CITA INVESTISSEMENT Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

CITA INVESTISSEMENT’s most common sectors for investment areinternet software and services (12%) and publishing (12%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (56%) and growth capital (23%). In total, CITA INVESTISSEMENT has invested in 2 different countries.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (47%). CITA INVESTISSEMENT’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2004 when it sold Kelkoo S.A.D.C.S for $535M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity31
    • M&A Buy Activity18
    • M&A Sell Activity13
  • Total Sectors Invested 14
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12

CITA INVESTISSEMENT

11bis rue Balzac,
Paris, 75008
France
+33 1 42 25 76 76
www.cita-invest.com
info@cita-invest.com

CITA INVESTISSEMENT is an investment firm focused on providing capital across various business stages. CITA will consider providing venture capital for start-ups, development capital for companies in expansion, as well as funding leveraged buyouts of mature companies. CITA does not specialize in any particular industry sector and looks primarily at the management team when evaluating opportunities. CITA will consider investing as little as $1 million in venture transactions to as much as $12 million for leveraged buyouts. CITA INVESTISSEMENT was established in 1985 and is based in Paris.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Automotive, Building Materials, Business Services, Consumer Products, Distribution, Environmental, Information Technology, Leisure, Life Science, Machinery, Manufacturing, Media, Publishing, Retail, Software, Technology Hardware, Transportation, Utilities

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Secondary Buyout, Stake Purchase, Venture

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 1 12
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 18 - - - - - 18
Sell (0.0/yr) # 13 - - - - - 13
vol $558M $558M
  31

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
CB News Editions SA 2012-11-21 - Trade Sale
Boulogne, France · www.cbnews.fr
Xilam Animation SA 2012-01-31 - Sold to Management
Paris, France · www.xilam.com
FTFM La Toulousaine 2010-06-24 - Secondary Buyout
Escalquens, France · www.la-toulousaine.com
Freejump System 2010-02-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Bordeaux, France · www.freejumpsystem.com
Yoowalk SA 2008-01-30 - Growth Capital
Montrouge, France · www.yoowalk.com
Freejump System 2007-07-19 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Bordeaux, France · www.freejumpsystem.com
Direct Energie SA 2006-12-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.direct-energie.com
1001 listes SA 2006-12-14 23M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.1001listes.fr
ARIA Technologies SA 2006-11-29 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France · www.aria.fr
LINAGORA Group 2006-01-17 - Venture
Paris, France · www.linagora.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services - - 2 (11%) -
Information Technology 1 (50%) - 2 (11%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 2 (11%) -
Publishing - - 2 (11%) -
Apparel/Textiles - - 1 (6%) -
Automotive - - 1 (6%) -
Building Materials - - 1 (6%) -
Environmental 1 (50%) - 1 (6%) -
Life Science - - 1 (6%) -
Machinery - - 1 (6%) -
Media - - 1 (6%) -
Software - - 1 (6%) -
Technology Hardware - - 1 (6%) -
Utilities - - 1 (6%) -
Total 2 - 18 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
France 2 (100%) - 17 (94%) -
Switzerland - - 1 (6%) -
Domestic 2 (100%) - 17 (94%) -
Cross-border - - 1 (6%) -
Total 2 - 18 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (50%) - 10 (56%) -
Growth Capital - - 4 (22%) -
Venture 1 (50%) - 2 (11%) -
PIPE - - 1 (6%) -
Stake Purchase - - 1 (6%) -
Total 2 - 18 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 7 (54%) 23M (4%)
IPO 3 (23%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (8%) 535M (96%)
Secondary Sale 1 (8%) -
Sold to Management 1 (8%) -
Total 13 $558M

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $535M
< $100M 1 $23M
TOTAL $558M
Largest Kelkoo S.A.D.C.S
$535M (2004-03-26)

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Investor(s)
8%
1 (8%)
Strategic(s)
46%
6 (46%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Small

PE Assets

76M EUR

Established

1985

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Philippe Queveau

CEO

Jean-Stéphane Bonneton

Partner

Nancy Bonnet

Partner

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