Transactions

La Anita, a producer and distributor in the food industry, acquired Zaaschila, a key competitor with strong presence in northern Mexico.

Vicky Form, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a leader in the distribution and marketing of intimate apparel in Mexico, was sold to the shareholders of Zentrix, S. de R.L. de C.V., a leader in the textile industry.

Medios Cattri acquired a majority stake in Lightbox, a leading digital out‐of‐home advertising company in the United States.

FirstCash, a US global leader in the retail pawn industry, acquired a private Mexican company that operates 36 pawn shops located mainly in Mexico’s central region.

Sterimed, a world leader in the medical packaging sector, completed the acquisition of Especialistas en Esterilizacion y Envase (Grupo EEE), a Mexican-based major player in sterilization packaging and infection prevention solutions.

The shareholders of Grupo Turistore, the leading souvenir shop retailer in Mexico, completed a capitalization of shares subscribed by Nexxus Capital and Alta Growth Capital, two of Mexico’s most active private equity firms.

Prendamex, the leading Mexican pawn-shop operator, which operates more than 600 pawn stores (franchises and company-owned), sold its 126 company-owned stores to First Cash Financial Services (NYSE: FCFS), the global leader in the pawn industry.

Distribuidora Rancho Los Molinos S.A. de C.V., leader in the bulk seeds and hermetically sealed seeds industry, sold a stake to a group of private investors including the private equity fund Mexico Development I.

Controladora GMI, S.A.P.I. de C.V., the leading manufacturer and provider of modular construction solutions in Mexico and Latin America, received an investment from the Washington DC-based private equity firm ACON Investments.

First Cash Financial Services, Inc., the global leader in the retail pawn industry, acquired Maxi Prenda, an operator of 211 pawn stores in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company sold 100% of the outstanding shares of its Mexican subsidiary, to Moneta Technologies, a provider of technological solutions for the financial, retail, and telecommunications sectors.

Te Creemos, a specialized financial institution that provides comprehensive financial services to the unbanked Mexican population and to small and micro enterprises, acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Finclusión, a large regional microfinance institution with presence in 13 states of Mexico.

Deja is a diversified Mexican family office with investments in real estate, private equity, and the pharmaceutical industry, acquired the interest of AWA Holdings in “Office Fund I”, a private equity fund managed by Tresalia Real Estate to develop high-end office buildings in Mexico City.

Vtufin, a provider of working capital lines of credit to direct-sales micro entrepreneurs, divested its private-label credit business to IAL, a Mexican financial holding and operator of Tarjeta Amiga, a leading consumer credit card program.