M&A Deal Summary

Intertek Acquires Moody International

On April 28, 2011, Intertek acquired engineering company Moody International from Investcorp for 450M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intertek’s 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is Intertek’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Intertek’s 14th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-04-28
Target Moody International
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) Intertek
Sellers(s) Investcorp
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 450M GBP

Target

Moody International

Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
Moody is a global provider of technical and inspection services and management system certification. The company comprises two core businesses: Technical and Inspection Services which provides vendor inspection services and technical personnel principally to the oil and gas and infrastructure sectors; and Management System Certification which provides management systems audit and certification services for companies looking to implement international system standards, mainly IS09001 and IS014001. Founded in 1911 and headquartered in the UK, Moody has approximately 2,900 employees and contractors and operates from 100 offices located in over 60 countries enabling it to meet the requirements of its global blue chip client base.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Intertek

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1885
Sector Business Services
Employees43,597
Revenue 3.3B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Intertek provides global testing, inspection, and certification services. The Company provide 24/7 mission-critical quality assurance solutions to our clients to ensure that they can operate with well-functioning supply chains in each of their operations. Intertek was founded in 1885 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 54 of 91
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 41 of 73
Country (United Kingdom) 14 of 21
Year (2011) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-12 American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories

Champaign, Illinois, United States

American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Corp. is a testing, analytics and research company focusing on food, functional foods, nutritional supplements, cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals. AACL provides analytical testing and research services to companies engaged in the development, production and distribution of food, functional foods, drinks and cosmetics, nutritional supplements, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-01 QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business

Farnborough, United Kingdom

QinetiQ Group - UK Fuel & Lubricants Business is a provider of fuel and lubricant testing services. The asset is located in Farnborough, United Kingdom

Buy £500K

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Investcorp

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 53.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Investcorp is a global investment group focused on a variety of investment disciplines. Practice areas include private equity in North America and Western Europe, hedge funds, US real estate, technology investments, and Middle Eastern private equity. Within North America/Europe private equity, Investcorp targets market leaders with proven track records. It looks to invest $15 to $50 million in companies with revenues of $10 to $250 million. Investcorp's technology group sponsors growth-oriented control investments in the tech sector. Investcorp's Middle East practice focuses on buyout/build opportunities in North Africa and the Gulf Region. Target sectors include services, infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy. Investcorp was formed in 1982 and is based in Manama, Bahrain.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 106
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 26 of 46
Country (United Kingdom) 5 of 14
Year (2011) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 43
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-06 eviivo

London, United Kingdom

eviivo is a software provider for small and medium-sized accommodation businesses to manage their online and offline bookings, allocate rooms, allow for flexible pricing, invoice and process payments. With over 4,400 customers, eviivo was founded in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-10 T3Media

Denver, Colorado, United States

Wazee Digital is a provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services that enable rights holders to monetize and enrich their content. Wazee Digital delivers large scale archive management and “smart content” metadata tools as a cloud service, providing greater control with reduced cost and complexity. Wazee Digital was founded in 2003 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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