ARKEA CAPITAL invests in Groupe Rouger Industries

The private equity investor Arkéa Capital signs a minority stake acquisition in Groupe Rouger Industries to support a primary family capital reorganization and fund targeted corporate diversification. Deployed through the Arkéa Capital III investment fund, the transaction injects an equity ticket of approximately €5 million to facilitate the operational handover of the family business. The new corporate shareholding architecture concentrates control around President Gérald Rouger and Chief Executive Officer Yoann Rouger, enabling non-operational family shareholder Aurélien Rouger to exit almost entirely while allowing several key executives and managers to enter the company's capital. Senior acquisition financing was secured through an approximately €10 million debt package provided by a banking pool comprising Crédit Agricole Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres as facility agent, alongside Société Générale and Crédit Mutuel Océan, establishing a conservative pro-forma leverage ratio below 2 times EBITDA. The transaction took place alongside the acquisition of sheet metal company Adecam Industrie, integrating its stand-alone turnover to elevate the combined group's consolidated revenues to approximately €60M with an EBITDA margin of roughly . Strategic capital deployment will fund commercial expansion across non-automotive sectors including agricultural machinery, construction, heavy transport, and naval industries, supported by an harmonized ESG action roadmap across the company's operational footprint. Transaction execution was coordinated by a multi-disciplinary advisory pool across legal, financial, and strategic fields. Blue Partners Finance acted as M&A financial advisor to Groupe Rouger Industries with Fabrice Pommellec and Thomas Haize, while Oratio Avocats provided corporate legal counsel led by Guillaume Cassin, Hugo Boussac, and Anne Pailler. Vendor financial due diligence was executed by Baker Tilly through Christèle Fraisse, David Hervé, and Stéphane Defontaine. Arkéa Capital was represented internally by Romain Freismuth, François Even, Astrid Yaouanc, and Léo Rivaud on ESG auditing. Legal counsel to the investor was led by Fidal Avocats across corporate, tax, labor, and contract disciplines, while financial due diligence was managed by Deloitte TS via Julien Lanoiselee, Louis Fourdinier, and Pierre Guilloteau, alongside Deloitte Sustainability for ESG auditing led by Nicolas de Jenlis and Laurianne Marouze.