M&A Deal Summary

ECI Partners Acquires Kirker Travel

On January 1, 2002, private equity firm ECI Partners acquired internet software and services company Kirker Travel

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ECI Partners’ 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is ECI Partners’ 15th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Kirker Travel was sold to a strategic buyer in 2006 for 16M GBP.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-01-01
Target Kirker Travel
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) ECI Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Kirker Travel

London, United Kingdom
Kirker Travel Ltd. is a provider of online booking for luxury holidays offers tailor-made itineraries for holidays across 150 destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Far-East and New York.

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Buyer

ECI Partners

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 2.0B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

ECI Partners is a private equity firm focused on the smaller middle-market company that invests in growing businesses valued up to £300m. ECI looks for UK businesses or businesses with a substantial presence in the UK. Funds are generally used to support expansion, acquisitions, management buyouts, buy-ins, turnarounds, and refinancing. Target sectors include IT services, support services, Insurance, and SME services. ECI will not invest in early-stage companies. ECI Partners was formed in 1976 and has offices in London, Manchester, and New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 78
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 13
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 13 of 34
Country: United Kingdom M&A 15 of 73
Year: 2002 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-01 WCI Consulting

Denmead, United Kingdom

WCI Consulting Ltd. is a provider of IT solutions for life science industry. WCI is to deliver world class levels of performance and compliance for leading businesses in Life Sciences.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-03-01 Think Money

Salford, United Kingdom

Think Money Ltd. is a provider of financial services to over-indebted consumers. Its offering includes debt management services, individual voluntary arrangements, banking services and mortgage/loan brokering.

Buy -