M&A Deal Summary

Accenture Acquires Rothco

On December 14, 2017, Accenture acquired media company Rothco

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Accenture’s 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Accenture’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-14
Target Rothco
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Accenture
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Rothco

Dublin, Ireland
Rothco is an international creative agency. It strategically plans, designs and produces powerful communications campaigns across Europe for iconic brands. Rothco is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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Buyer

Accenture

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1951
Sector Business Services
Employees791,000
Revenue 64.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Accenture is a global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions, Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. Accenture was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 120 of 355
Sector: Media M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 102 of 311
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 31 of 31
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-17 Altima

Paris, France

Altima is a full-service digital commerce agency, headquartered in France and with offices in China, Canada and the United States. Altima creates and adapts experiences for eCommerce, mobile and in-store commerce. Its work for prestigious French and global brands has been recognized with numerous awards, most recently the 2016 Trophées E-Commerce in the user experience design category and a 2016 W3 Award for design and user experience. Altima’s offering spans experience strategy, user experience design, digital marketing services and multichannel commerce platform implementation.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-10 Mackevision Medien Design

Stuttgart, Germany

Mackevision Medien Design GmbH is a global producer of 3D-enabled and immersive product content. Mackevision’s creation, visualization and production services are used for online product configurators, digital and print catalogues, virtual showrooms, point-of-sale kiosks, augmented and virtual reality experiences, as well as broadcast video and feature films. Mackevision has developed a differentiated ability to leverage engineering data to construct ‘digital twins’ of complex physical products. Mackevision Medien Design was founded in 1994 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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