Waterstones Booksellers - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Waterstones Booksellers M&A Summary

Waterstones Booksellers has acquired 2 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years.

Waterstones Booksellers’ largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Barnes & Noble Booksellers for $683M. Waterstones Booksellers has acquired in 1 US state, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include retail (100%).

Waterstones Booksellers Business Overview

Where is Waterstones Booksellers headquartered?

Waterstones Booksellers is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What sector is Waterstones Booksellers in?

Waterstones Booksellers is a retail company.

When was Waterstones Booksellers founded?

Waterstones Booksellers was founded in 1982.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity2
    • M&A Buy Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Advisors 2

Waterstones Booksellers Ltd.

203-206 Piccadilly,
London, W1J 9HD
United Kingdom,
www.waterstones.com

Waterstones Booksellers Ltd. is the UK and Ireland’s major high street bookseller with 293 bookshops, including Foyles, Hatchards, Hodges Figgis and branches in Ireland, Brussels and Amsterdam. Waterstones is the only national specialist book retailer of scale in the UK, with the average sized shop carrying a range of around 30,000 individual books and with over 200,000 titles in the largest shop.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 1 - - 1 - - 2
vol $683M $683M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  2

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Blackwell’s Ltd. 2022-02-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Oxford, United Kingdom · www.blackwells.co.uk
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 2019-06-07 683M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.barnesandnoble.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Retail 2 (100%) 683M (100%) - -
Total 2 $683M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 1 - - -
United States 1 683M - -
  New York 1 683M - -
Domestic 1 (50%) - - -
Cross-border 1 (50%) 683M (100%) - -
Total 2 $683M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Credit Suisse Investment Banking
 1
Legal Deals
Debevoise & Plimpton
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $683M
TOTAL $683M
Largest Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.
$683M (2019-06-07)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Retail

Established

1982

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