M&A Deal Summary

GMT Communications Partners Acquires Le Marche du Travail

On February 1, 2003, private equity firm GMT Communications Partners acquired publishing company Le Marche du Travail

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GMT Communications Partners’ 4th transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is GMT Communications Partners’ 3rd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-02-01
Target Le Marche du Travail
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) GMT Communications Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Le Marche du Travail

Chatillon, France
Le Marche du Travail is an independent French weekly recruitment publication, focusing on a broad base of small-to-medium sized customers, with a database that exceeds 70,000 companies. Le Marche du Travail was founded in 1970 and is based in Chatillon, France.

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Buyer

GMT Communications Partners

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

GMT Communications Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments in the media and communications industries. The Firm prefers established companies with strong barriers to entry. Specific sectors of interest include publishing, information services, tv/radio, mobile voice & data networks, out-of-home media, and telecom infrastructure/services. GMT focuses its investment activity across Europe and will consider later stage investments as well as buyouts. GMT Communications Partners is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 30
Sector: Publishing M&A 4 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 16 of 24
Country: France M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2003 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-01 Casema NV

The Hague, Netherlands

Casema NV is a provider of analogue TV, digital TV and broadband Internet access to its residential customers, and leased line data communications and voice telephony to its business customers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-05-01 Invitel

Budaörs, Hungary

Invitel is an alternative telecommunication service provider, Invitel offers a wide range of info-communication solutions in the whole territory of the country. Invitel was founded in 1992 and is based in Budaors, Hungary.

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