Sanoma Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Sanoma Group M&A Summary

Sanoma Group has acquired 6 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.

Sanoma Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired Santillana Educacion S.L. for $524M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2011, when it sold Nordic Cinema Group AB to Ratos for $106M. Sanoma Group has acquired in 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include education (50%) and internet software and services (34%).

Sanoma Group Business Overview

Where is Sanoma Group headquartered?

Sanoma Group is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

What sector is Sanoma Group in?

Sanoma Group is a distribution company.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity13
    • M&A Buy Activity6
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 1

Sanoma Group

Töölönlahdenkatu 2,
Helsinki, 00100
Finland,
+358 105 1999
www.sanoma.com

Sanoma is a media and learning companies in Europe. We entertain, inform, educate and inspire millions of people every day — across media in multiple channels. We employ some 10,000 professional employees operating in Europe. Our key markets are Finland, The Netherlands, Belgium and Central & Eastern Europe.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 5 1 - - - - 6
vol $524M $524M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 6 - - - - 1 7
vol $118M $118M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Netwheels Oy 2024-01-18 - Divestiture
Vantaa, Finland · www.netwheels.fi
Santillana Educacion, S.L. 2020-10-19 524M EUR Divestiture
Tres Cantos, Spain · www.santillana.es
Clickedu 2019-12-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Barcelona, Spain · www.clickartedu.com
itslearning AS 2019-12-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Bergen, Norway · www.itslearning.eu
Iddink Groep B.V. 2018-12-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Ede, Netherlands · www.iddinkgroep.nl
Sanoma Baltics AS 2017-03-15 - Divestiture
Tallinn, Estonia · www.kuldnebors.ee
auto24 AS 2017-03-01 - Divestiture
Tallinn, Estonia · www..auto24.ee
Kortingisleuk.nl 2016-06-01 - Add-on Acquisition
, Netherlands · www.kortingisleuk.nl
Scoupy B.V. 2016-06-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Amstelveen, Netherlands · www.scoupy.com
AAC Global Oy 2016-01-28 - Divestiture
Helsinki, Finland · www.aacglobal.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 2 (33%) - 2 (29%) -
Education 3 (50%) 524M (100%) - -
Distribution 1 (17%) - 1 (14%) -
Media - - 2 (29%) 118M (100%)
Business Services - - 1 (14%) -
Digital Media - - 1 (14%) -
Total 6 $524M 7 $118M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Finland - - 4 11M
Netherlands 3 - - -
Estonia - - 2 -
Spain 2 524M - -
Norway 1 - - -
Sweden - - 1 106M
Domestic - - 4 (57%) 11M (10%)
Cross-border 6 (100%) 524M (100%) 3 (43%) 106M (90%)
Total 6 $524M 7 $118M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Summa Capital Oy
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $524M
TOTAL $524M
Largest Santillana Educacion, S.L.
$524M (2020-10-19)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $106M
< $100M 1 $11M
TOTAL $118M
Largest Nordic Cinema Group AB
$106M (2011-03-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
33%
2 (33%)
Strategic(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
71%
5 (71%)
Strategic(s)
29%
2 (29%)

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