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Groupe La Centrale

France

22 February 2021

Technology, Media and Telecom

Technology, Media and Telecom

Founded in 1969 as a newspaper (now exclusively digital), Groupe La Centrale is one of the leading automotive marketplaces in France and a major competitor of Leboncoin. It covers the entire value chain for car dealers and potential buyers through its platforms for the sale of new and used cars by dealers, as well as C2B used car sales to dealers.

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Jean-Clément Pierre

https://www.groupelacentrale.fr/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/groupe-la-centrale/

The Ardian team brought a deep sector knowledge, which I think allowed them not only to do a terrific job in that due diligence period, but also meant they could work very efficiently within our deal time frame.

Doug Brody KKR Capital Market

Ardian and Arsenal both want our investments to benefit society and by working together in this case we’ve reduced the time it takes to set up a clinical trial by many months, which means new drugs come to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Steve McLean Partner of Arsenal Capital

During the due diligence phase, we identified Ardian as a future shareholder capable of making a significant contribution to Emera's development. As soon as the transaction closed, we were able to define and launch value-creating initiatives with Naxicap and Ardian, particularly in terms of group structuring, external growth, digital transformation and real estate strategy, in France but also in Spain and other European countries.

Eric Baugas CEO of EMERA

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