M&A Deal Summary

CANAL + SA Acquires M7 Group SA

On May 27, 2019, CANAL + SA acquired media company M7 Group SA from Astorg Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CANAL + SA’s 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is CANAL + SA’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-05-27
Target M7 Group SA
Sector Media
Buyer(s) CANAL + SA
Sellers(s) Astorg Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

M7 Group SA

Luxembourg, Belgium
M7 Group SA is the sole provider of satellite television and radio in the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders region).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CANAL + SA

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

CANAL + SA is a media company operates a pay TV channels.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Media) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-16 TVN SA

Warsaw, Poland

TVN SA is a provider of media and broadcasting services in Poland.

Sell €584M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Astorg Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 22.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Astorg Partners is a private equity firm that targets small to midcap company investments primarily in France and to a limited extent, Western Europe. Astorg Partners looks for companies valued between €400 million and €2 billion, requiring at least €15 million in equity. Areas of interest include healthcare, retail, distribution, hospitality, and professional services. Prospective transaction situations include leverage build-ups, divestitures, family transitions, and secondary buyouts. Astorg Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Paris and has additional offices in London and Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 32
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 7
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-03-01 Acturis

London, United Kingdom

Acturis offers a multi-tenant SaaS platform providing administration, distribution, and underwriting capabilities to insurers and insurance brokers. Acturis was founded in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-21 LGC Group

Teddington, United Kingdom

LGC Group is an international life science measurement and testing company. LGC provides a range of measurement products and services that underpin the safety, health, and security of the public, including reference materials and proficiency testing, genomics reagents and instrumentation, and expert sample analysis and interpretation. LGC Group was founded in 1842 and is based in Teddington, United Kingdom.

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