First investment from €115m mid-market fund.
Siparex has headed up an investment group to back the MBO of French freight company Malherbe.
The
Gallic firm has supported chairman Alain Samson's buyout as part of a
syndicate which includes CDC Entreprises, Socadif, UNEXO and NCI.
Malherbe intends to use the funds for international expansion and
acquisitions, and could announce the first deal within weeks. It marks
the first investment from Siparex's €115m MidMarket III fund, raised
last year, and sees the exit of NiXEN Partners.
Malherbe
provides pan-European transport and logistics services. The company has
made ten acquisitions in the past five years, reaching sales of almost
€200m in 2012.
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