Paris\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Ardian, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies, has acqui\u00adred a stake in SERMA Group, Euro\u00adpe\u2019s leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent provi\u00adder of consul\u00adting and services in the fields of elec\u00adtro\u00adnic tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, inte\u00adgra\u00adted systems and infor\u00adma\u00adtion systems. The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is still subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant anti\u00adtrust authorities.<\/p>\n
The Ardian Expan\u00adsion team had alre\u00adady inves\u00adted in SERMA Group in 2015 and has supported the company\u2019s growth since then, in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar through acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and the foun\u00adding of the \u201cSERMA Safety & Secu\u00adrity\u201d busi\u00adness unit.<\/p>\n
The rene\u00adwed parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion of Ardian Expan\u00adsion along\u00adside the manage\u00adment and employees of SERMA Group, who conti\u00adnue to hold the majo\u00adrity of the company, is another important step in the company\u2019s deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. In addi\u00adtion to the main share\u00adhol\u00adder Ardian<\/strong>, Chequers Capi\u00adtal <\/strong>and Bpifrance<\/strong> remain as further mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n SERMA Group is excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned in nume\u00adrous niche solu\u00adti\u00adons of elec\u00adtro\u00adnic compon\u00adents and systems with high value added depth in various high-growth sectors. The company controls the entire value chain, from deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, test\u00ading, produc\u00adtion and main\u00adten\u00adance to trai\u00adning. The Group has unique tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal exper\u00adtise in elec\u00adtro\u00adnics, energy, cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity and tele\u00adcom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons for sectors such as aero\u00adspace, trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion, energy, medi\u00adcal and telecommunications.<\/p>\n Ardian will support SERMA Group in its further growth stra\u00adtegy. In recent years, the Group has successfully deve\u00adlo\u00adped beyond its estab\u00adlished range of products and services and ente\u00adred new markets, which include, for exam\u00adple, the energy market and the nuclear indus\u00adtry. The estab\u00adlish\u00adment of SERMA Energy, a compe\u00adtence and test plat\u00adform for batte\u00adries, power elec\u00adtro\u00adnics and elec\u00adtric drive trains with a wide range of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, will further acce\u00adle\u00adrate the company\u2019s growth in the energy sector.<\/p>\n In the last ten years, the company\u2019s sales have almost tripled to almost 150 million euros and the number of employees curr\u00adently exceeds 1,300.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have known SERMA Group for twelve years and have built a very trus\u00adting rela\u00adti\u00adonship with the company and its manage\u00adment team over the course of our long-term invol\u00advement. We are looking forward to working with the highly expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced team again and in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar to further acce\u00adle\u00adrate the Group\u2019s growth. The company is ideally posi\u00adtio\u00adned to bene\u00adfit from key mega\u00adtrends, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly in the context of the digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion of the economy. Our goal is to conti\u00adnue to drive exter\u00adnal growth and increase inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal market share based on the Group\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adtion capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties.\u201d So Arnaud Dufer <\/strong>(photo, \u00a9 Ardian), Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor and head of France of the ARDIAN EXPAN\u00adSION-teamS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very plea\u00adsed that Ardian has once again inves\u00adted in SERMA Group. In recent years, despite an envi\u00adron\u00adment marked by the effects of the pande\u00admic, we have gradu\u00adally deve\u00adlo\u00adped into one of the leading compa\u00adnies in Europe, thanks to the support of Chequers Capi\u00adtal. We have now reached a criti\u00adcal size that allows us to enter a new phase of our deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. We see parti\u00adcu\u00adlar poten\u00adtial in the growing importance of decar\u00adbo\u00adniza\u00adtion of the economy and in the area of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity. We are proud that, in addi\u00adtion to the manage\u00adment team, nearly 500 employees have a stake in SERMA Group \u2014 proof that they believe in the success of the company,\u201d explains Phil\u00adippe Berli\u00e9 , Presi\u00addent of SERMA GROUP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cChequers Capi\u00adtal has successfully supported SERMA\u2019s deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment along\u00adside its manage\u00adment team over the last twelve years. The key to the company\u2019s success lies in the quality of its teams, the constant pursuit of excel\u00adlence and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal effi\u00adci\u00adency, and a strong tech\u00adni\u00adcal compe\u00adtence that charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzes the company in all its busi\u00adness areas. We are proud of the progress and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments achie\u00adved in the fields of elec\u00adtro\u00adnics, elec\u00adtric drives and safety, which meet the growing, essen\u00adtial and long-term needs of our society. Chequers supports SERMA Group with Phil\u00adippe Berli\u00e9 and his team in this new phase, which will be charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted orga\u00adnic growth as well as inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion. Chequers, Ardian and BPI will bring all their expe\u00adri\u00adence to the successful conti\u00adnua\u00adtion of this project,\u201d says Aure\u00adlien Klein, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at chequers capi\u00adtal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Compa\u00adnies invol\u00adved in the transaction:<\/p>\n Ardian Expan\u00adsion<\/strong> Chequers Capi\u00adtal<\/strong> Advi\u00adsors of Ardian Expan\u00adsion and Chequers Capital SERMA Group<\/strong> About SERMA Group<\/strong> The Group\u2019s various busi\u00adness units accom\u00adpany their custo\u00admers throug\u00adhout the entire life cycle, which includes the control of their products, their relia\u00adbi\u00adlity, safety and func\u00adtion. The Group\u2019s exper\u00adtise is based on its elec\u00adtro\u00adnics tech\u00adni\u00adcal labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries, its mate\u00adri\u00adals labo\u00adra\u00adtory, its various test plat\u00adforms (compon\u00adents, boards, devices, power elec\u00adtro\u00adnics, elec\u00adtric motors, batte\u00adries, safety), its deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment offices and experts who act as a point of cont\u00adact for its customers.