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  • Nielsen logo
    Co-Investment

    Nielsen

    Netherlands

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    A world leader in publications and surveys of audience levels in television, radio, press and internet and marketing information. Previously known as VNU.

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    Co-Investment

    Easou

    China

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Easou is a leading mobile Internet search engine company, which ranks as No.2 in mobile searching market just behind Baidu in China (Enfodesk, September 2010). 70% of its sales comes from advertisement with more than 30,000 clients.

  • Aster logo
    Co-Investment

    Aster

    Poland

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Aster City was set up in 1994 and today is the 4th largest cable TV - Internet provider in Poland (and the no. 1 in the capital Warsaw). In 2006, the company covered 746,000 homes and managed around 360,000 pay-TV subscriptions, 87,000 Internet subscriptions and 16,000 telephone subscriptions.

  • Rexel logo
    Co-Investment

    Rexel

    France

    Construction building materials

    Exited

    Construction building materials

    Global leader in the B2B distribution of electrical equipment with a presence in 29 countries, mainly France, USA, Canada, Germany, UK and Australia.

  • Spirit logo
    Co-Investment

    Spirit

    USA

    Aerospace & defense

    Exited

    Aerospace & defense

    The world’s largest manufacturer of airliner fuselage components supplying Boeing for all of its current models.

  • Kwik Fit logo
    Co-Investment

    Kwik Fit

    United-KIngdom

    Business services

    Exited

    Business services

    One of the European leaders in fast car repair (mainly tyres, exhausts and brakes) with a network of 1,685 service centres and 215 mobile units in the UK, Holland, France (under the brand Speedy) and Germany (under the brand Pit-Stop).

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