CM-CIC / Colombus - January 2016

LISTED GROWTH CAPITAL – Duteil Avocats (Guillaume Jarry) advised CM-CIC Investissement in the context of a majority investment from a pool of investors within Colombus Holding. CM-CIC Investissement’s co-investors on this deal included BNP Paribas Développement, EFFI-INVEST II and Harwanne (COVEA group).

The pool of investors was accompanying Michaël Fribourg, who initiated the project and founded Colombus Holding, in his project to take over a reference participation (27.76%) in the Euronext C-listed Chargeurs group.

Chargeurs is a French based company founded in 1872 and operating in 31 countries across 5 continents. It is among others the market leader in the area of plastic film for temporary surface protection and technical substrate functionalized by induction.

In 2014, Chargeurs generated consolidated revenues of 478 M euros, 80% of which abroad, and employed a staff of 1.600.

 

January 2016