M&A Deal Summary

Edotech Acquires Lasercom

On March 19, 2003, Edotech acquired communications company Lasercom from Equistone

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Edotech’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Edotech’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-03-19
Target Lasercom
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Edotech
Sellers(s) Equistone
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Lasercom

United Kingdom
Lasercom is the European systems integrator and Application Service Provider (ASP) specialising in customer communications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Edotech

Tewksbury, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Edotech Ltd. is a provider of transactional document processing solutions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Equistone

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 9.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equistone is a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-sized companies valued from €50 to €500 million. Equistone targets companies operating in the fields of services, healthcare, financial services, and consumer/travel. The Firm looks to invest €25 to €200 million in a variety of transactions, including buyouts, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, and take privates. Equistone was formed in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 206
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 70
Country: United Kingdom M&A 9 of 84
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 10
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Billericay, United Kingdom

DCK Concessions Ltd. is a fashion jewellery retailers in the world. It trades in over 3,000 concession outlets across 22 countries worldwide. DCK has one of the largest design, sourcing and buying teams for fashion jewellery worldwide

Buy €44M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Sutton, United Kingdom

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