, training/education, oil/gas services, business process outsourcing, IT, environmental services, utility services); transportation/distribution (transport infrastructure, transport services, wholesale and distribution); consumer (food/beverage, household products, media, retail); industrial (chemicals, building products, electronics/engineering, paper, packaging, aerospace/defense, automotive, capital goods); healthcare (pharmaceuticals, medical products, diagnostics); and leisure (restaurants, gaming, holiday parks, cinemas, hotels). Since 1984 CBPE was a unit of Close Brothers Group plc, a UK listed independent merchant bank and became independent in 2008. CBPE is based in London.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Aerospace, Automotive, Building Materials, Business Services, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Defense, Distribution, Education, Engineering, Financial Services, Food, Furniture, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Insurance, Leisure, Life Science, Machinery, Manufacturing, Marine, Media, Packaging, Retail, Test/Measurement Equipment, Transportation

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization

Geographic Preferences: United Kingdom, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value 25 150
values in millions of GBP

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 47 1 2 2 - - 52
vol $907M $907M
Sell (0.6/yr) # 35 1 2 - - - 38
vol $4.7B $208M $4.9B
  90

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Berg Kaprow Lewis LLP 2023-04-12 - Growth Capital
London, United Kingdom · www.bkl.co.uk
Snigel Web Services Ltd. 2023-01-09 - Growth Capital
Dublin, Ireland · www.snigel.com
Veincentre Ltd. 2022-07-21 - Secondary Buyout
Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom · www.veincentre.com
Rodericks Dental Ltd. 2022-03-21 - Secondary Buyout
Northampton, United Kingdom · www.rodericksdental.co.uk
Working on Wellbeing Ltd. 2022-01-20 208M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Redditch, United Kingdom · www.optimahealth.co.uk
Direct Commercial Ltd. 2022-01-19 - Growth Capital
Essex, United Kingdom · www.directcommercial.co.uk
Web Services Integration Ltd. 2021-03-15 - Secondary Buyout
London, United Kingdom · www.xceptor.com
Aquaspersions Ltd. 2021-03-03 - Growth Capital
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · www.aquaspersions.co.uk
Foundation SP Ltd. 2020-12-02 - Growth Capital
Berkshire, United Kingdom · www.foundation-sp.com
Compre Group 2020-11-30 - Secondary Buyout
London, United Kingdom · www.compre-group.com
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Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Kane Solutions 2011-03-10 Kane (Guernsey) - Insurance Management Operations 2016-03-21 1
Hamilton , Bermuda · www.kanesolutions.com , United Kingdom

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services 2 (14%) - 7 (13%) 35M (4%)
Chemicals 2 (14%) - 6 (12%) 248M (27%)
Healthcare Services 2 (14%) - 6 (12%) -
Information Technology 3 (21%) - 5 (10%) -
Distribution - - 4 (8%) 126M (14%)
Furniture - - 3 (6%) 123M (14%)
Leisure - - 3 (6%) 71M (8%)
Life Science 1 (7%) - 2 (4%) -
Packaging - - 2 (4%) -
Energy Services and Equipment - - 1 (2%) 219M (24%)
Engineering - - 1 (2%) 85M (9%)
Building Materials - - 1 (2%) -
Construction - - 1 (2%) -
Education - - 1 (2%) -
Financial Services 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Insurance 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Machinery - - 1 (2%) -
Marine - - 1 (2%) -
Medical Products 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Renewable Energy - - 1 (2%) -
Restaurants - - 1 (2%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (2%) -
Total 14 - 52 $907M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United Kingdom 10 (71%) - 48 (92%) 907M (100%)
Germany 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Bermuda 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Ireland 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Luxembourg 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Domestic 10 (71%) - 48 (92%) 907M (100%)
Cross-border 4 (29%) - 4 (8%) -
Total 14 - 52 $907M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (7%) - 28 (54%) 861M (95%)
Growth Capital 10 (71%) - 13 (25%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (7%) - 7 (13%) -
Divestiture 1 (7%) - 3 (6%) 46M (5%)
Acquisition Financing 1 (7%) - 1 (2%) -
Total 14 - 52 $907M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 18 (47%) 2.4B (48%)
Trade Sale 8 (21%) 327M (7%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 6 (16%) 1.6B (32%)
Unknown 3 (8%) -
IPO 2 (5%) 585M (12%)
Sold to Management 1 (3%) 62M (1%)
Total 38 $4.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
PwC Corporate Finance LLC
2
Daiwa Corporate Advisory Ltd. (DC Advisory)
2
Rothschild Global Advisory
2
Legal Deals
Reed Smith LLP
4
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
2
Proskauer Rose LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $417M
< $100M 8 $490M
TOTAL $907M
Largest Sparrows Offshore Group Ltd.
$219M (2008-03-31)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 15 $4.7B
< $100M 6 $255M
TOTAL $4.9B
Largest Park Resorts Ltd.
$677M (2007-03-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
7 (13%)
Strategic(s)
6%
3 (6%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
42%
16 (42%)
Strategic(s)
21%
8 (21%)

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