M&A Deal Summary

Amey Acquires Comax

On July 2, 1999, Amey acquired defense company Comax from Cinven for 145M GBP

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-07-02
Target Comax
Sector Defense
Buyer(s) Amey
Sellers(s) Cinven
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 145M GBP

Target

Comax

England, United Kingdom
Comax Ltd. provides support services to the defence industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Amey

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Construction
DESCRIPTION

Amey is an infrastructure services and engineering company helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining, and transforming the nation’s strategic assets. The company’s unique engineering and operations experience, together with data-driven insight from its consulting business, delivers better results for our clients. Amey is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Defense) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 2
Year (1999) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-31 Herefordshire Jarvis Services

York, United Kingdom

Herefordshire Jarvis Services, Ltd is a provider of various services to community.

Buy £4M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Cinven

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1977
PE ASSETS 39.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cinven is a private equity firm focused on buyout investments in growing, profitable businesses located throughout Europe and North America. Sectors of interest include business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, retail, leisure, consumer, technology, media, and telecommunications. Cinven looks to invest a minimum of €200 million in companies with minimum enterprise values of €400 million. Cinven does not invest in start-ups or development phase companies. Cinven was established in 1977 and is headquartered in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 127
Sector (Defense) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 31
Country (United Kingdom) 40 of 72
Year (1999) 2 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 20 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-06-01 Avecia Biotechnology

Milford, Massachusetts, United States

Avecia is an international specialty chemicals manufacturer. At the time of the Cinven acquisition, it comprised multiple divisions. Five of those divisions, Stahl, Performance Intermediates, Neoresins, Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals and Electronic materials have been sold to date. The remaining business is the Biotechnology division, encompassing the Biologics and DNA manufacturing activities.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-07-28 Corgi Classics Holdings

Leicester, Massachusetts, United States

Corgi Classics Holdings develops and markets high-quality lines of die-cast collectible products sold through retail channels in Europe, Canada, Mexico, the United States and elsewhere. Corgi Classics Holdings was founded in 1995 and is based in Leicester, Massachusetts.

Sell $46M
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