Epiris Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Epiris has acquired 6 companies. It has also invested in 1 other.

Epiris’ most common sectors for investment arefinancial services (9%) and manufacturing (9%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (41%) and secondary buyout (23%). In total, Epiris has invested in 8 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2013 when it acquired Allflex Europe UK for $1.4B.

In the last 3 years, Epiris has exited 1 company. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (32%). Epiris’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2013 when it sold Allflex Europe UK for $1.4B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity120
    • M&A Buy Activity70
    • M&A Sell Activity50
  • Total Sectors Invested 31
  • Total Countries Invested 8
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 44
  • M&A Advisors 23

Epiris LLP

Forum St Paul’s, 33 Gutter Lane,
London, EC2V 8AS
United Kingdom
+44(0)20 7214 4200
www.epiris.co.uk
info@epiris.co.uk

Electra Partners is a UK-based private equity firm focused on buyouts, co-investments, secondary fund purchases, and debt investing. The Firm's direct investing group looks to make majority or minority investments of £40 to £150 million in deals valued up to £500 million. Electra was formed in 1976 and is based in London.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Business Services, Construction, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Education, Financial Services, Forest Products, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Leisure, Machinery, Marine, Media, Restaurants, Software, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Divestiture, Recapitalization, Secondary Buyout

Geographic Preferences: United Kingdom

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 40 150
Enterprise Value 75 500
values in millions of GBP

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.6/yr) # 62 1 5 2 - - 70
vol $6.9B $6.9B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 48 1 1 - - - 50
vol $4.5B $231M $4.7B
  120

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Pure Cremation Ltd. 2023-07-31 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Andover, United Kingdom · www.purecremation.co.uk
LSP Holding (UK) Ltd. 2023-03-08 - Secondary Buyout
Wednesbury, United Kingdom · www.lonestargroup.com
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC 2022-11-24 - Going Private
London, United Kingdom · www.euromoneyplc.com
PhotoBox Ltd. 2022-11-01 - Merger
London, United Kingdom · www.photobox.co.uk
Sepura Group PLC 2022-07-15 - Divestiture
Cambridge, United Kingdom · www.sepura.com
ISS Group Holdings Ltd. 2022-04-04 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.iss-shipping.com
Nucleus Financial Platforms Group 2022-03-29 - Growth Capital
Salisbury, United Kingdom · www.nucleusfinancialplatforms.com
Stuart Turner Ltd. 2022-01-31 - Secondary Buyout
Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom · www.stuart-turner.co.uk
Saunderson House Ltd. 2021-06-23 231M GBP Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.saundersonhouse.co.uk
Sharps Bedrooms Ltd. 2021-06-21 - Secondary Buyout
Bilston, United Kingdom · www.sharps.co.uk
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Portals Paper Ltd. 2018-02-01 Fedrigoni - Security business 2021-04-28 1
Hampshire, United Kingdom · www.portalspaper.com Bollate, Italy
The Big Table Group Ltd. 2020-07-31 Las Iguanas 2020-07-31 3
London, United Kingdom · www.bigtablegroup.com London, United Kingdom · www.iguanas.co.uk
The Big Table Group Ltd. 2020-07-31 Café Rouge 2020-07-31 2
London, United Kingdom · www.bigtablegroup.com London, United Kingdom · www.caferouge.com
The Big Table Group Ltd. 2020-07-31 Bella Italia 2020-07-31 1
London, United Kingdom · www.bigtablegroup.com London, United Kingdom · www.bellaitalia.co.uk

