M&A Deal Summary

ARO Acquires Budd Communications

On March 6, 2013, ARO acquired communications company Budd Communications from Inter-Group Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ARO’s 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is ARO’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-03-06
Target Budd Communications
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) ARO
Sellers(s) Inter-Group Communications
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Budd Communications

Bristol, United Kingdom
Budd Communications Ltd. is a telecommunication equipment supplier. Specialising in the supply and installation of business telephone systems from 1-38 lines and 2-100 extensions, Budd Communications provide many system types, new and second user, from quality manufacturers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ARO

Godalming, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Communications
Employees220
DESCRIPTION

ARO is a provider of business-critical services to UK SMEs and mid-market customers, including mobile, fixed-line, hosted telephony, data, IT and energy solutions. ARO was established in 2005 and is based in Godalming, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 12
Sector: Communications M&A 3 of 10
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 12
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-06 Inter-Group Communications

Southport, United Kingdom

Inter-Group Communications Ltd. is a provider of IP telephony, voice, network and managed services in the public and private sectors.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-28 Networks United

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Networksun is a provider of fixed line communication solutions to the SME and Enterprise market place.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Inter-Group Communications

Southport, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Inter-Group Communications Ltd. is a provider of IP telephony, voice, network and managed services in the public and private sectors.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-05 Budd Communications

Bristol, United Kingdom

Budd Communications Ltd. is a telecommunication equipment supplier. Specialising in the supply and installation of business telephone systems from 1-38 lines and 2-100 extensions, Budd Communications provide many system types, new and second user, from quality manufacturers.

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