M&A Deal Summary

Arkarius Group Acquires Optionis Group

On January 10, 2017, Arkarius Group acquired business services company Optionis Group from MML

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Arkarius Group’s 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Arkarius Group’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-10
Target Optionis Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Arkarius Group
Sellers(s) MML
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Optionis Group

Warrington, United Kingdom
Optionis Group Ltd. is a provider of an accounting, payroll, tax and professional employment solutions to the flexible workforce through a multi-brand strategy which includes ClearSky Contractor Accounting, Parasol, ClearSky Business and Brian Alfred.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Arkarius Group

United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Arkarius Group is a provider of an accounting services to the flexible workforce.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-22 SJD Accountancy

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

SJD is the UK’s market leader, in the highly fragmented and growing Contractor accounting market, and has achieved 22 years of unbroken growth

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MML

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MML Capital Partners is an investment firm that targets subordinated debt and traditional private equity investments across the US and Europe. MML Capital looks for transactions requiring €5 million and €200 million of capital to support expansion financing, management buyouts, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and take privates. MML Capital invested more than €2 billion across 11 countries. MML Capital was formed in 1988 and has offices in London, Paris, and Stamford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 38
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 11
Country: United Kingdom M&A 7 of 18
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-04 SVP

Saint Ouen, France

SVP provides management consulting services to businesses and local governments. It offers legislation, finance, accounting, human resources, business life, and market consulting services. SVP was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Saint Ouen, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-01 Apache Industrial Services

Houston, Texas, United States

Apache Industrial Services provides a wide range of industrial services primarily to the energy sector. Services include various industrial coating applications and solutions, fireproofing, metalizing, insulation, scaffolding, power and petrochemical plant maintenance and tank/pipe painting and lining. Apache Industrial Services was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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