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              <strong>Paris, July 23rd , 2019</strong> – Ecritel Group, the managed hosting and e-commerce specialist, is restructuring its capital by bringing LBO France on board via the fund Capdev FRR France FPCI. The deal will allow the founding managers and majority shareholders Audrey and Thierry Louail to increase their stake in the company, and will also allow a number of managers to become shareholders. The financial sponsors Nextstage AM and Isatis Capital, investors since 2014, will exit upon closing of the transaction.\r\n
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              Ecritel Group was created in 2006 by Audrey and Thierry Louail and controls Ecritel in France (founded in 1985) and internationally a half-dozen similarly named subsidiaries. It supports companies and institutions through their digital transformation by offering cloud architecture, hosting, web services management, content delivery, security and legal compliance services. The same services provided throughout Europe from France are delivered by local teams in the Americas (USA, Canada, Brazil) and Asia (Russia, China, Hong Kong). Ecritel Group's 2018 revenues were €24 million, growing stongly over the prior year. This evidences the robustness of its business model and the management team’s success in consolidating its position in a fast-growing market, driven by firms eager to outsource and streamline the management of their IT infrastructure via cloud technology.\r\n
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              As a leading player in its market, Ecritel Group, with the backing of the LBO France teams, plans to accelerate its development in France through organic growth and M&amp;A, and develop its geographical footprint abroad.\r\n
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              <em>“We have the chance to support a company with experienced management, proven track record of growth and strong prospects for future expansion. We are delighted to support the founders and managers of the company in a promising development project, based upon the resilience of the hosting business and attractive opportunities for external growth”</em> said <strong>Nicolas Manardo, Managing Director at LBO France.</strong>\r\n
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              <em> “We are confident the trend will continue towards IT outsourcing, migration to private or public clouds and standardisation of services through container technologies both among e-tailers and online service providers. This is why we have implemented an ambitious development plan which should allow us to double revenue in 4 years”</em> said <strong>Audrey and Thierry Louail, founders of Ecritel Group. </strong>\r\n
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              Main participants in the transaction:\r\n
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              Buyers &amp; advisers\r\n
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              Founders: Audrey Louail, Thierry Louail\r\n
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              Founders’ lawyers: 186|AVOCATS (Vandrille Spire)\r\n
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              LBO France : Nicolas Manardo, Charles Béal\r\n
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              Legal, tax and social compliance and consultancy to LBO France: GFP Avocats (Dimitri Pubellier, Julien Vaucheret and Florence Dupont)\r\n
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              Financial due diligence LBO France : KPMG (Damien Moron, Sophie Dervain, Hassina Oudjane)\r\n
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              Strategic due diligence LBO France: EY Parthenon (Etienne Costes, Thomas Solelhac, Charles Viennot)\r\n
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              Technical and technological due diligence LBO France: Netsystems (Olivier Cazzulo)\r\n
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              Sellers &amp; advisers Nextstage AM (seller): Jean-David Haas, Julien Potier, Arthur Vigneras\r\n
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              Isatis Capital (seller): Laurent Baudino, François-Xavier Lehman\r\n
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              Sellers’ legal adviser: Fieldfisher (Pascal Squercioni)\r\n
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              Consultants to founders and selling shareholders: Atout Capital: Mélanie Bonanno, Pauline Colrat\r\n
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              Financing banks &amp; advisers Banks: BNP Paribas et Caisse d’Epargne IDF (co-bookrunners) and HSBC\r\n
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              Banks’ legal adviser: Volt (Alexandre Tron)\r\n
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              <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
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              As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals. In the framework of its Small Cap investment strategy, LBO France has been awarded a mandate by Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, with the capacity to perform minority capital development investments.\r\n
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              <strong>About Ecritel </strong>\r\n
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              Group Ecritel is a specialist provider of managed hosting services for e-commerce, online service providers and any organisation using critical online tools. To optimize service quality, Ecritel Group offers a full range of services: consultancy on cloud architecture, private, public or hybrid cloud hosting, coordination and facilities management, support for containerization, website acceleration, secure hosting and dissemination, financial (PCI-DSS) and personal data (GDPR, HADS) compliance. The group offers identical services abroad, tailored to local law and run by local teams in the American (USA, Canada, Brazil) and Asian (Russia, China, Hong Kong) subsidiaries. Ecritel's teams in France are based in Paris 3 (Clichy), Nantes, Bordeaux and Toulouse. The group is ISO 9001 and 27001 certified. It has 200 employees, two-thirds of whom are based in France. Its own backbone includes linked data centres across 3 continents.\r\n
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              <a href="http://www.ecritel.com"> www.ecritel.com</a>\r\n
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              <strong>Press contacts</strong>\r\n
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              Agence Shan\r\n
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              Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 41 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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              Laetitia Hottinguer - + 33 1 44 50 58 78 – laetitia.hottinguer@shan.fr\r\n
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              <strong>TRIBVN Healthcare announces a €5m ($5.6m) fundraising campaign financed by LBO France through its Digital Health 2 venture fund. As a major player in digital pathology augmented by artificial intelligence, TRIBVN Healthcare develops a complete imaging software suite combining workstation, diagnostic assistance and telemedicine. </strong>\r\n
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              This fundraising will enable TRIBVN Healthcare to become the leader in the digital transition of diagnostic and research laboratories in Europe and North America. TRIBVN Healthcare's innovation enables its customers to be more efficient and more secure in their practices. These are today the major challenges of diagnosis in the context of increasingly personalized and data driven medicine, particularly in oncology.\r\n
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              In addition to accelerating international business development, the fundraising will enhance CaloPix and TeleSlide solutions by integrating the latest technological innovations from the Cloud and AI. With its experience and roots in the largest clinical and research institutions in Europe and Canada, TRIBVN Healthcare will continue to work and ensure that this digital transformation takes place with physicians and for the benefit of patients, thus creating real and lasting value.\r\n
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              <strong>Jean-François Pomerol, CEO of TRIBVN Healthcare</strong>, explains:<em> "I am very excited that LBO France is supporting us in the next phase of TRIBVN Healthcare's development. The professionalism and experience of the venture health team is an undeniable recognition of our know-how and a strong commitment in our ability to transform cellular diagnostics at an international scale. The funding will allow us to increase the added value of our solutions and provide effective solutions to the problems faced by laboratories." </em>\r\n
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              <strong>Sébastien Woynar, Investment Director</strong> at LBO France, adds: <em>“Artificial intelligence enhanced digital pathology is revolutionizing pathology and several medical specialties, such as oncology. TRIBVN Healthcare has a remarkable understanding of the field of pathology and a deep product portfolio, key success factors to build a global footprint. This support strengthens TRIBVN Healthcare's ability to be, on a global scale, the privileged partner of pathology laboratories and research centers.” </em>\r\n
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              <strong>About TRIBVN Healthcare:</strong>\r\n
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              TRIBVN Healthcare develops software solutions for digital pathology. Innovative and validated, they allow the management, analysis and sharing of cellular images both for diagnostic laboratories and pharmaceutical &amp; biotech manufacturers.\r\n
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              In the field of image analysis, our solutions are based on the latest innovations in terms of artificial intelligence, notably deep and machine learning algorithms. These tools support physicians and researchers in their diagnostic decision-making and scientific evaluation for the sake of patients.\r\n
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              In the field of sharing, our solutions implement full web tools to support our customers in their telepathology, teaching or multi-centric clinical validation activities.\r\n
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              Find out more: <a href="http://www.tribvn-hc.com">www.tribvn-hc.com</a> - <a href="http://www.teleslide.com">www.teleslide.com </a>\r\n
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              Contact: Jean-François Pomerol - CEO - jfpomerol@tribvn-hc.com\r\n
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              Media Contact: Pauline Baldo, Marketing &amp; Communication manager – pbaldo@tribvn-hc.com - +33 1 55 58 05 35\r\n
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              <strong> About LBO France: </strong>\r\n
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              As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting European companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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              Find out more: <a href="http://www.lbofrance.com">www.lbofrance.com </a>\r\n
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              Contact: Sébastien Woynar, Investment Director - sebastien.woynar@lbofrance.com\r\n
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              <strong>Media Contact: </strong>\r\n
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              Agence Shan\r\n
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              Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 41 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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              Laetitia Hottinguer - + 33 1 44 50 58 78 – laetitia.hottinguer@shan.fr\r\n
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              <strong>Paris, June 27th , 2019</strong> – LBO France acquired a majority stake in the capital of Eurotab Tabletting. This transaction took place alongside the management team led by Régis Desroches.\r\n
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              The acquisition, carved-out from the Eurotab family group, is part of LBO France's Small Cap strategy, dedicated to growing small businesses in France and Italy.\r\n
