M&A Deal Summary

JCDecaux Pearl & Dean Acquires MediaNation

On March 29, 2005, JCDecaux Pearl & Dean acquired marketing company MediaNation from Warburg Pincus for 405M HKD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is JCDecaux Pearl & Dean’s 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is JCDecaux Pearl & Dean’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is JCDecaux Pearl & Dean’s 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-03-29
Target MediaNation
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) JCDecaux Pearl & Dean
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 405M HKD

Target

MediaNation

Hong Kong, China
MediaNation is a provider of outdoor advertising media services in China and Hong Kong.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

JCDecaux Pearl & Dean

Eastern District, China
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

JCDecaux Pearl & Dean Ltd. offers outdoor media sales and advertising services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (China) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 251
Sector (Marketing) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 90
Country (China) 2 of 28
Year (2005) 3 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 60 of 63
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