M&A Deal Summary

Bain Capital Private Equity Acquires Asatsu-Dk

On December 7, 2017, private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity acquired marketing company Asatsu-Dk

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 8th transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-12-07
Target Asatsu-Dk
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Bain Capital Private Equity
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Asatsu-Dk

Tokyo, Japan
Asatsu-Dk is a provider of advertising and publication businesses in Japan and internationally. Asatsu-Dk was founded in 1956 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer

Bain Capital Private Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 44.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bain Capital Private Equity (BCPE), is the private equity investment arm of alternative asset management firm, Bain Capital. BCPE targets leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions in a wide variety of industries including information technology, communications, media, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, retail/consumer, and financial services. Bain Capital is based in Boston with additional offices in New York, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 165 of 236
Sector (Marketing) 2 of 2
Type (Going Private) 16 of 24
Country (Japan) 8 of 14
Year (2017) 17 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-05 daVinci

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States

daVinci is a provider of prepaid solutions for global incentive and reward programs. daVinci offers robust corporate partner platforms that distribute both physical and virtual cards through leading-edge digital solutions where payments can be distributed via email, text message or product packaging. daVinci was established in 1996 and is based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-18 Trans Maldivian Airways

Male, Maldives

Trans Maldivian Airways is a seaplane operator carrying approximately 400,000 passengers annually from Velana International Airport in the Maldives’ capital of Malé, to luxury resorts on islands through out the country. Trans Maldivian Airways was founded in 1988 and is based in Male, Maldives.

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