Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Business Services

Livingbridge Acquires Reach Holdings

On November 22, 2004, private equity firm Livingbridge acquired business services company Reach Holdings

Acquisition Context
  • This is Livingbridge’s 11th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Livingbridge’s 23rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date November 22, 2004
Target Reach Holdings
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Livingbridge
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Gridley & Company (Financial)

Target Company

Reach Holdings

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom
A field marketing and contract sales business providing dedicated full-time sales support and merchandising teams to clients such as Nestle, Britvic and Vodafone.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Livingbridge

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 3.8B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Livingbridge is a UK-based investment group focused on investing in and growing mid-sized companies. The Firm targets businesses seeking £15 to £300 million of capital. Prospective companies should have 'ambitious mangement', scalable business models, and potential for market leadership. Sectors of interest include technology, media, communications, consumer products/services, healthcare, and education. Livingbridge was formed in 1995 and is based in London.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 27 of 150
Sector: Business Services 11 of 30
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 18 of 52
Country: United Kingdom 23 of 132
Year: 2004 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-01 Brownsword

Manchester, United Kingdom

Provider of road traffic accident investigation services using innovative voice recognition technology. Clients include blue-chip motor insurance companies.

Sell £9M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-03 Fat Face

Havant, United Kingdom

Fat Face retails premium men's, women's and children's clothing and accessories, created by its own in-house design team. Fat Face was founded in 1988 and is based in Havant, United Kingdom.

Sell £110M