Qualium Investissement Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Qualium Investissement has acquired 1 company.

Qualium Investissement’s most common sectors for investment arebusiness services (10%) and distribution (10%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (61%) and secondary buyout (26%). In total, Qualium Investissement has invested in 1 US state and 4 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2004 when it acquired Autobar Group for $958M.

In the last 3 years, Qualium Investissement has exited 1 company. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (63%). Qualium Investissement’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2006 when it sold Cegelec SAS for $3.4B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity78
    • M&A Buy Activity43
    • M&A Sell Activity35
  • Total Sectors Invested 25
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 20
  • M&A Advisors 9

Qualium Investissement

41 avenue de Friedland,
Paris, 75008
France
+33 1 81 80 47 00
www.qualium-investissement.com
contact@qualium-investissement.com

Qualium Investissement is a large private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in French companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and prefers buyouts of family-owned or closely held companies that are seeking a change of ownership. Qualium's looks to invest €20 to €75 million in transactions valued up to €250 million. Qualium Investissement is based in Paris.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Construction, Consumer Products, Electrical Equipment, Energy Services and Equipment, Engineering, Food, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Life Science, Machinery, Manufacturing, Retail

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

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 20 75
Enterprise Value 40 250
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 42 - 1 - - - 43
vol $1.6B $1.6B
Sell (0.6/yr) # 32 2 1 - - - 35
vol $4.7B $295M $5.0B
  78

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Vulcanic SA 2022-07-04 295M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Neuilly sur Marne, France · www.vulcanic.com
Recocash SAS 2022-04-14 - Secondary Buyout
Rambouillet, France · www.recocash.com
Labelium 2021-07-02 - Secondary Buyout
New York, New York · www.labelium.com
IMV Technologies SA 2021-01-20 - Secondary Buyout
Normandy, France · www.imv-technologies.com
Biscuit International S.A.S. 2019-11-22 - Secondary Buyout
Paris, France · www.biscuitinternational.com
Acolad Group 2019-08-28 - Secondary Buyout
Boulogne-Billancourt, France · www.acolad.com
Early Makers Group SA 2019-06-17 - Growth Capital
Ecully, France · ww.em-lyon.com
New Immo Group SAS 2018-11-01 - Stake Purchase
Toulouse, France
Parella 2018-09-18 - Stake Purchase
Paris, France · www.parella.fr
Eurodommages SA 2018-06-13 - Secondary Buyout
Bruges, France · www.eurodommages.fr
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Acolad Group 2019-08-28 Ubiqus SA 2022-03-22 1
Boulogne-Billancourt, France · www.acolad.com Paris, France · www.ubiqus.fr
THOM Europe SAS 2010-10-15 Stroili Oro Group SpA 2016-07-15 1
Paris, France · www.marc-orian.fr Amaro, Italy · www.stroilioro.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services 2 (22%) - 4 (9%) -
Distribution - - 4 (9%) -
Retail 1 (11%) 675M (100%) 3 (7%) 675M (41%)
Consumer Products 1 (11%) - 3 (7%) -
Apparel/Textiles 1 (11%) - 2 (5%) -
Electrical Equipment - - 2 (5%) -
Food - - 2 (5%) -
Furniture - - 2 (5%) -
Life Science - - 2 (5%) -
Real Estate 1 (11%) - 2 (5%) -
Restaurants - - 2 (5%) -
Software - - 2 (5%) -
Consumer Services - - 1 (2%) 958M (59%)
Agriculture - - 1 (2%) -
Automotive - - 1 (2%) -
Construction - - 1 (2%) -
Education 1 (11%) - 1 (2%) -
Energy Services and Equipment - - 1 (2%) -
Financial Services 1 (11%) - 1 (2%) -
Information Technology - - 1 (2%) -
Insurance 1 (11%) - 1 (2%) -
Machinery - - 1 (2%) -
Manufacturing - - 1 (2%) -
Plastics - - 1 (2%) -
Safety/Security - - 1 (2%) -
Total 9 $675M 43 $1.6B

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
France 9 (100%) 675M (100%) 40 (93%) 675M (41%)
United Kingdom - - 1 (2%) 958M (59%)
United States - - 1 (2%) -
  New York - - 1 (2%) -
Finland - - 1 (2%) -
Domestic 9 (100%) 675M (100%) 40 (93%) 675M (41%)
Cross-border - - 3 (7%) 958M (59%)
Total 9 $675M 43 $1.6B

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (11%) - 26 (60%) -
Secondary Buyout 5 (56%) 675M (100%) 11 (26%) 675M (41%)
Stake Purchase 2 (22%) - 3 (7%) 958M (59%)
Growth Capital 1 (11%) - 2 (5%) -
Divestiture - - 1 (2%) -
Total 9 $675M 43 $1.6B

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 23 (66%) 4.7B (94%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 7 (20%) 298M (6%)
Trade Sale 3 (9%) -
IPO 1 (3%) -
Stake Sale 1 (3%) -
Total 35 $5.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Natixis Partners España
 1
Gimar Finance & Cie SCA
 1
KPMG Corporate Finance LLC
 1
Legal Deals
Paul Hastings LLP
 2
SJ Berwin LLP
 1
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.6B
TOTAL $1.6B
Largest Autobar Group Ltd.
$958M (2004-05-17)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $4.7B
$100M to $1B 1 $295M
< $100M 1 $3M
TOTAL $5.0B
Largest Cegelec SAS
$3.4B (2006-04-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
23%
10 (23%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
66%
23 (66%)
Strategic(s)
23%
8 (23%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Large

PE Assets

1.6B EUR

Established

1998

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Jean Eichenlaub

Chairman & CEO

Boris Podevin

Partner

Guillaume Peroz

Partner

Jacques Pancrazi

Partner

Antoine Schricke

Director

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