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              The Eurotab group, founded in 1957, is particularly well known for being the specialist in the design and production of detergent tablets (dish-washing, laundry washing, anti-scaling), disinfecting/bleach tablets, and humidity absorbers, with an annual production capacity of over 2.5 billion tablets. The group offers its industrial and retail customers a wide range of products and unique expertise in terms of innovation.\r\n
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              The Eurotab group also has an Industrial Technology division, which manufactures tablets for food processing, home care, and various industrial applications. The tablet market is a growing market, with solid fundamentals, particularly stemming from its ecological nature: compacting (less CO2 for transport and less packaging), no industrial liquid effluents, no preservatives, required dosage, less waste risk and, for most products, the ability to pack products in cardboard packaging and therefore eliminate plastic bottles and tubs in the detergent aisle. Eurotab Tabletting was recently awarded the Pierre Potier Prize for Sustainable Chemistry Innovation for a 96% biodegradable dishwasher tablet of just 12g.\r\n
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              Eurotab Tabletting is made up of four legal entities: Eurotab Opérations in France, Eurotab Avrasia in Turkey, Spaintab in Spain, and Eurotab US in the United States. The head office and two French plants are located in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert in the Loire (near Saint-Etienne). This entity achieves more than 65% of its revenue abroad, especially thanks to strong market positions in France and Turkey, where it also has a large production site.\r\n
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              Eurotab Tabletting employs over 210 people and earned about €49 million in revenue in 2018, up nearly 15% from 2017.\r\n
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              Eurotab Tabletting’s strategy involves pursuing solid organic growth and carrying out targeted external growth transactions to enable the company to enhance its own expertise and address new geographical areas.\r\n
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              <strong> Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner and Head of Small Cap at LBO France</strong>, comments: <em>"We’ve been very impressed by Eurotab Tabletting’s management team, industrial expertise, and capacity to innovate. We're proud to support one of the European leaders in this very promising market. The company has a number of organic and external growth plans. This primary transaction fits perfectly in with our strategy, which consists in assisting in the transfer of family businesses as part of their international development strategy.” </em>\r\n
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              <strong>Régis Desroches, former CEO and now Chairman of Eurotab Tabletting</strong>, says: <em>“The Desmarescaux family understood early on that the tablet format was the future of the home care market, owing to its ecological profile, and had the intuition to become a specialist in this technology while competitors were more spread out. This vision allows us to have insight into the market, in terms of quality, innovation, and expertise. Our growth is accelerating, and the outlook is exciting, particularly in existing markets and with the re-emergence of laundry detergent tablets. We would like to extend our warm thanks to the Desmarescaux family for giving us the opportunity, through this carve-out, to finance that growth. LBO France was the ideal partner for us, as a genuine recognised specialist in financing and SME growth strategies, especially in the industrial sector. Besides financing and strategy, LBO France will provide us with its CSR and operational support.” </em>\r\n
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              <strong>Olivier Desmarescaux, Chairman of the Eurotab Management Board</strong>, adds: <em>"The adventure began in 2001, with the purchase of a small tablet-making company; its vision was its biggest asset: the tablet format, in home care, provides significant added value to its users and to the planet. Since then, Eurotab’s Tablets activity has seen its revenues grow eightfold, and created over 160 jobs. This has been achieved through a consistent strategy of investing in innovation, operational proficiency, and teams whose skills and engagement have continued to increase. I wish the best to Eurotab Tabletting, LBO France, Régis Desroches, and his teams. They have everything they need to continue this exciting development. For me, the adventure continues with Eurotab’s Equipment Manufacturing activity, which has a huge potential yet to be explored for its clients.” </em>\r\n
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              Main parties involved in the transaction:\r\n
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              LBO France team: Jean-Marie Leroy, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Philippe Karmin\r\n
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              Linkapital (selling shareholders counsel): Patrick Lissague\r\n
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              Ratheaux (selling shareholders legal counsel): Henri Saint-Père, Valérie Modica\r\n
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              Lamartine (Manager legal counsel): Stéphane Rodriguez, Victoire Bertin-Maier\r\n
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              Jeantet (LBO France legal counsel &amp; legal, fiscal and social due diligence): Philippe Matignon, JeanGuillaume Follorou, Florent Prunet, Pascal Georges, Isabelle Pontal, Blandine Lebreton, Camille Perodeau, Gabriel di Chiara\r\n
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              Vendor financial due diligence: EY (Pascal Rhoumy, Marc-André Audisio, Constance Hauville Pontet, David Cocolomb)\r\n
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              LBO France financial due diligence: Deloitte (Frédérique Chenevoy, Arnaud Guillou, Anias Lee)\r\n
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              LBO France strategic due diligence: Advention Business Partners (Alban Neveux, Iska Pivois, Florent Palin)\r\n
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              Unitranche debt: CIC Private debt (Guillaume Rico, Guillaume Michalet, Antoine Guerillon), ID Invest (François Lacoste, Emmanuelle Tanguy, Victoire Vanheuverswyn), SCOR Investment Partners (Rémy Chupin, Pierre Cousin)\r\n
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              Unitranche debt legal counsel: Nabarro (Jennifer Hinge, Anthony Minziere)\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Press contacts:</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Agence Shan\r\n
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              Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 41 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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              Laëtitia Hottinguer - + 33 1 44 50 58 78 – laetitia.hottinguer@shan.fr\r\n
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              <strong>Paris, March 29 th , 2019</strong> – LBO France has acquired a majority stake in the Infodis Group, a French specialist in facilities management and systems &amp; network engineering, alongside Vighen Papazian, Infodis’ chairman and founder; Jacques Gourseaud and Florent Burlet, its deputy CEOs; and Walid Abi Chahla, head of its Visualdis unit; as well as other managers who will hold equity stakes.\r\n
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              Founded in 1985 and based in Roissy, near Paris, theInfodis Group currently employs around 500 people. In recent years, it has achieved steady organic growth while undertaking targeted acquisitions. Its successful integration of several companies, including ITCOM in 2011 and SRID in December 2016, has allowed it to build up its skills, particularly in facilities management of workstations for banks and insurance companies. These acquisitions have also allowed it to expand its portfolio of historical clients in manufacturing, media and services for the banking and insurance sectors, whose IT service needs are growing. The Group is one of the few players of this size to have a portfolio consisting of almost 200 direct clients, 70% of which are major clients.\r\n
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              In expanding its technical and human resources, the Infodis Group is firmly carving out a role as a highvalue-added digital company with an expertise in the digital transformation of companies. The Infodis Group is currently organised around three complementary divisions covering its three main business lines:\r\n
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              • The Expertise &amp; Integration Division (DEI) covers consulting, technological or complex projects, technical integration, and infrastructure management;\r\n
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              • The Operational Services Division (DSO) takes in all digital workplace solutions, including office engineering, user experience, mobility solutions, and application production;\r\n
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              • The Digital Video Division, through Visualdis, a company specialising in digital video solutions for companies and audio-visual professionals.\r\n
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              Having become a key player on its market, Infodis plans to avail itself of LBO France’s support to accelerate its development through both organic and external growth in France and other countries\r\n
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              Nicolas Manardo, Managing Director at LBO France: “For this sixth investment in our small cap strategy, we have chosen a company that features experienced management, with an excellent financial track record and a strong performance over the years, as well as a bright outlook for future growth. We are looking forward to assisting the company’s founders and managers in an ambitious development project that is driven by both strong resiliency in its business lines and very attractive external growth opportunities”.\r\n
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              Vighen Papazian, Chairman and Founder of the Infodis Group: “We have chosen to rely on a first-tier partner to pursue our development strategy, while holding onto our operational independence. This new 2 stage will allow the group I founded 34 years ago to continue developing while sticking to its fundamentals. Having an equity investor on board like LBO France will speed up our development on a highly competitive market, particularly by expanding in facilities management, managed services and high-level expertise in complex environments”.\r\n
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              Main parties involved in the transaction:\r\n
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              Buyers &amp; consultants Infodis management: Vighen Papazian, Jacques Gourseaud, Florent Burlet, Walid Abi Chahla\r\n
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              Managers/legal counsel: Lamartine (Vincent Libaud), TMA (Emma Bensoussan)\r\n
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              LBO France: Nicolas Manardo, Emmanuel Fiorentino\r\n
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              UGGC (LBO France legal counsel &amp; legal, tax and labour due diligence): Julien Mayeras, Camille Hevin, Fabien Rorato, Michel Turon\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France financial due diligence: Exelmans (Stéphane Dahan, Manuel Manas, Matthieu Reglade)\r\n
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              LBO France strategic due diligence: LEK (Serge Hovsepian, Frédéric Dessertine, David Bishop, Benjamin Tuchman)\r\n
              \r\n
              AP Management (LBO France consultant): Pierre-Yves Dargaud, Sébastien Dray\r\n
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              Financing\r\n
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              Indigo Capital: Cyril de Galea, Laurent Warlop\r\n
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              De Pardieu (mezzanine debt legal counsel): Jean-François Pourdieu, Sandra Benhaïm, Alexandre Bankowski\r\n
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              A/B tranche senior debt: Co-Arrangers: CIC (David Paquet, Julien Mallot) BPRI (Olivier Grisard, Virgine Rojo y Pinto), Caisse d’épargne\r\n
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              C tranche senior debt: SCOR Investment Partners (Rémy Chupin, Pierre Cousin)\r\n
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              Bank debt lawyers: Volt (Alexandre Tron, François Jubin, Morgane The Gallic)\r\n
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              Vendors &amp; consultants\r\n
              \r\n
