Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-01-19 |
| Target | Ocean Media Group |
| Sector | Publishing |
| Investor(s) | Ion Equity |
| Sellers(s) | AAC Capital UK |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ion Equity is a private equity firm focused on making investments in UK and Ireland based cash-flow businesses with strong assets. Ion seeks companies valued from €50 to €500 million and will consider funding acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, take privates, and restructurings. Ion Equity is a generalist investor, however the firm has a strong interest in energy, services, retail, media, and property related businesses. Ion Equity maintains offices in London and Dublin.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 9 of 9 |
| Sector: Publishing M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-01 |
SWS Group
Bandon Co. Cork, Ireland SWS Wind Energy is a cheap and plentiful energy resource that doesn't emit greenhouse gases or other polluting byproducts. With this combination of characteristics, it is ideally placed to help with two of the biggest challenges facing mankind - decreasing energy reserves and global warming. |
Sell | €500M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-14 |
Southwestern Business Process Services
Clonakilty, Ireland SouthWestern is the business process outsourcing provider in Ireland. It provides finance, administrative and customer relationship services to a variety of Irish government agencies and leading private sector companies. |
Sell | €35M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
AAC Capital UK is a mid-market Private equity buyout firm focuses on the niche companies in the Industrial, Business Services and Consumer sectors. AAC Capital UK formerly known as the UK team of ABN AMRO Capital. The firm looks to invest in profitable, cash-generative companies whose principal operations are in the UK. AAC Capital UK LLP is a private equity arm of AAC Capital partners. AAC Capital UK was formed in 2011 and is based in UK.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 14 of 21 |
| Sector: Publishing M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 5 of 6 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 12 of 19 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 2 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-19 |
Volution
Crawley, United Kingdom Volution is a manufacturer and distributor of ventilation products. The company operates through two divisions: the Ventilation Group, which primarily supplies ventilation products for residential and commercial construction applications in the UK, the Nordics, the Benelux countries and Germany; and Torin-Sifan, which supplies motors, fans and blowers to OEMs of heating and ventilation products for both residential and commercial construction applications in Europe. Volution was founded in 2014 and is based in Crawley, England. |
Sell | £163M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-05 |
Amtico International
Coventry, United Kingdom Amtico International Ltd. is the market leader in design-led vinyl flooring operating in Europe, the USA and Australia, supplying the commercial and residential flooring markets. |
Sell | - |
