M&A Deal Summary

Apax Acquires Tivit

On May 10, 2010, private equity firm Apax acquired information technology company Tivit

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apax’s 8th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Apax’s 1st transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-05-10
Target Tivit
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Apax
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Tivit

São Paulo, Brazil
Tivit is an integrated services provider of ITM (Information Technology Management) and BPM (Business Process Management) supporting their customers' growth and success. With an extensive service portfolio and a consulting approach, the company designs innovative operating solutions. Tivit was formed in 2005 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Buyer

Apax

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 77.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Apax Partners is a mega-sized private equity investment group, operating across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia. Broad industry sectors of interest include tech & telecom, media, retail & consumer, healthcare, financial services, and business services. Apax will consider both minority and majority investment positions and prefers companies with strong market positions and growth potential. The Firm generally pursues platform acquisitions valued from $1 to $5 billion. Apax Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 128 of 262
Sector (Information Technology) 8 of 30
Type (Going Private) 11 of 22
Country (Brazil) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-03 Sophos

Abingdon, United Kingdom

Sophos is a provider of information technology security and data protection solutions. Sophos' cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more. Sophos was founded in 1985 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.

Buy $830M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-14 Wilex AG

Munich, Germany

Novel cancer therapies.

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