When was EUROPA GROUP acquired by ABENEX?

EUROPA GROUP was acquired by ABENEX in 2024.

What was the revenue of EUROPA GROUP at the time of the deal?

The revenue of EUROPA GROUP at the time of the deal is estimated to be in the range of 100M - 200M EUR.

How is the data for the EUROPA GROUP acquisition sourced and is it reliable?

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04/2024

EUROPA GROUP acquired by ABENEX

FRANCE Professional Services / Marketing & Events REV 100M - 200M EUR

Context

Abénex has successfully structured a continuation vehicle to acquire a 55% majority stake in Europa Group, facilitating a major secondary leveraged buyout and the transfer of assets from its fifth flagship fund. This strategic operation marks a pivotal shift in the group's governance, allowing the founders to trigger a structured managerial transition while retaining a significant 35% minority stake. The primary objective is to aggressively finance Europa Group's ongoing multiple build-up strategy in specialized medical media to double the group's size by 2029.

It is worth noting that the fund Abenex took control of Europa Group through an LBO in 2017.

EUROPA GROUP, which reported an EBITDA margin of in 2024, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of , a level to compare with the average currently observed in the Business Services sector (11.5x).

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Target

Founded in 1987, Europa Group is a premier Europeanorganizer of medical conferences and professional congresses across Europe. Originally focused strictly on event management, the enterprise has successfully executed a major diversification strategy through targeted external acquisitions, expanding deeply into healthcare content, medical publishing, data marketing, and digital health communication. The company now operates two equally balanced core divisions: professional medical events and specialized healthcare media. Driven by a newly structured executive team undergoing a planned managerial transition, the group actively pursues aggressive buy-and-build strategies to continuously integrate specialized media and communication agencies, aiming to vastly multiply its operational scale in the coming years.

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Other operations with EUROPA GROUP

List of similar M&A transactions (Date, Acquirer, Target, Country, Sub-sector)
Date	Acquirer	Target	Country	Sector
05/2017	ABENEX	EUROPA GROUP	FRANCE	Marketing & Events

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Revenue range: 100M - 200M EUR

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Press release: view release

Target: europa group

Acquirer: abenex