              Ciclad (vendors): Stéphane Billon, Ying Xiao\r\n
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              Archers (selling shareholders’ legal counsel): Lamartine (Vincent Libaud), TMA (Emma Bensoussan)\r\n
              \r\n
              EY CF (selling shareholders’ legal counsel): Rudy Cohen-Scali, Julie Van de Velde, Matthieu Banal (financing)\r\n
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              Vendor financial due diligence: Grant Thornton (Thierry Dartus)\r\n
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              About LBO France As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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              <a href="http://www.lbofrance.com">www.lbofrance.com </a>\r\n
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              <strong>About Groupe Infodis</strong>\r\n
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              Founded in 1985, Groupe Infodis operates on the high-tech market through two subsidiaries: Infodis IT and Visualdis. Agile and financially solid, and founded more than 30 years ago by its current chairman, the group is headed by hands-on managers who are also key shareholders who work closely on a daily basis with their clients and employees.\r\n
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              <a href="http://www.infodis.com"> www.infodis.com</a>\r\n
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              <strong> Press contacts</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Agence SHAN\r\n
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              Sophie Thiard - +33 6 13 81 00 92 – sophie.thiard@shan.fr\r\n
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              Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 81 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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              Agence Les Rois Mages\r\n
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              Louise Henry - +33 1 41 10 08 08 - louise.henry@lesroismages.fr\r\n
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              <strong>Paris, March 15th , 2019</strong> – LBO France is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake in the capital of the Passman group. This transaction has been carried out alongside the two co-founding managers. On this occasion Andera Partners is reinvesting via its ActoMezz team.\r\n
              \r\n
              This acquisition is in keeping with LBO France’s Small Cap strategy dedicated to growing French and Italian SMEs and follows a remarkable period of growth (revenues have increased from €13m to €28m in five years) since the sponsorless LBO of April 2014 led by ActoMezz and the Siparex Group.\r\n
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              The Passman group, set up in 1995 by Frédéric Levy, as well as Patrick and Sylvain Layani, provides reliable, optimal and tailor-made digital solutions for the customer service offering of hotels, campsites, retail outlets, shopping centers, care facilities (clinics, nursing homes, etc). This involves in particular bandwidth management, network sizing and security in order to protect the responsibility of the group’s clients and provide a high-quality user experience.\r\n
              \r\n
              Its current range of solutions is the result of its considerable technical expertise and continuing investment in innovation through the work of its in-house R&amp;D team and is based on four key products:\r\n
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              - WiFi: tailor-made WiFi connections\r\n
              \r\n
              - TV/IPTV: provision of TVs connected to a user-friendly interface of a wide range of multimedia contents (TV channels, VOD, etc.)\r\n
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              - WebCorner: public Internet access point, equipped with computers, tablets and work pods\r\n
              \r\n
              - Digital dynamic signage: broadcast of multimedia contents on all types of media (terminals, TVs, monitors) within a facility, in particular for information and advertising purposes\r\n
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              The group focuses mainly on high added-value activities, such as design, architecture, logistics, monitoring and hotline support, and outsources part of the installation and maintenance services. This organisational structure considerably enhances its agility and ensures a quality of service widely recognised on its market.\r\n
              \r\n
              The Passman group, which is now in a period of consolidation, acquired in 2018 the Belgian company, Screen Services, thereby enabling it to develop its own IPTV product range and its health care client base. It has ambitious growth objectives, mainly based on organic growth, boosting international sales, developing new services and identifying strategic build-ups.\r\n
              \r\n
              The Passman group, based in Villeurbanne, has just over 70 employees and more than 5,900 clients in France (including 3,500 hotels), which represents around 100,000 users per day. The group is present in 42 countries and generates more than 50% of its revenues internationally. It had revenues of €27 million in 2018, with an average annual growth rate of more than 15% over the past 10 years.\r\n
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              <strong>Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner at LBO France</strong>, comments:<em> “Our ambition is to support the company’s founders in their external growth project. We want to help them in this structuring phase to become a fully-fledged acquisitions platform. In 2018, the Group acquired its Belgian competitor Screen Services, a company specialising in digital solutions for the hotel sector and care facilities and intends to continue to pursue its international development.</em>\r\n
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              We are proud to support one of the leading providers of digital solutions for the accommodation sector. It is a high-growth market since the needs of users are constantly evolving. To meet the increased demands of its clients, the Passman group needs to provide increasingly sophisticated solutions in terms of bandwidth levels and equipment, and our role is to support the group and its managers in this new stage of expansion.”\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> Frédéric Levy, co-founder of Passman</strong>, adds: <em>“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with LBO France as the Passman group enters a new phase of development. This will enable us to implement our ambitious strategy over the short and medium term. First of all, we will focus on organic growth, by continuously strengthening our historical relationships and accelerating our expansion into new highpotential segments (health, retail, etc.). Then, we will set up a dynamic acquisitions policy in order to build a benchmark European platform offering a consistent range of high added-value solutions. It is obviously a major advantage to team up with a partner such as LBO France, which will contribute its expertise as an experienced investor.” </em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Stéphane Bergez, Head of ActoMezz</strong> states: <em>“We are particularly happy with the partnership and mutual confidence established with Frédéric Levy &amp; Patrick Layani. The sponsorless transaction of April 2014 has been an undeniable success with the group doubling in size over the period. We sincerely thank the Passman team and LBO France for allowing us to continue this adventure alongside them, via a mezzanine financing with an equity stake, in order to take part in the next exciting chapter of Passman’s growth.” </em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Florent Lauzet and Cyril Fromager, Siparex Groups partners</strong>, add: “We are proud to have supported Frédéric Levy and Patrick Layani since 2010 in the emergence and then the development of Passman, which has become a recognised leader in its market. The results achieved are remarkable and the Siparex Group remains committed to enable talented entrepreneurs to grow their businesses from the SME stage to a mid-cap company level.”\r\n
              \r\n
              Main participants in the transaction:\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France team: Jean-Marie Leroy, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Charles Béal, Philippe Karmin\r\n
              \r\n
              Andera Partners, ActoMezz team: Stéphane Bergez, Xavier Buisson, Pierre-Luc Wilain de Leymarie\r\n
              \r\n
              Siparex Group: Florent Lauzet, Cyril Fromager (Rhône-Alpes PME), Henri Dumas\r\n
              \r\n
              Natixis Partners (selling shareholders’ adviser): Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Benjamin Giner, Thomas D’Espois, Adrien David, Chloé Nonat, Patrice Raulin\r\n
              \r\n
              Archers (selling shareholders’ lawyers): Marc Baffreau, Emily Pabot du Chatelard, Anna Verri\r\n
              \r\n
              Themis (mezzanine debt lawyers): Siham Belarbi, Xavier Roguet\r\n
              \r\n
              Jeantet (LBO France’s lawyers &amp; Legal, Tax and Social DD): Philippe Matignon, Pascal Georges, Blandine Lebreton, Camille Perodeau\r\n
              \r\n
              Financial VDD: Eight Advisory (Christophe Delas, Benoit Madelaine)\r\n
              \r\n
              Strategic VDD: Neovian Partners (Patrick Richer, Martin Fougerolle)\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France Financial DD: KPMG (Philippe Blanadet, Andreea Ganea)\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France Strategic DD: AMR (Florent Jarry, Aziz Naitraiss)\r\n
              \r\n
              Tranches A/B senior debt: Arranger CIC Lyonnaise de Banque (Caroline Castets, Norbert Bokobza), participants Arkea, LCL and Crédit Agricole Mutuel Centre Est\r\n
              \r\n
              Tranche C senior debt: BPI France (Stéphane Romang, David Cristea), SCOR Investment Partners (Rémy Chupin, Pierre Cousin)\r\n
              \r\n
              Bank debt lawyers: Depardieu (Corentin Coatelem, Aude Fourgassié)\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About LBO France </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Present on the non-listed segment in France for more than 30 years and as a key player in private equity with 4 billion euros of capital under management, LBO France has been an independent company since its creation. Its investment strategy is built on four distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Sélection, a private equity fund for individual investors. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Press officers: </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Agence Shan\r\n
              \r\n
              Lola Gozlan - 33 1 44 50 58 72 – lola.gozlan@shan.fr\r\n
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              Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 81 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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              <strong>About Andera Partners: </strong>\r\n
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              Set up in 2001 within the Edmond de Rothschild Group, Andera Partners is a benchmark in the private equity investment sector, both in France and internationally. It manages more than EUR 2.3 billion based around life sciences (BioDiscovery), expansion and buyout capital (Winch Capital for mid-caps and Cabestan Capital for small-caps) and sponsorless mezzanine debt (ActoMezz). Providing services to entrepreneurs and respect for the partners are the foremost concerns of Andera Partners, which is wholly owned by its teams. Based in Paris, Andera Partners is an asset management company approved by the AMF (French Financial Markets Authority). It has 62 employees, including 40 investment professionals. The firm is organised as a partnership and managed by a college of ten partners. The performance of its funds, the diversity of its offering and its organisational model enable Andera Partners to stand out in the markets where it operates and to be recognised as a key market player. Press officers: Nicolas Delsert – 01 85 73 52 88 - n.delsert@anderapartners.com\r\n
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              For further information:<a href="http://www.anderapartners.com"> www.anderapartners.com </a>\r\n
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              <strong>About Siparex: </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Siparex Group, founded 40 years ago, is France’s leading independent private equity investor specializing in midmarket and intermediate-sized companies. The Group has nearly €2 billion in assets under management in Midmarket (middle-market and intermediate-sized companies), Mezzanine, and Small Caps (intermediate-sized companies), as well as in Innovation finance under the XAnge brand (start-ups in the digital, deep tech, and societal impact sectors). Siparex serves companies nationwide from its offices in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Besançon, Lille, Strasbourg, Dijon, and Toulouse, and it has a presence in Milan, and Munich.\r\n
