M&A Deal Summary

Imagem Music Group CV Acquires Boosey & Hawkes

On April 11, 2008, Imagem Music Group CV acquired publishing company Boosey & Hawkes from HgCapital for 126M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Imagem Music Group CV’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Imagem Music Group CV’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Imagem Music Group CV’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-11
Target Boosey & Hawkes
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Imagem Music Group CV
Sellers(s) HgCapital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 126M GBP

Target

Boosey & Hawkes

United Kingdom
Boosey & Hawkes is the world's leading classical music publisher with the largest catalogue of classical music copyrights of works by composers such as Britten, Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Shostakovich, Strauss and Stravinsky. It promotes the music to orchestras, opera and ballet companies, record labels, radio stations, film producers and advertisers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Imagem Music Group CV

Hilversum, Netherlands
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Imagem Music Group CV operates as a music publisher. Imagem Music Group is based in Hilversum, Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HgCapital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 65.0B 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 18 of 87
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 41
Country (United Kingdom) 12 of 45
Year (2008) 4 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 22 of 33
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