Guardian Media Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Guardian Media Group M&A Summary

Guardian Media Group has acquired 2 companies. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2007, when it sold Auto Trader Group to for $2.1B. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (100%).

Guardian Media Group Business Overview

Where is Guardian Media Group headquartered?

Guardian Media Group is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What sector is Guardian Media Group in?

Guardian Media Group is a media company.

M&A Summary

M&A Total Activity6
- M&A Buy Activity1
- M&A Sell Activity5
Total Sectors Invested 1
Total Countries Invested 1
M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
M&A Advisors 1

Guardian Media Group Plc

Kings Place, 90 York Way,
London, N1 9GU
United Kingdom,
+020 3353 2000
www.gmgplc.co.uk

Guardian Media Group is aUK’s media organisations. Its core business is Guardian News & Media, publisher of theguardian.com and the Guardian and Observer newspapers. IT also manage investments whose purpose is to provide financial support for the development of our journalism.

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year		≤ '19	'20	'21	'22	'23	'24	T
Buy (0.0/yr)	#	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Sell (0.0/yr)	#	5	-	-	-	-	-	5
Sell (0.0/yr)	vol	$2.3B						$2.3B
								6

Most Recent M&A

Company	Date	Value	Type
The Property Software Group	2013-12-18	27M GBP	Divestiture
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom · www.propertysoftwaregroup.com
GMG Radio (Real Radio and Smooth Radio)	2012-06-25	108M GBP	Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
GMG Regional Media	2010-02-09	69M GBP	Divestiture
, United Kingdom
Thinkproperty.com Ltd.	2009-07-15	-	Divestiture
, United Kingdom · www.thinkproperty.com
Auto Trader Group plc	2007-03-27	2.1B GBP	Stake Sale
Manchester, United Kingdom · www.autotrader.co.uk
Auto Trader Group plc	2003-04-07	-	Add-on Acquisition
Manchester, United Kingdom · www.autotrader.co.uk
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector	Buy #	Value	Sell #	Value
Internet Software and Services	1 (100%)	-	2 (40%)	2.1B (91%)
Media	-	-	2 (40%)	177M (8%)
Software	-	-	1 (20%)	27M (1%)
Total	1	-	5	$2.3B

By Geo

State/Country		Buy	Value		Sell	Value
United Kingdom		1	-		5	2.3B
Total		1	-		5	$2.3B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial	Deals
Global Leisure Partners LLP	1

Deal Values

sell	#	Total
> $1B	1	$2.1B
$100M to $1B	1	$108M
< $100M	2	$96M
TOTAL		$2.3B
Largest	Auto Trader Group plc $2.1B (2007-03-27)

M&A Connections

		Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)	100%	1 (100%)
Divested to
Investor(s)	20%	1 (20%)
Strategic(s)	60%	3 (60%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Media

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