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              <strong>Press officers:</strong>\r\n
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              Siparex: Priscille Clément – 01 53 93 04 27 – 06 14 80 75 22 – p.clement@siparex.com\r\n
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              For further information: <a href="http://www.siparex.com">www.siparex.com</a>\r\n
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              <a href="https://preprod.lbofrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lbo-france-announces-the-acquisition-of-the-passman-group-15032019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read Press Release</a>
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              <strong>Paris, February 26th , 2019</strong> – LBO France is pleased to announce today that it has acquired a stake in Moustache Bikes, a company that specialises in designing, assembling and distributing electric bikes. The private equity firm Initiative &amp; Finance is selling its 55% stake held since 2015, and the company’s founding managers, Emmanuel Antonot and Grégory Sand, who hitherto owned 45% of the capital, are reinvesting significantly.\r\n
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              The company, based in the Vosges and set up in 2011 by these two bike-lovers, has established itself on a recent, fast-growing market. Moustache Bikes has become the leading brand on the premium market in France, while exporting around 40% of its bikes. It currently employs around 80 people and generates a €50 million turnover, with an annual growth of 30%. In 2018, the company sold 27,000 bikes via a network of 530 bike dealers, across 18 countries.\r\n
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              Based on the belief that quality and performance are essential for electric bikes, the managers have chosen to differentiate their product offering by concentrating their efforts on design, comfort, technical expertise and user enjoyment, resulting in the creation of a comprehensive range of immediately recognisable bikes under the Moustache brand. The bikes, which are designed and assembled in France, include a modern take on handlebars of bygone days and use the best performing equipment on the market. To offer a wide range of bikes, with models costing between €2,200 and €8,000 each, the company has since its creation relied on innovative partnerships with recognised brands and experts.\r\n
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              The group’s success was rewarded in 2017 when it won the “Start-up of the Year” award for Eastern France as part of the “EY &amp; L’Express Entrepreneur of the Year” awards.\r\n
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              <strong> Vincent Briançon, Mid Cap Partner at LBO France</strong>, has declared: <em>“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work alongside the two founders and the team of Moustache Bikes to support the company in its new growth phase, both in France and internationally. While electric bikes currently account for 11% of the bikes sold in France, they are gaining ground as a new means of urban transportation and a new, dynamic leisure activity.” </em>\r\n
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              <strong>Matthieu Douchet, Managing Partner at Initiative &amp; Finance</strong>: <em>“We draw particular satisfaction from having supported the founding managers of Moustache Bikes in this growth and structuring phase during which the company’s sales have quadrupled in less than four years. A pioneer in its sector, Moustache has succeeded in establishing itself in just a few years as a major player for urban, leisure and sports activities, in a growing, European-wide market, thanks to the very specific expertise applied to the development of its electric bikes and their strong identity.”</em>\r\n
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              <strong> Grégory Sand, Moustache</strong>: <em>“After three years of an excellent collaboration with Initiative &amp; Finance, we are very pleased to welcome LBO France on board in order to take our business to the next level. The management of the strong growth which we have experienced from the outset requires the necessary resources and a solid support. The arrival of LBO France coincides perfectly with our strategy, needs and ambitions in France and internationally.” </em>\r\n
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              LBO France team: Vincent Briançon, Louis de Lummen, Jean Christophe Miège, Laurent Mabileau, Charles Béal\r\n
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              Initiative &amp; Finance team: Matthieu Douchet, François Golfier\r\n
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              Acquirer advisers:\r\n
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              Financial DD: EY (Jean François Nadaud, Guilhem de Montmarin)\r\n
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              Strategic DD: EY Parthénon (Guy-Noël Chatelin)\r\n
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              Lawyers: Mayer Brown (Thomas Philippe (corporate), Patrick Teboul (debt)),\r\n
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              Management advisers:\r\n
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              Oloryn (Eric Lessieur) SVZ (Franck Sekri)\r\n
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              Investor advisers: M&amp;A: Lazard (Charles Andrez)\r\n
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              Strategic DD: PwC Strategy&amp; (Pascal Ansart)\r\n
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              Financial DD: PwC\r\n
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              Transaction Services (Stéphane Salustro)\r\n
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              Legal DD : PwC\r\n
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              Société d’Avocats (Yannick Olivier) Fiscal DD : (Fabien Radisic) Lawyers : Lamartine Conseil (Olivier Renault)\r\n
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              <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
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              As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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              <strong>About Initiative &amp; Finance</strong>\r\n
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              As a key player in the support and transmission of SMEs, Initiative &amp; Finance has been supporting companies in all situations for nearly 35 years: MBO, MBI, OBO, transmission, recomposition of capital, development capital, spin-off, external growth...\r\n
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              Since its creation in 1984, Initiative &amp; Finance, which focuses on companies valued up to €75 million, has made more than 300 investments.\r\n
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              The Initiative &amp; Finance team became independent at the end of 2010 through its own MBO and currently manages €330 million of capital through the venture capital company Initiative &amp; Finance Investment and the funds Initiative &amp; Finance FCPR I and Initiative &amp; Finance FPCI II raised in 2010 and 2015, of €140 million and €168 million respectively.\r\n
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              <strong>Milan, December 13th , 2018</strong> – Gioconda, the Italian subsidiary of LBO France, has taken a stake, alongside the current management team, in Bluclad, the Italian leader in developing chemical solutions for the galvanization of metal used in the luxury goods sector, mainly for clothing, footwear and luggage.\r\n
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              Founded in 2008 and based in Prato near Florence, Bluclad has created a unique service for the luxury goods sector in the development of galvanic processes for all metal accessories. The company, the leader on the Italian market, works closely with both Italian and foreign luxury companies to create tailormade solutions, which it then markets to the galvanizers. The latter use these solutions in galvanic baths to obtain the required finishing touches.\r\n
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              Galvanic finishing is the final stage of the production chain, during which surface treatment is applied to a metal component before the final product is assembled (chains, zips, metal fasteners on hand bags, etc.). Bluclad has recently extended its offering to the sale of varnishes, a field in which it also aims to become a leading supplier.\r\n
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              Thanks to its capacity for technical innovation, and the value-added services provided to galvanic and luxury companies, Bluclad has enjoyed steady and sustained growth since its creation, and also benefited from a highly buoyant underlying market thanks to the prominence of “Made in Italy” luxury goods. In 2017, the group posted revenue in excess of €20 million and had 42 employees, the majority of which are technical engineers.\r\n
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              The presence of Gioconda, a subsidiary of LBO France, alongside the founding shareholders, should allow Bluclad to step up its growth both internationally and in particular in France where the group already has a subsidiary, through either organic growth or targeted acquisitions.\r\n
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              Present in the Italian market since 2010 through its Italian subsidiary Gioconda, LBO France has just completed the closing of its Small Caps Opportunities fund at 100 million euros. This fund has a dedicated investment team of six; three of which are based in Milan and three in Paris. The fund’s objective is to invest in high-growth French or Italian companies with international growth strategies. Bluclad is the fund’s fourth investment and the second in Italy after Vetroelite which was acquired in 2017.\r\n
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              <em> “Bluclad’s history is typical of the success of Italian SMEs: specific, unique and solid positioning and know-how, perfectly adapted to the niche market of luxury goods which is particularly attached to “Made in Italy” quality. The growth outlook is very well orientated, due on one hand to a highly buoyant luxury goods market and on the other hand to the opportunity for geographical and product diversification which has already been initiated by the company. With Bluclad, Gioconda thus reiterates its support for corporate development, assisting companies in their organic and external growth projects”</em>, announced <strong>Roberto d’Angelo and Arthur Bernardin, Managing Directors at Gioconda. </strong>\r\n
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              <em>“Bluclad, which already enjoys a major market share in Italy, will gain the full support of Gioconda (a subsidiary of LBO France) to develop (i) in the French market, which is the second largest European market behind Italy, and (ii) in certain fashion-related sectors. This transaction marks the end of the first stage of the company’s restructuring which, with our support, joined the Italian stockmarket’s Elite programme, allowing it to reinforce its expertise. In light of this work, we believe that LBO France, via its subsidiary Gioconda, is the perfect partner to launch this new stage of Bluclad’s development”</em> announced <strong>Bluclad’s founders Marco Eruli and Leandro Luconi.</strong>\r\n
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              <strong> About LBO France and Gioconda</strong>\r\n
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              Present on the non-listed segment in France for more than 30 years and as a key player in private equity with 3.4 billion euros of capital under management, LBO France has been an independent company since its creation. Its investment strategy is built on four distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals. It is active in Italy via its subsidiary Gioconda.\r\n
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              <strong> Contact Gioconda</strong>\r\n
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              Roberto d’Angelo - +39 335 7252862 - roberto.dangelo@gioconda-pe.com\r\n
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              <strong>Press officers</strong>\r\n
