M&A Deal Summary

Orange Business Services SAS Acquires Basefarm AS

On July 16, 2018, Orange Business Services SAS acquired information technology company Basefarm AS from ABRY Partners for 350M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Orange Business Services SAS’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Orange Business Services SAS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Orange Business Services SAS’s 1st transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-07-16
Target Basefarm AS
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Orange Business Services SAS
Sellers(s) ABRY Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 350M EUR

Target

Basefarm AS

Oslo, Norway
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Basefarm AS is a provider of operational services to businesses that use the internet as an important customer channel. Basefarm specialises in operating internet services with high levels of traffic and complexity, such as portals, web newspapers, streaming services, search services and online shopping solutions. Basefarm AS was founded in 2000 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

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Buyer

Orange Business Services SAS

Paris, France

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Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Orange Business Services SAS is a provider of telecommunications and information technology (IT) services to multinational companies, local government bodies, and public sector organizations in France and internationally.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 6
Country (Norway) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-02 Enovacom SAS

Marseille, France

Enovacom SAS is a software publisher. Enovacom designs software suite to facilitate the exchange, sharing and security of data between all players in the healthcare system. Enovacom SAS was established in 2002 and is based in Marseille, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 76 of 98
Sector (Information Technology) 16 of 21
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 40 of 51
Country (Norway) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 20 of 29
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-02 Orion Healthcorp

Roswell, Georgia, United States

Orion Healthcorp, Inc. is an infrastructure and integration services company offering billing and collection, practice consulting, and accounting and bookkeeping services to hospital-based physicians.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-15 AdSwerve

Denver, Colorado, United States

AdSwerve is a technology solutions provider for online advertisers and marketers. As a Google Marketing Platform partner, AdSwerve provides implementation, technical training, support and strategic consulting for Google’s advertising technology products to companies and agencies marketing online. AdSwerve was founded in 2009 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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