GROUPE URBAN acquired by COMPAGNIE DES ALPES

La Compagnie des Alpes (CDA) has finalized the acquisition of a controlling majority stake in Soccer 5 France SAS, the parent company of Urban Group, executing a strategic cross-border corporate buyout within the leisure and sports entertainment sector. The transaction architecture was executed in two coordinated stages, beginning with an immediate equity buyout at closing, supplemented by a locked-in call/put option agreement to transfer an additional stake from the management holding vehicle, Soccer 5 Evolution, later that year. The total cash consideration was funded entirely through CDA’s internal corporate treasury reserves and existing bilateral revolving credit lines, leveraging capital raised during its previous public equity issuance to ensure zero reliance on conditional external acquisition debt. The remaining minority equity stake continues to be held by the historical founders and executive team, with a structured liquidity mechanism allowing CDA to purchase the residual balance in four to five years under an identical valuation framework.