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Financial Services 3 (19%) 277M (100%) 6 (8%) 694M (8%)
Manufacturing 3 (19%) - 6 (8%) 23M (< 1%)
Real Estate - - 5 (7%) 476M (6%)
Technology Hardware 1 (6%) - 4 (6%) 1.5B (18%)
Business Services 1 (6%) - 4 (6%) 317M (4%)
Consumer Services 1 (6%) - 3 (4%) 954M (11%)
Leisure 1 (6%) - 3 (4%) 817M (10%)
Information Technology 1 (6%) - 3 (4%) 159M (2%)
Marketing - - 3 (4%) 119M (1%)
Transportation - - 3 (4%) 25M (< 1%)
Packaging - - 2 (3%) 561M (7%)
Energy Services and Equipment - - 2 (3%) 428M (5%)
Healthcare Services - - 2 (3%) 312M (4%)
Retail 1 (6%) - 2 (3%) 266M (3%)
Internet Software and Services - - 2 (3%) 239M (3%)
Insurance - - 2 (3%) 92M (1%)
Marine 1 (6%) - 2 (3%) 63M (1%)
Consumer Products - - 2 (3%) -
Distribution - - 2 (3%) -
Media 1 (6%) - 2 (3%) -
Restaurants 1 (6%) - 2 (3%) -
Electrical Equipment - - 1 (1%) 985M (12%)
Building Materials - - 1 (1%) 128M (2%)
Chemicals - - 1 (1%) 99M (1%)
Agriculture - - 1 (1%) 71M (1%)
Education - - 1 (1%) -
Forest Products 1 (6%) - 1 (1%) -
Life Science - - 1 (1%) -
Machinery - - 1 (1%) -
Software - - 1 (1%) -
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (1%) -
Total 16 $277M 72 $8.3B

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United Kingdom 14 (88%) - 59 (82%) 6.3B (79%)
France - - 5 (7%) 428M (5%)
Netherlands - - 2 (3%) 985M (12%)
India - - 2 (3%) -
Channel Islands 1 (6%) 277M (100%) 1 (1%) 277M (3%)
Sweden 1 (6%) - 1 (1%) -
Brazil - - 1 (1%) 25M (< 1%)
Italy - - 1 (1%) -
Domestic 14 (88%) - 59 (82%) 6.3B (79%)
Cross-border 2 (13%) 277M (100%) 13 (18%) 1.7B (21%)
Total 16 $277M 72 $8.0B

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 4 (25%) - 29 (40%) 2.3B (28%)
Secondary Buyout 4 (25%) - 16 (22%) 4.1B (49%)
Divestiture 5 (31%) 277M (100%) 13 (18%) 1.1B (14%)
Growth Capital 1 (6%) - 8 (11%) 25M (< 1%)
Consolidation 1 (6%) - 2 (3%) 336M (4%)
Going Private 1 (6%) - 2 (3%) 317M (4%)
Special Situations/Distressed - - 1 (1%) 95M (1%)
Recapitalization - - 1 (1%) -
Total 16 $277M 72 $8.3B

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 14 (28%) 1.1B (24%)
Secondary Sale 12 (24%) 1.5B (33%)
Unknown 8 (16%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 6 (12%) 2.0B (42%)
Stake Sale 4 (8%) 83M (2%)
IPO 2 (4%) -
Merger 2 (4%) -
Sold to Existing Investors 1 (2%) -
Sold to Management 1 (2%) -
Total 50 $4.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
PwC Corporate Finance LLC
 3
Deloitte
 2
Lincoln International
 2
Legal Deals
Macfarlanes LLP
 5
PwC Law LLP
 4
Ropes & Gray
 3

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.4B
$100M to $1B 19 $6.4B
< $100M 9 $576M
TOTAL $8.3B
Largest Allflex Europe UK Ltd.
$1.4B (2013-05-03)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $2.5B
$100M to $1B 7 $1.9B
< $100M 4 $332M
TOTAL $4.7B
Largest Allflex Europe UK Ltd.
$1.4B (2013-05-03)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
22%
16 (22%)
Strategic(s)
15%
11 (15%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
24%
12 (24%)
Strategic(s)
38%
19 (38%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Large

PE Assets

1.5B GBP

Established

1976

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Alex Fortescue

Managing Partner

Alex Cooper-Evans

Partner

Charles Elkington

Partner

Chris Hanna

Partner

Ian Wood

Partner

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