M&A Deal Summary

HgCapital Acquires Eagle Rock Entertainment

On December 24, 2001, private equity firm HgCapital acquired media company Eagle Rock Entertainment from Edel for 34M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HgCapital’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is HgCapital’s 31st largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is HgCapital’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Eagle Rock Entertainment was sold to management in 2007.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2001-12-24
Target Eagle Rock Entertainment
Sector Media
Buyer(s) HgCapital
Sellers(s) Edel
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 34M GBP

Target

Eagle Rock Entertainment

London, United Kingdom
Eagle creates and acquires audio and audio-visual entertainment productions with a strong focus on rock music by mature and established international artists. It exploits these intellectual property rights on CD, DVD and through TV licensing. All manufacturing and distribution are outsourced, as is most production.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

HgCapital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 70.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HgCapital is a European private equity firm focused on a wide range of transactions including public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, divestitures, and turnarounds. Broad sectors of interest include consumer and leisure, healthcare, industrials, services, technology, media, and renewable energy. The Firm will consider both majority and minority investment positions. HgCapital is the successor to Mercury Capital Partners, a former unit of Merill Lynch which was spun out by management in 2000. HgCapital has offices in London and Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 152
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 10
Country (United Kingdom) 5 of 59
Year (2001) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 31 of 32
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-09-24 Orbiscom

Blackrock, Ireland

Orbiscom is a provider in secure on-line credit and debit card payment technology. It has pioneered a breakthrough solution to protect cardholders against on-line card fraud and provides financial institutions with a dynamic, continuous and immediate channel to their customers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-04-02 Axiom Systems Holdings

Reading, United Kingdom

AXIOSS is a unique platform empowering Communications Service Providers with the ability to design, create and deliver next generation Triple Play services such as IPTV and VoIP, over agnostic broadband and IP networks.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Edel

Hamburg, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Consumer Products
Employees1,029
Revenue 280M EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Edel is an independent German music and entertainment groups, with dozens of sub-labels and affiliates all over the world. Edel was founded in 1986 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2001) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-09-28 WVG Medien

Hamburg, Germany

WVG Medien supports renowned domestic and foreign film rights holders in the development and marketing of their entertainment products. The company is an independent DVD and Blu-ray distribution organization in German-speaking countries. WVG Medien is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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