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              Lola Gozlan - +33 1 44 50 58 72 – lola.gozlan@shan.fr\r\n
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              Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 81 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, July 23rd , 2019</strong> – Ecritel Group, the managed hosting and e-commerce specialist, is restructuring its capital by bringing LBO France on board via the fund Capdev FRR France FPCI. The deal will allow the founding managers and majority shareholders Audrey and Thierry Louail to increase their stake in the company, and will also allow a number of managers to become shareholders. The financial sponsors Nextstage AM and Isatis Capital, investors since 2014, will exit upon closing of the transaction.\r\n
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          Ecritel Group was created in 2006 by Audrey and Thierry Louail and controls Ecritel in France (founded in 1985) and internationally a half-dozen similarly named subsidiaries. It supports companies and institutions through their digital transformation by offering cloud architecture, hosting, web services management, content delivery, security and legal compliance services. The same services provided throughout Europe from France are delivered by local teams in the Americas (USA, Canada, Brazil) and Asia (Russia, China, Hong Kong). Ecritel Group's 2018 revenues were €24 million, growing stongly over the prior year. This evidences the robustness of its business model and the management team’s success in consolidating its position in a fast-growing market, driven by firms eager to outsource and streamline the management of their IT infrastructure via cloud technology.\r\n
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          As a leading player in its market, Ecritel Group, with the backing of the LBO France teams, plans to accelerate its development in France through organic growth and M&amp;A, and develop its geographical footprint abroad.\r\n
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          <em>“We have the chance to support a company with experienced management, proven track record of growth and strong prospects for future expansion. We are delighted to support the founders and managers of the company in a promising development project, based upon the resilience of the hosting business and attractive opportunities for external growth”</em> said <strong>Nicolas Manardo, Managing Director at LBO France.</strong>\r\n
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          <em> “We are confident the trend will continue towards IT outsourcing, migration to private or public clouds and standardisation of services through container technologies both among e-tailers and online service providers. This is why we have implemented an ambitious development plan which should allow us to double revenue in 4 years”</em> said <strong>Audrey and Thierry Louail, founders of Ecritel Group. </strong>\r\n
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          Main participants in the transaction:\r\n
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          Buyers &amp; advisers\r\n
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          Founders: Audrey Louail, Thierry Louail\r\n
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          Founders’ lawyers: 186|AVOCATS (Vandrille Spire)\r\n
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          LBO France : Nicolas Manardo, Charles Béal\r\n
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          Legal, tax and social compliance and consultancy to LBO France: GFP Avocats (Dimitri Pubellier, Julien Vaucheret and Florence Dupont)\r\n
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          Financial due diligence LBO France : KPMG (Damien Moron, Sophie Dervain, Hassina Oudjane)\r\n
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          Strategic due diligence LBO France: EY Parthenon (Etienne Costes, Thomas Solelhac, Charles Viennot)\r\n
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          Technical and technological due diligence LBO France: Netsystems (Olivier Cazzulo)\r\n
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          Sellers &amp; advisers Nextstage AM (seller): Jean-David Haas, Julien Potier, Arthur Vigneras\r\n
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          Isatis Capital (seller): Laurent Baudino, François-Xavier Lehman\r\n
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          Sellers’ legal adviser: Fieldfisher (Pascal Squercioni)\r\n
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          Consultants to founders and selling shareholders: Atout Capital: Mélanie Bonanno, Pauline Colrat\r\n
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          Financing banks &amp; advisers Banks: BNP Paribas et Caisse d’Epargne IDF (co-bookrunners) and HSBC\r\n
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          Banks’ legal adviser: Volt (Alexandre Tron)\r\n
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          <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
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          As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals. In the framework of its Small Cap investment strategy, LBO France has been awarded a mandate by Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, with the capacity to perform minority capital development investments.\r\n
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          <strong>About Ecritel </strong>\r\n
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          Group Ecritel is a specialist provider of managed hosting services for e-commerce, online service providers and any organisation using critical online tools. To optimize service quality, Ecritel Group offers a full range of services: consultancy on cloud architecture, private, public or hybrid cloud hosting, coordination and facilities management, support for containerization, website acceleration, secure hosting and dissemination, financial (PCI-DSS) and personal data (GDPR, HADS) compliance. The group offers identical services abroad, tailored to local law and run by local teams in the American (USA, Canada, Brazil) and Asian (Russia, China, Hong Kong) subsidiaries. Ecritel's teams in France are based in Paris 3 (Clichy), Nantes, Bordeaux and Toulouse. The group is ISO 9001 and 27001 certified. It has 200 employees, two-thirds of whom are based in France. Its own backbone includes linked data centres across 3 continents.\r\n
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          <a href="http://www.ecritel.com"> www.ecritel.com</a>\r\n
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          <strong>Press contacts</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          Agence Shan\r\n
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          Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 41 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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          Laetitia Hottinguer - + 33 1 44 50 58 78 – laetitia.hottinguer@shan.fr\r\n
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          <a href="https://preprod.lbofrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-07-23-eae-lbo-france-makes-a-minority-investments-in-eae.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read Press Release</a>
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          <strong>TRIBVN Healthcare announces a €5m ($5.6m) fundraising campaign financed by LBO France through its Digital Health 2 venture fund. As a major player in digital pathology augmented by artificial intelligence, TRIBVN Healthcare develops a complete imaging software suite combining workstation, diagnostic assistance and telemedicine. </strong>\r\n
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          This fundraising will enable TRIBVN Healthcare to become the leader in the digital transition of diagnostic and research laboratories in Europe and North America. TRIBVN Healthcare's innovation enables its customers to be more efficient and more secure in their practices. These are today the major challenges of diagnosis in the context of increasingly personalized and data driven medicine, particularly in oncology.\r\n
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          In addition to accelerating international business development, the fundraising will enhance CaloPix and TeleSlide solutions by integrating the latest technological innovations from the Cloud and AI. With its experience and roots in the largest clinical and research institutions in Europe and Canada, TRIBVN Healthcare will continue to work and ensure that this digital transformation takes place with physicians and for the benefit of patients, thus creating real and lasting value.\r\n
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          <strong>Jean-François Pomerol, CEO of TRIBVN Healthcare</strong>, explains:<em> "I am very excited that LBO France is supporting us in the next phase of TRIBVN Healthcare's development. The professionalism and experience of the venture health team is an undeniable recognition of our know-how and a strong commitment in our ability to transform cellular diagnostics at an international scale. The funding will allow us to increase the added value of our solutions and provide effective solutions to the problems faced by laboratories." </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Sébastien Woynar, Investment Director</strong> at LBO France, adds: <em>“Artificial intelligence enhanced digital pathology is revolutionizing pathology and several medical specialties, such as oncology. TRIBVN Healthcare has a remarkable understanding of the field of pathology and a deep product portfolio, key success factors to build a global footprint. This support strengthens TRIBVN Healthcare's ability to be, on a global scale, the privileged partner of pathology laboratories and research centers.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>About TRIBVN Healthcare:</strong>\r\n
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          TRIBVN Healthcare develops software solutions for digital pathology. Innovative and validated, they allow the management, analysis and sharing of cellular images both for diagnostic laboratories and pharmaceutical &amp; biotech manufacturers.\r\n
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          In the field of image analysis, our solutions are based on the latest innovations in terms of artificial intelligence, notably deep and machine learning algorithms. These tools support physicians and researchers in their diagnostic decision-making and scientific evaluation for the sake of patients.\r\n
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          In the field of sharing, our solutions implement full web tools to support our customers in their telepathology, teaching or multi-centric clinical validation activities.\r\n
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          Find out more: <a href="http://www.tribvn-hc.com">www.tribvn-hc.com</a> - <a href="http://www.teleslide.com">www.teleslide.com </a>\r\n
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          Contact: Jean-François Pomerol - CEO - jfpomerol@tribvn-hc.com\r\n
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          Media Contact: Pauline Baldo, Marketing &amp; Communication manager – pbaldo@tribvn-hc.com - +33 1 55 58 05 35\r\n
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          <strong> About LBO France: </strong>\r\n
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          As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting European companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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          Find out more: <a href="http://www.lbofrance.com">www.lbofrance.com </a>\r\n
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          Contact: Sébastien Woynar, Investment Director - sebastien.woynar@lbofrance.com\r\n
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          <strong>Media Contact: </strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          Agence Shan\r\n
          \r\n
          Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 41 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
          \r\n
          Laetitia Hottinguer - + 33 1 44 50 58 78 – laetitia.hottinguer@shan.fr\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          <a href="https://preprod.lbofrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cp-ldf-thc-final-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read Press Release</a>
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          <strong>Paris, June 27th , 2019</strong> – LBO France acquired a majority stake in the capital of Eurotab Tabletting. This transaction took place alongside the management team led by Régis Desroches.\r\n