<\/p>\n The SERMA Group is foun\u00added on five stra\u00adte\u00adgic pillars: The group has 20 sites in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Tuni\u00adsia, each close to its custo\u00admers, who come from diffe\u00adrent indus\u00adtries. serma.com<\/p>\n About ARDIAN About Cher\u00adquers Capital <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. 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\nArnaud Dufer, Maxime S\u00e9quier, Romain Gautron, Pierre Peslerbe
\nLegal Advi\u00adsors: McDer\u00admott Will & Emery<\/strong> (Gr\u00e9go\u00adire Andrieux, Fabrice Piol\u00adlet, C\u00f4me de Saint-Vincent, Boris Wolkoff)<\/p>\n
\nAur\u00e9\u00adlien Klein, Emeric Boo d\u2019Arc, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Kinas
\nLegal Advi\u00adsors: Hogan Lovells<\/strong> (St\u00e9phane Huten, Arnaud Deparday)<\/p>\n
\nLegal, tax and social due dili\u00adgence: McDer\u00admott Will & Emery<\/strong> (Gr\u00e9go\u00adire Andrieux, Fabrice Piol\u00adlet, C\u00f4me de Saint-Vincent, Boris Wolkoff)
\nCommer\u00adcial Due Dili\u00adgence: The Boston Consul\u00adting Group<\/strong> (Benja\u00admin Sarfati, Julien Vialade)
\nFinan\u00adcial Due Dili\u00adgence: Ernst & Young<\/strong> (Emma\u00adnuel Picard, Elsa Abou Mrad, Alban Molle)
\nESG Due Dili\u00adgence: PwC<\/strong> (Sylvain Lambert, Chlo\u00e9 Szpirglas)
\nInsu\u00adrance Due Dili\u00adgence: Finaxy<\/strong> (D\u00e9bo\u00adrah Hauchemaille)
\nIT Due Dili\u00adgence: Netsys\u00adtem<\/strong> (Olivier Cazzulo, Lionel Gros)<\/p>\n
\nPhil\u00adippe Berli\u00e9, Xavier Morin, Mirentxu Boutet, Olivier Duch\u00admann, Bernard Ollivier
\nLegal Advi\u00adsors: Apollo<\/strong> (Florence Savour\u00e9, Laura Smyr\u00adlia\u00addis, Iyad El Borini, Delphine Dille\u00adman), Chepeau Lumeau & Asso\u00adci\u00e9s<\/strong> (Fr\u00e9d\u00e9\u00adri\u00adque Lumeau)<\/p>\n
\nSERMA Group is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent French company with exper\u00adtise in elec\u00adtro\u00adnics, energy, cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity and tele\u00adcom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal medium-sized company recently achie\u00adved sales of \u20ac150 million with 1,300 employees. The Group has deve\u00adlo\u00adped signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly in recent years through nume\u00adrous invest\u00adments in resour\u00adces as well as exter\u00adnal growth. These rela\u00adted in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar to the areas of design, test\u00ading, know-how and technology.<\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Elec\u00adtro\u00adnic tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and materials
\n\u2014 System secu\u00adrity and cybersecurity
\n\u2014 Embedded systems development
\n\u2014 Microelec\u00adtro\u00adnic design and assembly
\n\u2014 Exper\u00adtise and energy test\u00ading (batte\u00adries, drive chains)<\/p>\n
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\nArdian is a leading global inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment firm. The company mana\u00adges or advi\u00adses on appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately US$130 billion in assets for more than 1,300 inves\u00adtors world\u00adwide. Thanks to its exten\u00adsive exper\u00adtise in private equity, real assets and credit, Ardian offers a wide range of invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties as well as custo\u00admi\u00adzed invest\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 tail\u00ado\u00adred to inves\u00adtors\u2019 needs: Ardian Custo\u00admi\u00adzed Solu\u00adti\u00adons enables insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors to access best-in-class mana\u00adgers across all asset clas\u00adses through a custo\u00admi\u00adzed port\u00adfo\u00adlio. Ardian Private Wealth Solu\u00adti\u00adons also offers a range of services speci\u00adfi\u00adcally geared to high net worth indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adals. Ardian is majo\u00adrity owned by its employees and places great empha\u00adsis on their deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, as well as a culture of colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion based on an active exch\u00adange of know\u00adledge and expe\u00adri\u00adence. The more than 900 employees at 15 office loca\u00adti\u00adons in Europe, North and South America and Asia, follow the prin\u00adci\u00adples of respon\u00adsi\u00adble inves\u00adt\u00ading. Ardian\u2019s mission is to make a posi\u00adtive contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to society through its invest\u00adments and to create value that lasts. Ardian aims to deli\u00adver excel\u00adlent returns in line with high ethi\u00adcal stan\u00addards and social respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity. At Ardian, ever\u00adyone is dedi\u00adca\u00adted to buil\u00adding successful compa\u00adnies for the long term. ardian.com<\/p>\n
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\nChequers is one of the oldest private equity invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies in conti\u00adnen\u00adtal Europe and was foun\u00added in Paris almost 50 years ago. Chequers is curr\u00adently inves\u00adt\u00ading in its 17th invest\u00adment vehicle, which can take majo\u00adrity or mino\u00adrity stakes in growth compa\u00adnies in France, Germany, Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Italy, Bene\u00adlux and Iberia. The team of 23 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced profes\u00adsio\u00adnals from six nati\u00adons contri\u00adbu\u00adtes its expe\u00adri\u00adence and exper\u00adtise to the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of curr\u00adently around 20 invest\u00adments. chequerscapital.com<\/p>\n