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Virgin Group Mergers & Acquisitions

Virgin Group M&A Summary

Virgin Group has acquired 4 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Virgin Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired Downtown Music Holdings for $775M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2009, when it sold Virgin Mobile USA to Sprint for $483M. Virgin Group has acquired in 3 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include airlines (34%) and communications (34%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity3
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9

Virgin Group Ltd.

Battleship Building, 179 Harrow Rd,
London, W2 6NB
United Kingdom,
+44 20 7313 2000
www.virgin.com

All (7) Buy (3) Sell (4)
Date Target Value
$mlns 		Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2024-12-16 Downtown Music · Media
New York, New York · www.downtownmusic.com

Downtown Music is an independent record label and music publishing company formed by two veteran music industry executives. Downtown Music was formed in 2005 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors: Goldman Sachs , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 		775 Add-on Acquisition

Virgin Group Ltd.
Advisors: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer , Kirkland & Ellis

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