Worldline - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Worldline M&A Summary

Worldline has acquired 5 companies, including 4 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 1 asset.

Worldline’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired Ingenico SA for $8.8B. Worldline has acquired in 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (40%) and information technology (20%).

Worldline Business Overview

Where is Worldline headquartered?

Worldline is headquartered in Paris, France.

What is Worldline’s revenue?

Worldline disclosed revenue of 4,610M EUR for 2023 and 4,364M EUR for 2022.

How many employees does Worldline have?

Worldline has 18,271 employees.

What sector is Worldline in?

Worldline is a financial services company.

When was Worldline founded?

Worldline was founded in 1973.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity6
    • M&A Buy Activity5
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2
  • M&A Advisors 3

Worldline

Worldline S.A.

Tour Voltaire, 1 Place des Degrés,
Paris, 81162
France,
+33 (0) 1 73 26 00 00
www.worldline.com

Worldline is a provider of electronic payment and transactional services. Worldline was founded in 1973 and is based in Paris, France.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 1 2 1 1 - - 5
vol $8.8B $8.8B
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - 1 - - 1
  6

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Ingenico SA 2022-10-04 - Divestiture
Paris, France · www.ingenico.com
Online Payment Platform B.V. 2022-09-29 - Stake Purchase
Delft, Netherlands · www.onlinepaymentplatform.com
Cardlink S.A. 2021-05-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Heraklion, Greece · www.cardlink.gr
GoPay s.r.o. 2020-04-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic · www.gopay.com
Ingenico SA 2020-02-03 8.8B EUR Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.ingenico.com
Digital River World Payments AB 2017-07-17 - Divestiture
Stockholm, Sweden · www.drwp.io
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 2 (40%) 8.8B (100%) 1 (100%) -
Information Technology 1 (20%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 1 (20%) - - -
Software 1 (20%) - - -
Total 5 $8.8B 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
France 1 8.8B 1 -
Czech Republic 1 - - -
Greece 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (20%) 8.8B (100%) 1 (100%) -
Cross-border 4 (80%) - - -
Total 5 $8.8B 1 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
1
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $8.8B
TOTAL $8.8B
Largest Ingenico SA
$8.8B (2020-02-03)

M&A Connections

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

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