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          The acquisition, carved-out from the Eurotab family group, is part of LBO France's Small Cap strategy, dedicated to growing small businesses in France and Italy.\r\n
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          The Eurotab group, founded in 1957, is particularly well known for being the specialist in the design and production of detergent tablets (dish-washing, laundry washing, anti-scaling), disinfecting/bleach tablets, and humidity absorbers, with an annual production capacity of over 2.5 billion tablets. The group offers its industrial and retail customers a wide range of products and unique expertise in terms of innovation.\r\n
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          The Eurotab group also has an Industrial Technology division, which manufactures tablets for food processing, home care, and various industrial applications. The tablet market is a growing market, with solid fundamentals, particularly stemming from its ecological nature: compacting (less CO2 for transport and less packaging), no industrial liquid effluents, no preservatives, required dosage, less waste risk and, for most products, the ability to pack products in cardboard packaging and therefore eliminate plastic bottles and tubs in the detergent aisle. Eurotab Tabletting was recently awarded the Pierre Potier Prize for Sustainable Chemistry Innovation for a 96% biodegradable dishwasher tablet of just 12g.\r\n
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          Eurotab Tabletting is made up of four legal entities: Eurotab Opérations in France, Eurotab Avrasia in Turkey, Spaintab in Spain, and Eurotab US in the United States. The head office and two French plants are located in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert in the Loire (near Saint-Etienne). This entity achieves more than 65% of its revenue abroad, especially thanks to strong market positions in France and Turkey, where it also has a large production site.\r\n
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          Eurotab Tabletting employs over 210 people and earned about €49 million in revenue in 2018, up nearly 15% from 2017.\r\n
          \r\n
          Eurotab Tabletting’s strategy involves pursuing solid organic growth and carrying out targeted external growth transactions to enable the company to enhance its own expertise and address new geographical areas.\r\n
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          <strong> Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner and Head of Small Cap at LBO France</strong>, comments: <em>"We’ve been very impressed by Eurotab Tabletting’s management team, industrial expertise, and capacity to innovate. We're proud to support one of the European leaders in this very promising market. The company has a number of organic and external growth plans. This primary transaction fits perfectly in with our strategy, which consists in assisting in the transfer of family businesses as part of their international development strategy.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Régis Desroches, former CEO and now Chairman of Eurotab Tabletting</strong>, says: <em>“The Desmarescaux family understood early on that the tablet format was the future of the home care market, owing to its ecological profile, and had the intuition to become a specialist in this technology while competitors were more spread out. This vision allows us to have insight into the market, in terms of quality, innovation, and expertise. Our growth is accelerating, and the outlook is exciting, particularly in existing markets and with the re-emergence of laundry detergent tablets. We would like to extend our warm thanks to the Desmarescaux family for giving us the opportunity, through this carve-out, to finance that growth. LBO France was the ideal partner for us, as a genuine recognised specialist in financing and SME growth strategies, especially in the industrial sector. Besides financing and strategy, LBO France will provide us with its CSR and operational support.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Olivier Desmarescaux, Chairman of the Eurotab Management Board</strong>, adds: <em>"The adventure began in 2001, with the purchase of a small tablet-making company; its vision was its biggest asset: the tablet format, in home care, provides significant added value to its users and to the planet. Since then, Eurotab’s Tablets activity has seen its revenues grow eightfold, and created over 160 jobs. This has been achieved through a consistent strategy of investing in innovation, operational proficiency, and teams whose skills and engagement have continued to increase. I wish the best to Eurotab Tabletting, LBO France, Régis Desroches, and his teams. They have everything they need to continue this exciting development. For me, the adventure continues with Eurotab’s Equipment Manufacturing activity, which has a huge potential yet to be explored for its clients.” </em>\r\n
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          Main parties involved in the transaction:\r\n
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          LBO France team: Jean-Marie Leroy, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Philippe Karmin\r\n
          \r\n
          Linkapital (selling shareholders counsel): Patrick Lissague\r\n
          \r\n
          Ratheaux (selling shareholders legal counsel): Henri Saint-Père, Valérie Modica\r\n
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          Lamartine (Manager legal counsel): Stéphane Rodriguez, Victoire Bertin-Maier\r\n
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          Jeantet (LBO France legal counsel &amp; legal, fiscal and social due diligence): Philippe Matignon, JeanGuillaume Follorou, Florent Prunet, Pascal Georges, Isabelle Pontal, Blandine Lebreton, Camille Perodeau, Gabriel di Chiara\r\n
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          Vendor financial due diligence: EY (Pascal Rhoumy, Marc-André Audisio, Constance Hauville Pontet, David Cocolomb)\r\n
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          LBO France financial due diligence: Deloitte (Frédérique Chenevoy, Arnaud Guillou, Anias Lee)\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France strategic due diligence: Advention Business Partners (Alban Neveux, Iska Pivois, Florent Palin)\r\n
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          Unitranche debt: CIC Private debt (Guillaume Rico, Guillaume Michalet, Antoine Guerillon), ID Invest (François Lacoste, Emmanuelle Tanguy, Victoire Vanheuverswyn), SCOR Investment Partners (Rémy Chupin, Pierre Cousin)\r\n
          \r\n
          Unitranche debt legal counsel: Nabarro (Jennifer Hinge, Anthony Minziere)\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>Press contacts:</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          Agence Shan\r\n
          \r\n
          Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 41 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
          \r\n
          Laëtitia Hottinguer - + 33 1 44 50 58 78 – laetitia.hottinguer@shan.fr\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, March 29 th , 2019</strong> – LBO France has acquired a majority stake in the Infodis Group, a French specialist in facilities management and systems &amp; network engineering, alongside Vighen Papazian, Infodis’ chairman and founder; Jacques Gourseaud and Florent Burlet, its deputy CEOs; and Walid Abi Chahla, head of its Visualdis unit; as well as other managers who will hold equity stakes.\r\n
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          Founded in 1985 and based in Roissy, near Paris, theInfodis Group currently employs around 500 people. In recent years, it has achieved steady organic growth while undertaking targeted acquisitions. Its successful integration of several companies, including ITCOM in 2011 and SRID in December 2016, has allowed it to build up its skills, particularly in facilities management of workstations for banks and insurance companies. These acquisitions have also allowed it to expand its portfolio of historical clients in manufacturing, media and services for the banking and insurance sectors, whose IT service needs are growing. The Group is one of the few players of this size to have a portfolio consisting of almost 200 direct clients, 70% of which are major clients.\r\n
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          In expanding its technical and human resources, the Infodis Group is firmly carving out a role as a highvalue-added digital company with an expertise in the digital transformation of companies. The Infodis Group is currently organised around three complementary divisions covering its three main business lines:\r\n
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          • The Expertise &amp; Integration Division (DEI) covers consulting, technological or complex projects, technical integration, and infrastructure management;\r\n
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          • The Operational Services Division (DSO) takes in all digital workplace solutions, including office engineering, user experience, mobility solutions, and application production;\r\n
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          • The Digital Video Division, through Visualdis, a company specialising in digital video solutions for companies and audio-visual professionals.\r\n
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          Having become a key player on its market, Infodis plans to avail itself of LBO France’s support to accelerate its development through both organic and external growth in France and other countries\r\n
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          Nicolas Manardo, Managing Director at LBO France: “For this sixth investment in our small cap strategy, we have chosen a company that features experienced management, with an excellent financial track record and a strong performance over the years, as well as a bright outlook for future growth. We are looking forward to assisting the company’s founders and managers in an ambitious development project that is driven by both strong resiliency in its business lines and very attractive external growth opportunities”.\r\n
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          Vighen Papazian, Chairman and Founder of the Infodis Group: “We have chosen to rely on a first-tier partner to pursue our development strategy, while holding onto our operational independence. This new 2 stage will allow the group I founded 34 years ago to continue developing while sticking to its fundamentals. Having an equity investor on board like LBO France will speed up our development on a highly competitive market, particularly by expanding in facilities management, managed services and high-level expertise in complex environments”.\r\n
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          Main parties involved in the transaction:\r\n
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          Buyers &amp; consultants Infodis management: Vighen Papazian, Jacques Gourseaud, Florent Burlet, Walid Abi Chahla\r\n
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          Managers/legal counsel: Lamartine (Vincent Libaud), TMA (Emma Bensoussan)\r\n
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          LBO France: Nicolas Manardo, Emmanuel Fiorentino\r\n
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          UGGC (LBO France legal counsel &amp; legal, tax and labour due diligence): Julien Mayeras, Camille Hevin, Fabien Rorato, Michel Turon\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France financial due diligence: Exelmans (Stéphane Dahan, Manuel Manas, Matthieu Reglade)\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France strategic due diligence: LEK (Serge Hovsepian, Frédéric Dessertine, David Bishop, Benjamin Tuchman)\r\n
          \r\n
          AP Management (LBO France consultant): Pierre-Yves Dargaud, Sébastien Dray\r\n
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          Financing\r\n
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          Indigo Capital: Cyril de Galea, Laurent Warlop\r\n
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          De Pardieu (mezzanine debt legal counsel): Jean-François Pourdieu, Sandra Benhaïm, Alexandre Bankowski\r\n
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          A/B tranche senior debt: Co-Arrangers: CIC (David Paquet, Julien Mallot) BPRI (Olivier Grisard, Virgine Rojo y Pinto), Caisse d’épargne\r\n
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          C tranche senior debt: SCOR Investment Partners (Rémy Chupin, Pierre Cousin)\r\n
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          Bank debt lawyers: Volt (Alexandre Tron, François Jubin, Morgane The Gallic)\r\n
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          Vendors &amp; consultants\r\n
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          Ciclad (vendors): Stéphane Billon, Ying Xiao\r\n
