M&A Deal Summary

Korona Invest Acquires AAC Global Oy

On January 28, 2016, private equity firm Korona Invest acquired business services company AAC Global Oy from Sanoma Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Korona Invest’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Korona Invest’s 1st transaction in Finland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-01-28
Target AAC Global Oy
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Korona Invest
Sellers(s) Sanoma Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

AAC Global Oy

Helsinki, Finland
AAC Global Oy is a provider of translation and localization services, and also offers content services, language and communication training, and interpreting services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Korona Invest

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 155M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Korona Invest is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in growth oriented, small to mid-sized Finnish companies with €2 to €200 million of revenue. Areas of interest include business services, hosing, education, and consumer services. Korona Invest was formed in 2006 and is headquartered in Espoo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 11
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Finland M&A 1 of 11
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-22 Etelä-Suomen Lähiökunnostajat Oy

Kerava, Finland

Etelä-Suomen Lähiökunnostajat Oy involved in providing facade renovations services.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sanoma Group

Helsinki, Finland

Category Company
Sector Distribution
DESCRIPTION

Sanoma is a media and learning companies in Europe. We entertain, inform, educate and inspire millions of people every day — across media in multiple channels. We employ some 10,000 professional employees operating in Europe. Our key markets are Finland, The Netherlands, Belgium and Central & Eastern Europe.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 7
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 7
Country: Finland M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-13 Lehtipiste Oy

Vantaa, Finland

Lehtipiste Oy is a distributor of evening tabloids and morning newspapers as well as magazines to be sold as single-copies. In addition, the company’s product range comprises e.g. books and collectibles. Lehtipiste was established in 1910 and is based in Vantaa, Finland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-01 Kortingisleuk.nl

Netherlands

Kortingisleuk.nl is a website that provides coupon code and promotion code.

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