M&A Deal Summary

Silver Lake Acquires ZPG

On May 10, 2018, private equity firm Silver Lake acquired internet software and services company ZPG for 2.2B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 14th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-05-10
Target ZPG
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Silver Lake
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 2.2B GBP

Target

ZPG

London, United Kingdom
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ZPG owns and operates home-related digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Hometrack, and Property Software Group. ZPG's mission is to provide the most useful resources for consumers when finding, moving, or managing their home and be the most effective partner for related businesses. ZPG is the UK's most comprehensive property website, helping consumers to research the market and find their next home by combining hundreds of thousands of property listings with market data and local information. ZPG was founded in 2007 and is based in London.

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Silver Lake

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 102.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 91 of 126
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 14 of 22
Type (Going Private) 14 of 16
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 5
Year (2018) 6 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 29
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-12 Oak View Group

Los Angeles, California, United States

Oak View Group is a global sports and entertainment company focused on being a positive disruption to business as usual in the sports and live entertainment industry and currently has eight divisions across four global offices (Los Angeles, New York, London, and Philadelphia). Oak View Group was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-08 Ant Financial Services Group

Hangzhou, China

Ant Financial Services Group is focused on serving small and micro enterprises, as well as consumers. Ant Financial is dedicated to building an open ecosystem of Internet thinking and technologies while working with other financial institutions to support the future financial needs of society. Businesses operated by Ant Financial Services Group include Alipay, Ant Fortune, Zhima Credit and MYbank. Ant Financial Services Group was founded in 2004 and is based in Hangzhou, China.

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