M&A Deal Summary

K3 Business Technology Group Acquires Mcguffie Brunton

On March 28, 2008, K3 Business Technology Group acquired software company Mcguffie Brunton for 13M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is K3 Business Technology Group’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is K3 Business Technology Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is K3 Business Technology Group’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-03-28
Target Mcguffie Brunton
Sector Software
Buyer(s) K3 Business Technology Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 13M GBP

Target

Mcguffie Brunton

Manchester, United Kingdom
McGuffie Brunton is one of two UK distributors of the SYSPRO range of Microsoft-based Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) software for manufacturing and distribution companies. McGuffie Brunton has four offices in the UK and has implemented over 650 SYSPRO systems.

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Buyer

K3 Business Technology Group

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Information Technology
Employees473
Revenue 48M GBP (2022)
DESCRIPTION

K3 Business Technology Group is an IT solutions supplier of integrated business systems encompassing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, Business Intelligence and e-commerce, hosting and managed services to the supply chain industry. K3 Business Technology Group was founded in 1991 and is based in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector (Software) 3 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 8
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 7
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-12 Index Computer Systems

Camberley, United Kingdom

Index Computer Systems Ltd. is a reseller of Microsoft Dynamics AX software. The software system is one of the fastest growing enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) solutions worldwide and Index is a Microsoft Gold Partner. Supported by Microsoft, Index has developed its own complementary modules to extend Dynamics AX’s functionality to support Food and Process Manufacturers.

Buy £3M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-26 Panacea

Hampshire, United Kingdom

Panacea is a leading IT business solutions provider, offering systems integration and outsourced IT services to the UK mid-market that includes 100 corporate organisations and over 600 mid-sized clients.

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