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De Persgroep NV Acquires PCM Uitgevers BV

On March 4, 2009, De Persgroep NV acquired publishing company PCM Uitgevers BV from Apax

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is De Persgroep NV’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is De Persgroep NV’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-03-04
Target PCM Uitgevers BV
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) De Persgroep NV
Sellers(s) Apax
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

PCM Uitgevers BV

Amsterdam, Netherlands
PCM Uitgevers B.V. is a Dutch publishing company. It produces newspapers, trade books, and educational and professional publications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

De Persgroep NV

Kobbegem, Belgium
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

De Persgroep NV operates as a media company in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Flanders.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-16 VNU Media B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

VNU Media is a market leader in the online and print recruitment classifieds market in the Netherlands. The company has a strong portfolio of online recruitment brands including NationaleVacaturebank.nl, Intermediair.nl, Computable.nl and InIct.nl, which are supported by the print titles Intermediair, Computable and IntermediairPW. VNU Media also owns Tweakers.net, which attracts more than 3 million unique visitors per month, making it the largest IT website in the Benelux.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Apax

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 77.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Apax Partners is a mega-sized private equity investment group, operating across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia. Broad industry sectors of interest include tech & telecom, media, retail & consumer, healthcare, financial services, and business services. Apax will consider both minority and majority investment positions and prefers companies with strong market positions and growth potential. The Firm generally pursues platform acquisitions valued from $1 to $5 billion. Apax Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 173
Sector: Publishing M&A 4 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 13 of 60
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-02 Novacea

San Francisco, California, United States

Novacea, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on in-licensing, developing, and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cancer.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-05-18 Printar

Rehovot, Israel

Provider of direct digital printing equipment and consumables for the Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) manufacturing and assembly industry.

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