M&A Deal Summary

Aimia Acquires Loyalty Management Group

On December 3, 2007, Aimia acquired business services company Loyalty Management Group from Warburg Pincus for 368M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aimia’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Aimia’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Aimia’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-12-03
Target Loyalty Management Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Aimia
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 368M USD

Target

Loyalty Management Group

London, United Kingdom
Loyalty Management Group Ltd. manages coalition loyalty programs worldwide.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aimia

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 2008
Sector Business Services
Employees18
Revenue 167M CAD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Aimia is a data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics company. Company provide clients with the customer insights need to make smarter business decisions and build relevant, rewarding and long-term one-to-one relationships, evolving the value exchange to the mutual benefit of both clients and consumers. Aimia was founded in 2008 and is based in Toronto, Canada.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 2
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-03 Carlson Marketing Group

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

Carlson Marketing Group, Inc. a provider of marketing services. It designs and delivers loyalty, engagement and event programs for some of the world's best known brands. Carlson Marketing's two global service offerings - Brand Loyalty and Engagement & Events- are supported by six core capabilities: Strategy & Brand Planning; Creative and Communications; Decision Sciences; Award Services; Technology Services and Customer Service.

Buy $175M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 251
Sector (Business Services) 4 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 90
Country (United Kingdom) 6 of 17
Year (2007) 8 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 44 of 63
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-01 Coyote Logistics

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Coyote Logistics provides truckload brokerage services by utilizing an asset-light model to contract truckload shipments between shipping customers and trucking companies without directly owning any trucks. Coyote Logistics was formed in 2006 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-04 Centrum BV

Prague, Czech Republic

Centrum is the second largest internet portal in the Czech Republic and a leading portal in Slovakia. The company has a leadership position in select internet verticals and is one of the leading news portals in the Czech Republic. Centrum generates revenue by selling ad banners, search keywords and listings, as well as other products such as classifieds and video ads.

Buy -