M&A Deal Summary

Euro Media Group Acquires Alfacam

On June 19, 2013, Euro Media Group acquired media company Alfacam from GIMV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Euro Media Group’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Euro Media Group’s 1st transaction in South Africa.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-06-19
Target Alfacam
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Euro Media Group
Sellers(s) GIMV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Alfacam

Randburg, South Africa
Alfacam is known for its broadcasting vehicles for filming and broadcasting of major sports and entertainment events. Alfacam was founded in 1985 and is based in Randburg, South Africa.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Euro Media Group

Saint Denis, France

Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Euro Media Group provides various audiovisual technical services. The company's broadcast facilities and services place innovation at the heart of its strategy which enables the company to offer its customers unrivaled services to enrich and manage high value-added content. Euro Media Group was founded in 1983 and is based in Saint Denis, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-10 Netco Sports

Paris, France

Netco Sports is a provider of mobile solutions in the world of Sports and Media: 2nd screen, Game Connect, Fotofan and Stadium Connect.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GIMV

Antwerp, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIMV is a Belgium based public investment company focused on private equity and venture capital investments in tech-based businesses. GIMV's private equity practice operates through its Corporate Investment unit and targets management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings of companies with annual sales between EUR15 and EUR150 million. For buyout opportunities GIMV generally takes a majority stake in businesses and for growth capital needs, GIMV takes a minority position. GIMV does not invest in publicly held companies or turnaround situations. GIMV's geographic focus is within Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France. GIMV also invests in Russia through Eagle Capital Partners, a partnership with KBC Private Equity. GIMV was formed in 1980 and is headquartered in Antwerp with additional offices in The Hague, Frankfurt, Munich, and Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 111
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 58
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-14 Lampiris SA

Liège, Belgium

Lampiris SA is a provider of gas and green electricity to private, corporate and public sector customers. It holds a market share of 9% of the gas market and 6.5% of the electricity market, making it Belgium's third largest energy provider.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-20 Luciad NV

Leuven, Belgium

Luciad NV is a provider of software solutions for building state-of-the-art Situational Awareness systems. Luciad’s visualisation technologies support live connections to dynamic sensor feeds in a 3D environment. The result is a 5D digital reality – real-time, rapid fusion of multi-source content and the ability to perform analytics on-the-fly. Luciad is an international high-tech software company with offices located in Leuven (Belgium), Reston, VA (U.S.A.), Ankara (Turkey), and Paris (France).

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