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Investment Summary

Apax Invests In Central European Media Enterprises

On August 29, 2006, private equity firm Apax invested in media company Central European Media Enterprises

Investment Highlights
  • This is Apax’s 6th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Apax’s 1st transaction in Bermuda.
Investment Fate
  • Central European Media Enterprises went public in 2013.
  • Central European Media Enterprises was sold to a financial buyer in 2019.

Investment Summary
Date 2006-08-29
Target Central European Media Enterprises
Sector Media
Investor(s) Apax
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Central European Media Enterprises

Hamilton, Bermuda
Central European Media Enterprises is an Eastern European free-to-air TV company that owns and operates a portfolio of commercial TV stations in six Eastern European countries, reaching approximately 82 million people across the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Croatia, and Bulgaria. Central European Media Enterprises is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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Investor

Apax

London, United Kingdom

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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 98 of 266
Sector: Media M&A 6 of 9
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 7 of 20
Country: Bermuda M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 8 of 15
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-27 Plex Systems

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Plex Systems is the developer of Plex Online, a Cloud ERP solution for the manufacturing enterprise. Plex Online offers industry-leading features for virtually every department within a manufacturer, including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Quality Management System (QMS) for the shop floor, Supply Chain Management (SCM) for procurement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for finance and management, and Business Intelligence (BI) for executive management. Plex Online’s comprehensive functional coverage delivers a “shop floor to top floor” view of a manufacturer’s operations, enabling management to run its business at maximum efficiency.

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2006-09-01 NXP Semiconductors

Eindhoven, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors is a provider of semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. NXP Semiconductors was founded in 2006 and is based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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