Wend\u00adlin\u00adgen \u2014 Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity, the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal direct invest\u00adment company of Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale, is inves\u00adt\u00ading addi\u00adtio\u00adnal capi\u00adtal in CF Group, incre\u00adasing its mino\u00adrity stake in the company. The CF Group is loca\u00adted in Wend\u00adlin\u00adgen am Neckar and is one of the two largest compa\u00adnies in Europe for the produc\u00adtion and equip\u00adment of swim\u00adming pools. Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity has held a stake in the company since the end of 2019. Finan\u00adcial details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9bas\u00adtien Neiss (photo), Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity in Germany<\/strong>, said: \u201cWe only invest equity from the Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale balance sheet, so we have a free hand in how we use the proceeds from dispo\u00adsals of port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. Each year, we reinvest around one-third of these proceeds in the exis\u00adting port\u00adfo\u00adlio of more than 330 compa\u00adnies around the world in which we have a stake. We use the remai\u00adning two-thirds for new invest\u00adments. The advan\u00adtage of our \u2018pati\u00adent capi\u00adtal\u2019 is its great flexi\u00adbi\u00adlity: We are able to accom\u00adpany compa\u00adnies over time hori\u00adzons that are tail\u00ado\u00adred to their respec\u00adtive projects and thus enable us to create value for all stake\u00adhol\u00adders \u2014 manage\u00adment, share\u00adhol\u00adders and employees. Ther\u00ade\u00adfore, it is wort\u00adhwhile for us to increase our invest\u00adments both in chal\u00adlen\u00adging phases and when growth pros\u00adpects are parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly posi\u00adtive, e.g. through exter\u00adnal growth projects. CF Group has deve\u00adlo\u00adped extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adna\u00adrily successfully since our invest\u00adment and the further pros\u00adpects are also very good. With addi\u00adtio\u00adnal capi\u00adtal, we want to do our part to leverage the company\u2019s long-term deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment potential.\u201d<\/p>\n CF Group was formed from the 2019 merger of Germany\u2019s Chemo\u00adform AG and Fran\u00adce\u2019s FIJA Group. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion took place with the support of Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity, which also acqui\u00adred a stake in the newly crea\u00adted company. Since then, CF Group has acqui\u00adred three more compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of a majo\u00adrity stake in Dr. N\u00fcsken Chemie GmbH, in which it alre\u00adady held a mino\u00adrity stake.<\/p>\n Cedrik Mayer-Klenk, CEO of Chemo\u00adform AG, added: \u201cFor many years now, we have been pursuing a growth stra\u00adtegy in which we open up new markets or addi\u00adtio\u00adnal distri\u00adbu\u00adtion chan\u00adnels by acqui\u00adring comple\u00admen\u00adtary compa\u00adnies or long-stan\u00adding coope\u00adra\u00adtion part\u00adners. Having the finan\u00adcial strength and M&A exper\u00adtise of an active mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced in such proces\u00adses in the back\u00adground helps us a lot. We have become faster in decis\u00adion-making and more profes\u00adsio\u00adnal in the execu\u00adtion of acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and can main\u00adtain a very solid equity ratio even with ambi\u00adtious growth.\u201d<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor to the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion: Heuking K\u00fchn L\u00fcer Wojtek<\/strong> About CF Group<\/strong><\/p>\n CF Group is a leading Euro\u00adpean company for swim\u00adming pool tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, main\u00adten\u00adance and water treat\u00adment. The company was formed by the merger of Chemo\u00adform AG, foun\u00added in Wend\u00adlin\u00adgen (Germany) in 1962, and the FIJA Group, foun\u00added in Br\u00e9c\u00e9 (France) in 1975. With its multi-brand port\u00adfo\u00adlio, CF Group covers the entire spec\u00adtrum from cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion, equip\u00adment and main\u00adten\u00adance to clean\u00adli\u00adness, hygiene and care of private and public pools. The group employs more than 1,000 people, opera\u00adtes in more than 40 count\u00adries world\u00adwide and gene\u00adra\u00adtes sales of more than 300 million euros annu\u00adally. www.chemoform.com<\/p>\n About Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity<\/strong><\/p>\n Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity bund\u00adles the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal direct invest\u00adment busi\u00adness of the French banking group Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale. The subsi\u00addiary offers medium-sized compa\u00adnies solu\u00adti\u00adons in all areas of equity financing.<\/p>\n At Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity, the focus is on the rela\u00adti\u00adonship and close coope\u00adra\u00adtion between the expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced invest\u00adment team and the execu\u00adti\u00adves in the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. With the long-term perspec\u00adtive of a fund-inde\u00adpen\u00addent \u201cever\u00adgreen\u201d approach, the company has alre\u00adady been successful for 40 years.<\/p>\n Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity curr\u00adently has around 3.5 billion euros of equity inves\u00adted, and its port\u00adfo\u00adlio consists of more than 330 compa\u00adnies. Since 2016, the company has expan\u00added its acti\u00advi\u00adties to Canada (Mont\u00adreal and Toronto), USA (New York and Boston), Germany (Frank\u00adfurt) and Switz\u00ader\u00adland (Geneva and Zurich). www.creditmutuel-equity.eu<\/p>\n About Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/strong><\/p>\n Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale is one of Fran\u00adce\u2019s leading banks, with more than 75,000 employees1 serving over 29 million customers1. With a network of around 4,500 branches1, Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale offers a compre\u00adhen\u00adsive range of services for private custo\u00admers, the self-employed and compa\u00adnies of all sizes. With equity of EUR 51.8 billion2 and a CET1 ratio of 18.3%2 , the Group is one of the best-capi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adzed banks in Europe.<\/p>\n The Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale is compo\u00adsed of the Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel sub-asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adons Centre Est Europe (Stras\u00adbourg), Sud-Est (Lyon), Ile-de-France (Paris), Savoie-Mont Blanc (Annecy), Midi-Atlan\u00adtique (Toulouse), Loire-Atlan\u00adtique and Centre Ouest (Nantes), Centre (Orl\u00e9\u00adans), Normandy (Caen), Dauphin\u00e9-Viva\u00adrais (Valence), M\u00e9di\u00adter\u00adra\u00adn\u00e9en (Marseille), Anjou (Angers), Massif Central (Cler\u00admont-Ferrand), Antil\u00adles-Guyane (Fort-de-France) and Nord Europe (Lille).<\/p>\n Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale also includes Caisse F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale de Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel, Banque F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adra\u00adtive du Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel (BFCM) and all its subsi\u00addia\u00adries, inclu\u00adding CIC, Euro-Infor\u00adma\u00adtion, Assu\u00adran\u00adces du Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel (ACM), Targ\u00adobank, Cofi\u00addis, Banque Euro\u00adp\u00e9\u00adenne du Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel (BECM), Banque de Luxem\u00adbourg, Banque Trans\u00adat\u00adlan\u00adtique and Homiris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wend\u00adlin\u00adgen \u2014 Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Equity, the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal direct invest\u00adment company of Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel Alli\u00adance F\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adrale, is inves\u00adt\u00ading addi\u00adtio\u00adnal capi\u00adtal in CF Group, incre\u00adasing its mino\u00adrity stake in the company. The CF Group is loca\u00adted in Wend\u00adlin\u00adgen am Neckar and is one of the two largest compa\u00adnies in Europe for the produc\u00adtion and equip\u00adment of swimming [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Rainer Hersch\u00adlein, Bene\u00addikt Raisch<\/p>\n