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01/2018

LABELIUM acquired by QUALIUM

FRANCE IT Services / Consulting & Integration / AdTech EV 100M - 350M EUR

Context

Qualium Investissement successfully positioned itself to acquire Labelium, a high-growth Paris-based digital marketing agency. This transaction followed Labelium's 2014 management buyout (OBO) with Keensight Capital and Isai Gestion, during which the company attracted multiple unsolicited acquisition offers. The deal was structured as a secondary leveraged buyout (LBO), with Qualium securing a narrow majority stake (51-60%), while Labelium's founding managers retained the remaining shares.

LABELIUM, which reported an EBITDA margin of in 2017, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of , representing a to the average currently observed in the TMT (Tech, Media, Telecom) sector (15.1x).

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Target

Labelium is a Paris-based digital agency specializing in SEO, SEA, social media, and video marketing. With around 200 consultants, mostly abroad, its business model focuses on acquiring digital ad space and keywords for clients. Labelium operates globally, with a strong presence in North America (offices in New York, Mexico, Montreal, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco) and plans to expand further into Asia.

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Other operations with LABELIUM

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Valuation range: EV 100M - 350M EUR

Revenue range: 10M - 30M EUR

EBITDA range: 5M - 25M EUR

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Target: labelium

Acquirer: qualium