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          Archers (selling shareholders’ legal counsel): Lamartine (Vincent Libaud), TMA (Emma Bensoussan)\r\n
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          EY CF (selling shareholders’ legal counsel): Rudy Cohen-Scali, Julie Van de Velde, Matthieu Banal (financing)\r\n
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          Vendor financial due diligence: Grant Thornton (Thierry Dartus)\r\n
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          About LBO France As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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          <a href="http://www.lbofrance.com">www.lbofrance.com </a>\r\n
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          <strong>About Groupe Infodis</strong>\r\n
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          Founded in 1985, Groupe Infodis operates on the high-tech market through two subsidiaries: Infodis IT and Visualdis. Agile and financially solid, and founded more than 30 years ago by its current chairman, the group is headed by hands-on managers who are also key shareholders who work closely on a daily basis with their clients and employees.\r\n
          \r\n
          <a href="http://www.infodis.com"> www.infodis.com</a>\r\n
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          <strong> Press contacts</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          Agence SHAN\r\n
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          Sophie Thiard - +33 6 13 81 00 92 – sophie.thiard@shan.fr\r\n
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          Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 81 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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          Agence Les Rois Mages\r\n
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          Louise Henry - +33 1 41 10 08 08 - louise.henry@lesroismages.fr\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, March 15th , 2019</strong> – LBO France is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake in the capital of the Passman group. This transaction has been carried out alongside the two co-founding managers. On this occasion Andera Partners is reinvesting via its ActoMezz team.\r\n
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          This acquisition is in keeping with LBO France’s Small Cap strategy dedicated to growing French and Italian SMEs and follows a remarkable period of growth (revenues have increased from €13m to €28m in five years) since the sponsorless LBO of April 2014 led by ActoMezz and the Siparex Group.\r\n
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          The Passman group, set up in 1995 by Frédéric Levy, as well as Patrick and Sylvain Layani, provides reliable, optimal and tailor-made digital solutions for the customer service offering of hotels, campsites, retail outlets, shopping centers, care facilities (clinics, nursing homes, etc). This involves in particular bandwidth management, network sizing and security in order to protect the responsibility of the group’s clients and provide a high-quality user experience.\r\n
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          Its current range of solutions is the result of its considerable technical expertise and continuing investment in innovation through the work of its in-house R&amp;D team and is based on four key products:\r\n
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          - WiFi: tailor-made WiFi connections\r\n
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          - TV/IPTV: provision of TVs connected to a user-friendly interface of a wide range of multimedia contents (TV channels, VOD, etc.)\r\n
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          - WebCorner: public Internet access point, equipped with computers, tablets and work pods\r\n
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          - Digital dynamic signage: broadcast of multimedia contents on all types of media (terminals, TVs, monitors) within a facility, in particular for information and advertising purposes\r\n
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          The group focuses mainly on high added-value activities, such as design, architecture, logistics, monitoring and hotline support, and outsources part of the installation and maintenance services. This organisational structure considerably enhances its agility and ensures a quality of service widely recognised on its market.\r\n
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          The Passman group, which is now in a period of consolidation, acquired in 2018 the Belgian company, Screen Services, thereby enabling it to develop its own IPTV product range and its health care client base. It has ambitious growth objectives, mainly based on organic growth, boosting international sales, developing new services and identifying strategic build-ups.\r\n
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          The Passman group, based in Villeurbanne, has just over 70 employees and more than 5,900 clients in France (including 3,500 hotels), which represents around 100,000 users per day. The group is present in 42 countries and generates more than 50% of its revenues internationally. It had revenues of €27 million in 2018, with an average annual growth rate of more than 15% over the past 10 years.\r\n
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          <strong>Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner at LBO France</strong>, comments:<em> “Our ambition is to support the company’s founders in their external growth project. We want to help them in this structuring phase to become a fully-fledged acquisitions platform. In 2018, the Group acquired its Belgian competitor Screen Services, a company specialising in digital solutions for the hotel sector and care facilities and intends to continue to pursue its international development.</em>\r\n
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          We are proud to support one of the leading providers of digital solutions for the accommodation sector. It is a high-growth market since the needs of users are constantly evolving. To meet the increased demands of its clients, the Passman group needs to provide increasingly sophisticated solutions in terms of bandwidth levels and equipment, and our role is to support the group and its managers in this new stage of expansion.”\r\n
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          <strong> Frédéric Levy, co-founder of Passman</strong>, adds: <em>“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with LBO France as the Passman group enters a new phase of development. This will enable us to implement our ambitious strategy over the short and medium term. First of all, we will focus on organic growth, by continuously strengthening our historical relationships and accelerating our expansion into new highpotential segments (health, retail, etc.). Then, we will set up a dynamic acquisitions policy in order to build a benchmark European platform offering a consistent range of high added-value solutions. It is obviously a major advantage to team up with a partner such as LBO France, which will contribute its expertise as an experienced investor.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Stéphane Bergez, Head of ActoMezz</strong> states: <em>“We are particularly happy with the partnership and mutual confidence established with Frédéric Levy &amp; Patrick Layani. The sponsorless transaction of April 2014 has been an undeniable success with the group doubling in size over the period. We sincerely thank the Passman team and LBO France for allowing us to continue this adventure alongside them, via a mezzanine financing with an equity stake, in order to take part in the next exciting chapter of Passman’s growth.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Florent Lauzet and Cyril Fromager, Siparex Groups partners</strong>, add: “We are proud to have supported Frédéric Levy and Patrick Layani since 2010 in the emergence and then the development of Passman, which has become a recognised leader in its market. The results achieved are remarkable and the Siparex Group remains committed to enable talented entrepreneurs to grow their businesses from the SME stage to a mid-cap company level.”\r\n
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          Main participants in the transaction:\r\n
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          LBO France team: Jean-Marie Leroy, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Charles Béal, Philippe Karmin\r\n
          \r\n
          Andera Partners, ActoMezz team: Stéphane Bergez, Xavier Buisson, Pierre-Luc Wilain de Leymarie\r\n
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          Siparex Group: Florent Lauzet, Cyril Fromager (Rhône-Alpes PME), Henri Dumas\r\n
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          Natixis Partners (selling shareholders’ adviser): Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Benjamin Giner, Thomas D’Espois, Adrien David, Chloé Nonat, Patrice Raulin\r\n
          \r\n
          Archers (selling shareholders’ lawyers): Marc Baffreau, Emily Pabot du Chatelard, Anna Verri\r\n
          \r\n
          Themis (mezzanine debt lawyers): Siham Belarbi, Xavier Roguet\r\n
          \r\n
          Jeantet (LBO France’s lawyers &amp; Legal, Tax and Social DD): Philippe Matignon, Pascal Georges, Blandine Lebreton, Camille Perodeau\r\n
          \r\n
          Financial VDD: Eight Advisory (Christophe Delas, Benoit Madelaine)\r\n
          \r\n
          Strategic VDD: Neovian Partners (Patrick Richer, Martin Fougerolle)\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France Financial DD: KPMG (Philippe Blanadet, Andreea Ganea)\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France Strategic DD: AMR (Florent Jarry, Aziz Naitraiss)\r\n
          \r\n
          Tranches A/B senior debt: Arranger CIC Lyonnaise de Banque (Caroline Castets, Norbert Bokobza), participants Arkea, LCL and Crédit Agricole Mutuel Centre Est\r\n
          \r\n
          Tranche C senior debt: BPI France (Stéphane Romang, David Cristea), SCOR Investment Partners (Rémy Chupin, Pierre Cousin)\r\n
          \r\n
          Bank debt lawyers: Depardieu (Corentin Coatelem, Aude Fourgassié)\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>About LBO France </strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          Present on the non-listed segment in France for more than 30 years and as a key player in private equity with 4 billion euros of capital under management, LBO France has been an independent company since its creation. Its investment strategy is built on four distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Sélection, a private equity fund for individual investors. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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          <strong>Press officers: </strong>\r\n
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          Agence Shan\r\n
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          Lola Gozlan - 33 1 44 50 58 72 – lola.gozlan@shan.fr\r\n
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          Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 81 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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          <strong>About Andera Partners: </strong>\r\n
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          Set up in 2001 within the Edmond de Rothschild Group, Andera Partners is a benchmark in the private equity investment sector, both in France and internationally. It manages more than EUR 2.3 billion based around life sciences (BioDiscovery), expansion and buyout capital (Winch Capital for mid-caps and Cabestan Capital for small-caps) and sponsorless mezzanine debt (ActoMezz). Providing services to entrepreneurs and respect for the partners are the foremost concerns of Andera Partners, which is wholly owned by its teams. Based in Paris, Andera Partners is an asset management company approved by the AMF (French Financial Markets Authority). It has 62 employees, including 40 investment professionals. The firm is organised as a partnership and managed by a college of ten partners. The performance of its funds, the diversity of its offering and its organisational model enable Andera Partners to stand out in the markets where it operates and to be recognised as a key market player. Press officers: Nicolas Delsert – 01 85 73 52 88 - n.delsert@anderapartners.com\r\n
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          For further information:<a href="http://www.anderapartners.com"> www.anderapartners.com </a>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>About Siparex: </strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          Siparex Group, founded 40 years ago, is France’s leading independent private equity investor specializing in midmarket and intermediate-sized companies. The Group has nearly €2 billion in assets under management in Midmarket (middle-market and intermediate-sized companies), Mezzanine, and Small Caps (intermediate-sized companies), as well as in Innovation finance under the XAnge brand (start-ups in the digital, deep tech, and societal impact sectors). Siparex serves companies nationwide from its offices in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Besançon, Lille, Strasbourg, Dijon, and Toulouse, and it has a presence in Milan, and Munich.\r\n
