Investment Summary

Catalyst Investment Managers Pty. Exits Morris

On August 24, 2017, Sodexo invested in consumer services company Morris from Catalyst Investment Managers Pty.

Investment Highlights
  • This is Sodexo’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Sodexo’s 1st transaction in Australia.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-08-24
Target Morris
Sector Consumer Services
Investor(s) Sodexo
Sellers(s) Catalyst Investment Managers Pty.
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Morris

Springwood, Australia
Morris is a specialist provider of catering, accommodation and facilities management services to the remote fly-in fly-out (FIFO) resources industry. Morris was founded in 1966 and is based in Springwood, Australia.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Sodexo

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Category Company
Founded 1966
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees317,177
Revenue 23.8B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Sodexo engages in the design, management, and delivery of service solutions through on-site service solutions and motivation solutions. Sodexo was founded in 1966 and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 21
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 19
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-07 Inspirus

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Inspirus LLC is a provider of an cloud based employee engagement services company.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-18 VBX Solutions

Rockville, Maryland, United States

VBX Solutions is a packaging solutions provider that offers a variety of packaging solutions to build optimal brand experiences with a combination of creative, design, account management, production, and program management. VBX Solutions was founded in 2008 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Catalyst Investment Managers Pty.

Sydney, Australia

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Catalyst Investment Managers Pty. Ltd. is a large Australian private equity firm that invests in businesses valued between A$100 and A$500 million. Catalyst is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities throughout Australia and New Zealand. Target businesses generally exhibit market leadership, consistent cash-flows, organic growth potential, and strong management. Catalyst Investment Managers was established in 1989 and is based in Melbourne.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 10
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: Australia M&A 7 of 7
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-18 Global Television

Sydney, Australia

Global Television is a provider of equipment and services to the Australian television production and broadcasting industry, with a particular emphasis on Outdoor Broadcast (“OB”) events. GTV is the largest operation of its kind in the Asia Pacific with eight studios, an engineering facility, and training facilities in-house. GTV provides studios, OB vans, other equipment, and technical expertise to facilitate the production of television content. Global Television was founded in 1929 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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