M&A Deal Summary

Colt Technology Services Group Acquires KVH Co.

On November 12, 2014, Colt Technology Services Group acquired information technology company KVH Co. for 130M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Colt Technology Services Group’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Colt Technology Services Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Colt Technology Services Group’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-11-12
Target KVH Co.
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Colt Technology Services Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 130M EUR

Target

KVH Co.

Tokyo, Japan
KVH Co., Ltd. is a provider of IT services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Colt Technology Services Group

London, Latvia

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Communications
Revenue 1.5B GBP (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Colt Technology Services Group Ltd. provides high bandwidth services for enterprises and wholesale customers in Europe, Asia, and North America’s largest business hubs. The company enables the digital transformation of businesses through its intelligent, purpose-built, cloud-integrated network, known as the Colt IQ Network. Colt Technology Services was formed in 1992 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-10 MarketPrizm

London, United Kingdom

MarketPrizm Ltd is a provider of electronic trading infrastructure solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-13 Colt - Cloud Business

United States

Colt - Cloud Business is a provider of cloud technologies and support services across 10 countries (the UK, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, India, Romania and Switzerland). Colt Managed cloud employs staff working across operations, transition and engagement, presales, service management and support functions and has around 600 customers across multiple verticals including financial services, media and government, which will benefit from a long term, secure and seamless provision of services.

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