M&A Deal Summary

Euronext Acquires The Irish Stock Exchange

On November 29, 2017, Euronext acquired financial services company The Irish Stock Exchange from Campbell O Connor & Co. and J&E Davy for 137M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Euronext’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Euronext’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Euronext’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-11-29
Target The Irish Stock Exchange
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Euronext
Sellers(s) Campbell O Connor & Co.
J&E Davy
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 137M EUR
Advisor(s) Moelis & Co. (Financial)
Arthur Cox (Legal)

Target

The Irish Stock Exchange

Dublin, Ireland
The Irish Stock Exchange plc is an incumbent stock exchange operator in the listing of fund and debt securities. SE acts as a centre for companies to raise international funds and investors to trade their shares. ISE is the #1 debt listing venue globally with 30,000+ debt securities and listings from 85+ countries and a diversified customer base of 3,600+ issuers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Euronext

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Financial Services
Employees2,407
Revenue 1.6B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Euronext's corporate headquarters in Amsterdam.
Euronext's corporate headquarters in Amsterdam.

Euronext is a provider of a broad portfolio of products, services, and platforms that cover the full range of financial market services. Euronext provides listing, trading, market data, indices, clearing, settlement, and custody as well as the development and operation of high-end trading systems. Euronext is based in Amsterdam. Euronext was founded in 2000 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


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Overall 4 of 13
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-14 Fastmatch

New York, New York, United States

FastMatch is a new Electronic Communication Network for foreign exchange trading. FastMatch strives to offer its customers access to large pools of diversified liquidity at unparalleled speed with complete transparency in the optimal location. The FastMatch ECN is based on the technology underpinning the world's largest Equities crossing system, the Credit Suisse Crossfinder matching engine. This market tested technology gives FastMatch an incredible speed advantage and has the capability of handling thousands of clients simultaneously. Clients include retail brokers, institutions, banks, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-17 InsiderLog

Stockholm, Sweden

InsiderLog is a provider of software to automates the management of insider lists in a way that both saves time and ensures compliance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). InsiderLog was founded in 2016 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Buy €6M

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Campbell O Connor & Co.

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Campbell O Connor & Co. is a private client stockbrokers, Campbell O'Connor & Company offers you a wealth of experience in dealing Irish, UK, European, US and Canadian equities and gilts. Campbell O Connor was founded in 1960 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


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Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
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Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
SELLER

J&E Davy

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1926
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

J&E Davy is a provider of wealth management, asset management, capital markets and financial advisory services. The Davy Group is headquartered in Dublin, with offices in London, Belfast, Cork and Galway.


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Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
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Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
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