M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2015-01-01 |
| Target | Endemol UK |
| Sector | Media |
| Buyer(s) | Endemol Shine Group |
| Sellers(s) |
Cyrte Investments
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
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Endemol Shine Group is an international television production and distribution group with 27 production companies across 11 countries creating scripted and non-scripted content in the global marketplace. Endemol Shine Group is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 2 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 2 of 2 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Year: 2015 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-16 |
Bossa Studios
London, United Kingdom Bossa Studios Ltd is a social gaming company in UK. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Cyrte Private Equity is the private equity group of Dutch investment firm Cyrte Investments. Cyrte PE invests in the UK, US, and Western Europe and targets businesses in a state of change. Cyrte generally seeks businesses valued between €50 and €300 million. Sectors of interest include media, entertainment, telecommunication, and technology. The Group will consider a variety of transaction situations including sales of family-owned businesses, divestments of non-core businesses, take privates, and management teams looking for a financial partner. Cyrte Private Equity was established in 2000 and is based in Amsterdam.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 3 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 2 of 2 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2015 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-02 |
Emesa B.V.
Amsterdam, Netherlands Emesa is an online consumer auction platform in the European leisure industry which enables online customers to find and book leisure deals such as short holidays, weekend breaks, spa/beauty visits, event tickets and restaurant visits. |
Buy | €95M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| PE ASSETS | 155.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is the investment arm of Goldman Sachs. The primary corporate investment group within the Merchant Banking Division is Goldman Sachs' direct investment arm. GS's direct investment arm consists of GS Capital Partners, GS Mezzanine Partners, and GS Growth Partners. GS Capital Partners is the direct corporate equity investment group which seeks LBO, recapitalization, and growth investments to help fund acquisitions, expansions, recapitalizations, restructurings, buyouts, and take privates. GS Capital Partners looks to invest between $50 and $800 million in opportunities in North/South America, Europe, Asia. GS Mezzanine Partners is the junior capital arm of Goldman Sachs. GS Mezzanine looks to invest between $200 million and and $800 million in transactions valued up to $10 billion. Investment proceeds are used to fund leveraged buyouts, expansion financings, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and restructurings. GS Growth looks to invest in growth equity transactions. The unit seeks to commit $20 to $200 million per investment. Other units within GS's merchant banking division include Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Urban Investments. Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 58 of 126 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 4 of 4 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 16 of 43 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 2 of 6 |
| Year: 2015 M&A | 2 of 11 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 |
Indus Towers
Gurugram, India Indus Towers is an operator of telecommunication services businesses in India. Bharti's primary assets include national and international long distance licenses, cellular licenses in four metropolitan cities and 11 states and fixed line licenses in five states. Indus Towers was founded in 2006 and is based in Gurugram, Haryana. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-04 |
Worldstores
Twickenham, United Kingdom Worldstores Ltd. is one of the UK's largest online retailers of products for the home and garden. There are over 500,000 products on the site. Worldstores has built a proprietary technology platform that manages suppliers and enables rapid cross-docking of stock directly from suppliers to customers so that customers can have next day, or day of choice, delivery. Much of the product requires 2-man delivery. |
Buy | - |
