M&A Deal Summary

Montagu Acquires Host Europe

On September 15, 2010, private equity firm Montagu acquired internet software and services company Host Europe from Oakley Capital for 222M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Montagu’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Montagu’s 13th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Montagu’s 6th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Host Europe was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2013 for 438M GBP.
  • Host Europe was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-09-15
Target Host Europe
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Montagu
Sellers(s) Oakley Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 222M GBP

Target

Host Europe

Cologne, Germany
Host Europe is a provider of hosting and domain services to consumers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It offered an end-to-end product suite including domain services, application hosting, cloud hosting, and managed hosting. Host Europe was founded in 1997 and is based in Cologne, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Montagu

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 11.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Montagu is an independent private equity firm focused on European management buyouts and growth capital transactions. The Firm seeks opportunities valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Sectors of interest include healthcare, medical products, financial services, software, IT, information services, and education. Montagu dates back to 1968 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 73 of 115
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 2 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 10 of 29
Country (Germany) 6 of 8
Year (2010) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 13 of 31
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-16 Sebia

Lisses, France

Sebia is a provider of clinical protein electrophoresis equipment and reagents, a technology used for in-vitro diagnostic testing. Its systems analyse proteins in order to screen and monitor various diseases and conditions; primarily oncology (Multiple Myeloma), metabolic disorders such as Diabetes and also Hemoglobinopathy and rare pathologies. Sebia was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Lisses, France.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-25 Visma

Oslo, Norway

Visma offers software and services that simplify and digitize core business processes in the private and public sectors. Visma was founded in 1985 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

Buy Nkr11.0B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Oakley Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 8.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in opportunities across Europe. Oakley targets a variety of investment situations, including traditional buyouts, take privates, growth capital financings, secondary buyouts, and turnarounds. Oakley prefers controlling situations and seeks businesses valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Oakley Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 19
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 10
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 10
Country (Germany) 1 of 5
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-07 Verivox

Heidelberg, Germany

Verivox Holdings Limited is Germany’s largest energy price comparison website.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-01 Time Out Group

London, United Kingdom

Time Out is the trusted global platform that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city. Operating in 108 cities, across 39 countries, it has an average monthly global audience reach of over 137 million across all platforms. Time Out's online platforms give the audience the best in recommendations and reviews as well as a comprehensive arts, entertainments and events listings. There are 30 editions of the magazine, in cities across the planet, from Mexico City to Melbourne, Barcelona to Beijing. Time Out Group was founded in 1968 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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