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Ergon Capital Partners nominated as Best Benelux LBO Fund at Private Equity Exchange & Awards 2018 Edition

Ergon Capital Partners is pleased to have won the “Best Benelux LBO Fund 2018” award at the Private Equity Exchange & Awards summit, which took place in Paris on November 21, 2018 and gathered 1,200 investment professionals.

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About Ergon

Ergon Capital Partners (“Ergon”) is a mid-market private equity investment company with

~€1.0 billion under management backed by family-controlled Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, through its fully owned subsidiary Sienna Capital, as cornerstone investor, and selected European institutional investors. Ergon is a disciplined and discreet value investor, which provides “patient and friendly capital” to entrepreneurs and managers, who need capital and industrial solutions to accelerate the development of their companies. Ergon makes equity investments from €25 million up to €75 million in leading companies with a sustainable competitive position in attractive niche markets located in the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Iberia and Switzerland. Ergon is advised by Ergon Capital Advisors which has offices in Brussels, Paris, Munich, Milan and Madrid. Since its inception in 2005, over successive investment programs, Ergon raised ~€1.5 billion, invested in 20 companies (of which 6 in the Benelux, 2 in France, 3 in Germany, 7 in Italy and 2 in Spain) and has completed 40 add-on acquisitions for a total aggregate transaction value in excess of €3.5 billion. Ergon’s current portfolio consists of 10 companies in various sectors encompassing luxury, specialty retail, industrial manufacturing and services, healthcare, media, leisure and gastronomy.

For more information on Ergon visit www.ergoncapital.com

 

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