Daily Mail and General Trust Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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Daily Mail and General Trust has acquired 9 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 15 assets.

Daily Mail and General Trust’s largest acquisition to date was in 2006, when it acquired Genscape for $130M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Risk Management Solutions to Moody s for $2.0B. Daily Mail and General Trust has acquired in 5 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include digital media (25%) and automotive (13%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 19
  • M&A Advisors 2

Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust PLC

Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street,
London, W8 5TT
United Kingdom,
+44 20 7938 6000
www.dmgt.com

DMGT is an international group quoted on the London Stock Exchange with a portfolio of market-leading digital, information, media and events businesses. Daily Mail and General Trust was founded in 1896 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 6 1 - 1 - - 8
vol $149M $76M $225M
Sell (0.6/yr) # 8 1 - 2 - - 11
vol $538M $364M $2.0B $2.9B
  19

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Risk Management Solutions, Inc. 2021-08-05 2.0B USD Divestiture
Newark, California · www.rms.com
New Scientist Ltd. 2021-03-03 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.newscientist.com
i (newspaper) 2019-11-29 76M GBP Divestiture
, United Kingdom · www.inews.co.uk
Genscape, Inc. 2019-08-26 364M USD Divestiture
Louisville, Kentucky · www.genscape.com
Cazoo Holdings Ltd. 2018-12-01 - Venture
London, United Kingdom · www.cazoo.co.uk
Environmental Data Resources, Inc. 2018-03-13 205M USD Divestiture
Shelton, Connecticut · www.edrnet.com
Elite Daily LLC 2017-04-17 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.elitedaily.com
Wowcher Ltd. 2015-11-26 45M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.wowcher.co.uk
Elite Daily LLC 2015-01-30 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.elitedaily.com
OilCareers 2014-03-19 26M USD Divestiture
Aberdeen, United Kingdom · www.oilcareers.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Digital Media 2 (25%) - 1 (9%) -
Information Services 1 (13%) 130M (58%) 2 (18%) 569M (20%)
Automotive 1 (13%) - 1 (9%) -
Business Services 1 (13%) - 1 (9%) 89M (3%)
Media 1 (13%) 19M (8%) 1 (9%) -
Software 1 (13%) - 1 (9%) 2.0B (69%)
Internet Software and Services - - 2 (18%) 26M (1%)
Publishing 1 (13%) 76M (34%) - -
E-Commerce - - 1 (9%) 45M (2%)
Retail - - 1 (9%) 173M (6%)
Total 8 $225M 11 $2.9B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 149M 7 2.8B
  New York 1 - 2 173M
  Oregon 1 - 1 89M
  Kentucky 1 130M 1 364M
  Florida 1 19M 1 -
  California 1 - 1 2.0B
  Connecticut - - 1 205M
United Kingdom 3 76M 4 71M
Domestic 3 (38%) 76M (34%) 4 (36%) 71M (2%)
Cross-border 5 (63%) 149M (66%) 7 (64%) 2.8B (98%)
Total 8 $225M 11 $2.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division
1
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI)
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $130M
< $100M 2 $95M
TOTAL $225M
Largest Genscape, Inc.
$130M (2006-04-20)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.0B
$100M to $1B 3 $742M
< $100M 3 $160M
TOTAL $2.9B
Largest Risk Management Solutions, Inc.
$2.0B (2021-08-05)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Strategic(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
27%
3 (27%)
Strategic(s)
64%
7 (64%)

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