Investments

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  • Nielsen logo
    Co-Investment

    Nielsen

    Netherlands

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    A world leader in publications and surveys of audience levels in television, radio, press and internet and marketing information. Previously known as VNU.

  • Easou logo
    Co-Investment

    Easou

    China

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Easou is a leading mobile Internet search engine company, which ranks as No.2 in mobile searching market just behind Baidu in China (Enfodesk, September 2010). 70% of its sales comes from advertisement with more than 30,000 clients.

  • Aster logo
    Co-Investment

    Aster

    Poland

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Aster City was set up in 1994 and today is the 4th largest cable TV - Internet provider in Poland (and the no. 1 in the capital Warsaw). In 2006, the company covered 746,000 homes and managed around 360,000 pay-TV subscriptions, 87,000 Internet subscriptions and 16,000 telephone subscriptions.

  • Rexel logo
    Co-Investment

    Rexel

    France

    Construction building materials

    Exited

    Construction building materials

    Global leader in the B2B distribution of electrical equipment with a presence in 29 countries, mainly France, USA, Canada, Germany, UK and Australia.

  • Spirit logo
    Co-Investment

    Spirit

    USA

    Aerospace & defense

    Exited

    Aerospace & defense

    The world’s largest manufacturer of airliner fuselage components supplying Boeing for all of its current models.

  • Kwik Fit logo
    Co-Investment

    Kwik Fit

    United-KIngdom

    Business services

    Exited

    Business services

    One of the European leaders in fast car repair (mainly tyres, exhausts and brakes) with a network of 1,685 service centres and 215 mobile units in the UK, Holland, France (under the brand Speedy) and Germany (under the brand Pit-Stop).

The Ardian team brought a deep sector knowledge, which I think allowed them not only to do a terrific job in that due diligence period, but also meant they could work very efficiently within our deal time frame.

Doug Brody KKR Capital Market

Ardian and Arsenal both want our investments to benefit society and by working together in this case we’ve reduced the time it takes to set up a clinical trial by many months, which means new drugs come to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Steve McLean Partner of Arsenal Capital

During the due diligence phase, we identified Ardian as a future shareholder capable of making a significant contribution to Emera's development. As soon as the transaction closed, we were able to define and launch value-creating initiatives with Naxicap and Ardian, particularly in terms of group structuring, external growth, digital transformation and real estate strategy, in France but also in Spain and other European countries.

Eric Baugas CEO of EMERA