M&A Deal Summary

Oakley Capital Private Equity Acquires Daisy

On July 21, 2009, private equity firm Oakley Capital Private Equity acquired communications company Daisy for 42M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oakley Capital Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Oakley Capital Private Equity’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Oakley Capital Private Equity’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-07-21
Target Daisy
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Oakley Capital Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 42M GBP

Target

Daisy

Nelson, United Kingdom
Daisy is an independent provider of B2B communications, IT and cloud services. Formed in 2001, Daisy has grown into one of the UK’s leading telecommunications providers, with 360,000 indirect and direct customers, c2,100 partners, c4,000 employees, and 30+ locations nationwide.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Oakley Capital Private Equity

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 1.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital Private Equity is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in the UK and Western 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 looks to commit £5 to £60 million per transaction. Oakley Capital Private Equity is a unit of asset manager of Oakley Capital. The Group is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 40
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 18
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 12
Year (2009) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-01 Monument Securities

London, United Kingdom

Monument Securities Limited is an independent institutional and corporate provider.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-07 Verivox

Heidelberg, Germany

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

Buy -
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