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Aeon and Aeon Credit Service Co. Acquire Digital Direct

On January 18, 2013, Aeon and Aeon Credit Service Co. acquired e-commerce company Digital Direct from Mitsubishi

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aeon’s 1st and Aeon Credit Service Co.’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Aeon’s 4th and Aeon Credit Service Co.’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-01-18
Target Digital Direct
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) Aeon
Aeon Credit Service Co.
Sellers(s) Mitsubishi
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Digital Direct

Tokyo, Japan
Digital Direct Corp. engages in TV shopping, catalogue mail-order, and E-commerce.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Aeon

Chiba, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1758
Sector Retail
Employees168,001
Revenue 10.13T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Aeon operates in the retail industry, with general merchandise stores (GMSs), supermarkets, convenience stores, and department stores. The GMS segment operates GMS stores. The supermarket segment operates supermarkets. Aeon was incorporated in 1758 and is based in Chiba, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Japan M&A 4 of 7
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-31 Magnificient Diagraph Sdn Bhd. and Carrefour Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Magnificient Diagraph Sdn Bhd. and Carrefour Malaysia Sdn Bhd. represents the combined operations for Aeon Co., Ltd,company engages into General retailing through hypermarket and other directly related activities.

Buy €147M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-04 Peacock Store

Osaka, Japan

Peacock Store Ltd.a supermarket operator,company that carry out department store operations and related businesses.

Buy ¥30.0B
Buyer

Aeon Credit Service Co.

Taipei,, Taiwan
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Aeon Credit Service (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. provides credit card services for consumers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Mitsubishi

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1950
Sector Diversified
Employees62,062
Revenue 18.62T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Mitsubishi is a diversified holding company that engages in global environmental & infrastructure, business service, industrial finance, logistics & development, energy business, metals, machinery, chemicals, and living essentials business. Mitsubishi was founded in 1950 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 6
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-11 TRILITY Pty

Adelaide, Australia

TRILITY is a water utility service provider with capabilities covering the full life cycle of water through wastewater treatment, reuse and desalination projects. Our skills are built around delivery of services including project finance, Design and Construction (D&C), Operation and Maintenance (O&M), asset management and utility services. We operate throughout Australia and across the resources, industrial and municipal sectors.

Buy AU$225M
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-22 Cermaq ASA

Oslo, Norway

Cermaq is one of the world's leading companies in farming of salmon and trout, with operations in Norway, Canada and Chile.

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