M&A Deal Summary |
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| Date | 2017-03-08 |
| Target | Sotera Defense Solutions |
| Sector | Defense |
| Buyer(s) | Keywords Studios |
| Sellers(s) | Ares Private Equity Group |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 235M USD |
| Advisor(s) | Macquarie Capital Sagent Advisors LLC (Financial) Proskauer Rose LLP (Legal) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Sector | Digital Media |
| Employees | 9,000 |
| Revenue | 374M EUR (2020) |
Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. Established in 1998, and now with facilities in Dublin, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Quebec City, Portland, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tokyo, Singapore, New Delhi, Pune, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Manila, Hamburg, Paris and London, it provides integrated art creation, localisation, testing, audio and customer care services across 50 languages and 14 games platforms to a blue chip client base in more than 15 countries. It has a strong market position, providing services to 20 of the top 25 most prominent games companies, including Microsoft, Supercell, King, Bandai Namco, Sony, Konami, Electronic Arts, 2K, and Square Enix. Recent titles worked on include Tom Clancy's The Division, Halo 5: Guardians, Batman: Arkham Knight, Street Fighter V, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Clash Royale, Mobile Strike. Keywords Studios was founded in 1998 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 17 of 40 |
| Sector (Defense) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 16 of 35 |
| State (Virginia) | 1 of 1 |
| Country (United States) | 2 of 7 |
| Year (2017) | 2 of 13 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 23 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-17 |
Spov
London, United Kingdom Spov Ltd. is a provider of creative development, cinematics, UI, visual effects and motion graphics services to the video game and film markets. Founded in 2007 by Allen Leitch, Spov maintains a small team of creatives in London and manages a network of highly experienced designers, animators, film makers and artists to produce intricate footage for use in video games, film and TV. The company has worked on titles that include Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Watch Dogs, The Division, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare; Batman: Arkham Knight and Marvel's Doctor Strange. |
Buy | £1M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-10 |
XLOC
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States XLOC has developed the major web-based integrated globalization content management system for videogames (XLOC), supported by consulting and customisation services. Its proprietary software application can be integrated with any games development platform and enables game developers and publishers to more efficiently manage and automate the complex process of localising games content across multiple languages and platforms for simultaneous global launches and continuous publishing. |
Buy | $900K |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| PE ASSETS | 20.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ares Private Equity Group is the private equity arm of Ares Management, a global alternative asset manager. The Ares Private Equity Group specializes in opportunistic majority/shared control investments in under-capitalized middle-market companies. Ares looks for companies with strong franchises and attractive growth opportunities. The Group prefers to be the lead investor and will invest across the capital structure, including common equity, preferred equity, convertible equity/debt and senior debt. Areas of interest include business services, defense, healthcare, manufacturing, industrial, energy and consumer products and services. Ares Private Equity Group was formed in 2003 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 24 of 43 |
| Sector (Defense) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 5 of 11 |
| State (Virginia) | 1 of 1 |
| Country (United States) | 22 of 39 |
| Year (2017) | 1 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 6 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-28 |
Birdsboro Power
Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States Birdsboro Power, a brownfield 488-MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generation facility located in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The project will feature the GE 7HA.02 gas turbine and a GE steam turbine, and will remediate and redevelop a site that was once home to a manufacturing facility. Birdsboro has retained Kiewit as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor, and it is expected that the project will create hundreds of jobs during construction and approximately 20 jobs on-site after completion. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-09 |
DC380
Harlow, United Kingdom DC380 is a 389,444-square-foot distribution warehouse with office space that is strategically located in an established industrial and trade area of Harlow in the south east of England between London and Stansted Airport. The property is currently leased to Industrial Tool Supplies, one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of power tools, and Wincanton, the largest British logistics service provider.DC380 is based in Harlow, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
