Liberty Global - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Liberty Global M&A Summary

Liberty Global has acquired 17 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 8 assets.

Liberty Global’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Cable & Wireless Communications for $8.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2018, when it sold Liberty Global - Four Businesses to Vodafone Group for $21.4B. Liberty Global has acquired in 1 US state, and 9 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (65%) and media (36%).

Liberty Global Business Overview

Where is Liberty Global headquartered?

Liberty Global is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Liberty Global’s revenue?

Liberty Global disclosed revenue of 7,491M USD for 2023 and 7,196M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Liberty Global have?

Liberty Global has 9,860 employees.

What sector is Liberty Global in?

Liberty Global is a communications company.

When was Liberty Global founded?

Liberty Global was founded in 2004.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity25
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 9
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 23
  • M&A Advisors 9

Liberty Global

Liberty Global Holdings Ltd.

Griffin House 161, Hammersmith Road,
London, W6 8BS
United Kingdom,
+44 20 8483 6300
www.libertyglobal.com

Liberty Global is an international telecommunications and television company that delivers next-generation products through advanced fibre and 5G networks that connect 85 million subscribers across Europe and the United Kingdom. Liberty Global was founded in 2004 and is based in London, England.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 13 2 1 - - 1 17
vol $24.7B $7.1B $31.8B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 7 - - - - 1 8
vol $22.7B $22.7B
  25

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Range Media Partners 2024-04-24 - Growth Capital
Santa Monica, California · www.rangemp.com
All3Media Ltd. 2024-02-16 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.all3media.com
Liberty Networks Germany GmbH 2021-09-23 - Joint Venture
Cologne, Germany · www.libertynetworks.de
Sunrise Communications AG 2020-08-12 7.1B CHF Add-on Acquisition
Zurich, Switzerland · www.sunrise.ch
Liberty Global and Telefonica - UK Joint Venture 2020-05-07 - Joint Venture
, United Kingdom
Liberty Global - DTH satellite TV operations 2018-12-21 - Divestiture
, Luxembourg
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. 2018-10-17 - Divestiture
Luquillo, Puerto Rico · www.libertypr.com
Liberty Global Plc - Four Businesses 2018-05-09 21.4B EUR Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Multimedia Polska SA - Cable Business 2016-10-18 798M PLN Divestiture
, Poland
Cable & Wireless Communications PLC 2015-11-16 8.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.cwc.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
UPC Ireland BV    - TV3 2015-07-03 1
Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands Dublin, Ireland · www.tv3.ie

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 11 (65%) 26.3B (83%) 4 (50%) 21.6B (95%)
Media 6 (35%) 5.5B (17%) 4 (50%) 1.0B (5%)
Total 17 $31.8B 8 $22.7B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 3 8.8B 2 21.4B
Germany 4 11.6B - -
Puerto Rico 3 861M 1 -
Netherlands 1 - 1 1.0B
Switzerland 2 9.3B - -
Austria 1 107M - -
Belgium - - 1 208M
Czech Republic 1 363M - -
Japan - - 1 -
Luxembourg - - 1 -
Norway - - 1 -
Poland 1 798M - -
United States 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
Domestic 3 (18%) 8.8B (28%) 2 (25%) 21.4B (95%)
Cross-border 14 (82%) 22.9B (72%) 6 (75%) 1.2B (5%)
Total 17 $31.8B 8 $22.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
 3
J.P. Morgan Securities
 3
LionTree Advisors LLC
 2
Legal Deals
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
 2
Shearman & Sterling
 2
DLA Piper
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 6 $28.8B
$100M to $1B 6 $3.0B
TOTAL $31.8B
Largest Cable & Wireless Communications PLC
$8.0B (2015-11-16)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $22.4B
$100M to $1B 1 $208M
TOTAL $22.7B
Largest Liberty Global Plc - Four Businesses
$21.4B (2018-05-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
5 (29%)
Strategic(s)
18%
3 (18%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Strategic(s)
75%
6 (75%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Communications

Revenue

7,491   5% 2023
7,196   31% 2022
10,311   14% 2021
11,980   4% 2020
11,541   4% 2019
11,958   21% 2018
15,049   13% 2017
17,285   2% 2016
17,063   7% 2015
18,248   27% 2014
14,474   2013
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Employees

9,860

Established

2004

Public

NASDAQ: LBTYA

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