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          <strong>Press officers:</strong>\r\n
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          Siparex: Priscille Clément – 01 53 93 04 27 – 06 14 80 75 22 – p.clement@siparex.com\r\n
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          For further information: <a href="http://www.siparex.com">www.siparex.com</a>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, February 26th , 2019</strong> – LBO France is pleased to announce today that it has acquired a stake in Moustache Bikes, a company that specialises in designing, assembling and distributing electric bikes. The private equity firm Initiative &amp; Finance is selling its 55% stake held since 2015, and the company’s founding managers, Emmanuel Antonot and Grégory Sand, who hitherto owned 45% of the capital, are reinvesting significantly.\r\n
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          The company, based in the Vosges and set up in 2011 by these two bike-lovers, has established itself on a recent, fast-growing market. Moustache Bikes has become the leading brand on the premium market in France, while exporting around 40% of its bikes. It currently employs around 80 people and generates a €50 million turnover, with an annual growth of 30%. In 2018, the company sold 27,000 bikes via a network of 530 bike dealers, across 18 countries.\r\n
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          Based on the belief that quality and performance are essential for electric bikes, the managers have chosen to differentiate their product offering by concentrating their efforts on design, comfort, technical expertise and user enjoyment, resulting in the creation of a comprehensive range of immediately recognisable bikes under the Moustache brand. The bikes, which are designed and assembled in France, include a modern take on handlebars of bygone days and use the best performing equipment on the market. To offer a wide range of bikes, with models costing between €2,200 and €8,000 each, the company has since its creation relied on innovative partnerships with recognised brands and experts.\r\n
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          The group’s success was rewarded in 2017 when it won the “Start-up of the Year” award for Eastern France as part of the “EY &amp; L’Express Entrepreneur of the Year” awards.\r\n
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          <strong> Vincent Briançon, Mid Cap Partner at LBO France</strong>, has declared: <em>“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work alongside the two founders and the team of Moustache Bikes to support the company in its new growth phase, both in France and internationally. While electric bikes currently account for 11% of the bikes sold in France, they are gaining ground as a new means of urban transportation and a new, dynamic leisure activity.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Matthieu Douchet, Managing Partner at Initiative &amp; Finance</strong>: <em>“We draw particular satisfaction from having supported the founding managers of Moustache Bikes in this growth and structuring phase during which the company’s sales have quadrupled in less than four years. A pioneer in its sector, Moustache has succeeded in establishing itself in just a few years as a major player for urban, leisure and sports activities, in a growing, European-wide market, thanks to the very specific expertise applied to the development of its electric bikes and their strong identity.”</em>\r\n
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          <strong> Grégory Sand, Moustache</strong>: <em>“After three years of an excellent collaboration with Initiative &amp; Finance, we are very pleased to welcome LBO France on board in order to take our business to the next level. The management of the strong growth which we have experienced from the outset requires the necessary resources and a solid support. The arrival of LBO France coincides perfectly with our strategy, needs and ambitions in France and internationally.” </em>\r\n
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          Main parties involved in the transaction:\r\n
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          LBO France team: Vincent Briançon, Louis de Lummen, Jean Christophe Miège, Laurent Mabileau, Charles Béal\r\n
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          Initiative &amp; Finance team: Matthieu Douchet, François Golfier\r\n
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          Acquirer advisers:\r\n
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          Financial DD: EY (Jean François Nadaud, Guilhem de Montmarin)\r\n
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          Strategic DD: EY Parthénon (Guy-Noël Chatelin)\r\n
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          Lawyers: Mayer Brown (Thomas Philippe (corporate), Patrick Teboul (debt)),\r\n
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          Management advisers:\r\n
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          Oloryn (Eric Lessieur) SVZ (Franck Sekri)\r\n
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          Investor advisers: M&amp;A: Lazard (Charles Andrez)\r\n
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          Strategic DD: PwC Strategy&amp; (Pascal Ansart)\r\n
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          Financial DD: PwC\r\n
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          Transaction Services (Stéphane Salustro)\r\n
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          Legal DD : PwC\r\n
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          Société d’Avocats (Yannick Olivier) Fiscal DD : (Fabien Radisic) Lawyers : Lamartine Conseil (Olivier Renault)\r\n
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          <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
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          As a key player in private equity with €4bn of capital under management, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
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          <strong>About Initiative &amp; Finance</strong>\r\n
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          As a key player in the support and transmission of SMEs, Initiative &amp; Finance has been supporting companies in all situations for nearly 35 years: MBO, MBI, OBO, transmission, recomposition of capital, development capital, spin-off, external growth...\r\n
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          Since its creation in 1984, Initiative &amp; Finance, which focuses on companies valued up to €75 million, has made more than 300 investments.\r\n
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          The Initiative &amp; Finance team became independent at the end of 2010 through its own MBO and currently manages €330 million of capital through the venture capital company Initiative &amp; Finance Investment and the funds Initiative &amp; Finance FCPR I and Initiative &amp; Finance FPCI II raised in 2010 and 2015, of €140 million and €168 million respectively.\r\n
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          <strong>Milan, December 13th , 2018</strong> – Gioconda, the Italian subsidiary of LBO France, has taken a stake, alongside the current management team, in Bluclad, the Italian leader in developing chemical solutions for the galvanization of metal used in the luxury goods sector, mainly for clothing, footwear and luggage.\r\n
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          Founded in 2008 and based in Prato near Florence, Bluclad has created a unique service for the luxury goods sector in the development of galvanic processes for all metal accessories. The company, the leader on the Italian market, works closely with both Italian and foreign luxury companies to create tailormade solutions, which it then markets to the galvanizers. The latter use these solutions in galvanic baths to obtain the required finishing touches.\r\n
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          Galvanic finishing is the final stage of the production chain, during which surface treatment is applied to a metal component before the final product is assembled (chains, zips, metal fasteners on hand bags, etc.). Bluclad has recently extended its offering to the sale of varnishes, a field in which it also aims to become a leading supplier.\r\n
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          Thanks to its capacity for technical innovation, and the value-added services provided to galvanic and luxury companies, Bluclad has enjoyed steady and sustained growth since its creation, and also benefited from a highly buoyant underlying market thanks to the prominence of “Made in Italy” luxury goods. In 2017, the group posted revenue in excess of €20 million and had 42 employees, the majority of which are technical engineers.\r\n
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          The presence of Gioconda, a subsidiary of LBO France, alongside the founding shareholders, should allow Bluclad to step up its growth both internationally and in particular in France where the group already has a subsidiary, through either organic growth or targeted acquisitions.\r\n
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          Present in the Italian market since 2010 through its Italian subsidiary Gioconda, LBO France has just completed the closing of its Small Caps Opportunities fund at 100 million euros. This fund has a dedicated investment team of six; three of which are based in Milan and three in Paris. The fund’s objective is to invest in high-growth French or Italian companies with international growth strategies. Bluclad is the fund’s fourth investment and the second in Italy after Vetroelite which was acquired in 2017.\r\n
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          <em> “Bluclad’s history is typical of the success of Italian SMEs: specific, unique and solid positioning and know-how, perfectly adapted to the niche market of luxury goods which is particularly attached to “Made in Italy” quality. The growth outlook is very well orientated, due on one hand to a highly buoyant luxury goods market and on the other hand to the opportunity for geographical and product diversification which has already been initiated by the company. With Bluclad, Gioconda thus reiterates its support for corporate development, assisting companies in their organic and external growth projects”</em>, announced <strong>Roberto d’Angelo and Arthur Bernardin, Managing Directors at Gioconda. </strong>\r\n
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          <em>“Bluclad, which already enjoys a major market share in Italy, will gain the full support of Gioconda (a subsidiary of LBO France) to develop (i) in the French market, which is the second largest European market behind Italy, and (ii) in certain fashion-related sectors. This transaction marks the end of the first stage of the company’s restructuring which, with our support, joined the Italian stockmarket’s Elite programme, allowing it to reinforce its expertise. In light of this work, we believe that LBO France, via its subsidiary Gioconda, is the perfect partner to launch this new stage of Bluclad’s development”</em> announced <strong>Bluclad’s founders Marco Eruli and Leandro Luconi.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong> About LBO France and Gioconda</strong>\r\n
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          Present on the non-listed segment in France for more than 30 years and as a key player in private equity with 3.4 billion euros of capital under management, LBO France has been an independent company since its creation. Its investment strategy is built on four distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals. It is active in Italy via its subsidiary Gioconda.\r\n
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          <strong> Contact Gioconda</strong>\r\n
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          Roberto d’Angelo - +39 335 7252862 - roberto.dangelo@gioconda-pe.com\r\n
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          <strong>Press officers</strong>\r\n
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          Lola Gozlan - +33 1 44 50 58 72 – lola.gozlan@shan.fr\r\n
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          Léa Schultz - + 33 1 42 86 82 81 – lea.schultz@shan.fr\r\n
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