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CoBe Capital

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CoBe Capital, a global private investment firm with a permanent capital base, specializes in the acquisition and operation of non-core and underperforming business units in the Americas and Europe from leading global corporations.

Firm Profile:

• Established by Neal Cohen in 1994 • Private global investment firm with permanent capital • Focus on acquisition and operation of non-core corporate divestitures • Acquisition strategy is agnostic to industry sector • Owns and operates a diversified portfolio of companies in North American and Europe • Offices in New York City, Paris and Cologne • Strong track record of successful turnarounds

Portfolio Companies:

• Bourrelier Éducation (France) - acquired from Lagardére Group’s (Euronext: MMB) Hachette Livre • Bus Part Warehouse (USA) - acquired from HSBC Holdings plc (LON: HSBA) • Sendori (USA) - acquired from IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) • Stark Manufacturing (USA) - acquired from Dover Industries (NYSE: DOV) • Warendorfer Küchen GmbH (Germany) - agreement signed with AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG (SIX: AFGN)

Acquisition Profile:

• Divestiture by a leading global corporation • Sales decision based on the strategic decision that the business is non-core • Revenue of $500 million or less • Primary operations in the Americas or Europe • Excess cost, capacity or underperformance • Opportunity to add value

Recent Milestones

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  CoBe Capital — CoBe Capital Agrees to Acquire Warendorfer Küchen by End 2012 (10/18/12)
  Posted 11/17/12 at 6:45am via invest-iq.net
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  CoBe Capital added Dr. Henning Walf as Managing Director, Europe. (7/2/12)
  Posted 7/2/12 at 2:39pm
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  CoBe Capital acquired Bourrelier Éducation. (12/1/11)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 3:04pm via cobecapital.com
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  CoBe Capital acquired Sendori. (11/10/11)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 3:04pm via cobecapital.com
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  CoBe Capital acquired Crelint. (8/1/11)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 3:04pm via cobecapital.com
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  CoBe Capital added Thomas Kermorgant as Managing Director, Europe. (3/1/11)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 3:04pm
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  CoBe Capital added Darren McKenzie Chaffee as Managing Director, Global Mergers and Acquisitions. (3/1/10)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 3:04pm
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  CoBe Capital added Neal Cohen as Founder and Managing Director.
  Posted 6/7/12 at 3:04pm

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Sources

1. CoBe Capital acquires Bourrelier Éducation from Lagardère Group's (Euronext: MMB) Hachette Livre (cobecapital.com) [edit]
2. CoBe Capital completes the acquisition of Sendori from IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) (cobecapital.com) [edit]
3. CoBe Capital completes acquisition of Wipro Technologies Oy, the Finnish R&D and IT services subsidiary of Wipro Technologies (cobecapital.com) [edit]
CoBe Capital Agrees to Acquire Warendorfer Küchen by End 2012 (invest-iq.net) [edit]