M&A Deal Summary |
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Date | 2006-11-20 |
Target | SPORTFIVE |
Sector | Marketing |
Buyer(s) | Lagardere |
Sellers(s) |
EQT
Advent International |
Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
Deal Value | 865M EUR |
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Lagardere is a diversified media group which operates through four divisions. These include Lagardere Publishing, Lagardere Services, Lagardere Active, and Lagardere Unlimited. Lagardere was founded in 1826 and is based in Paris, France.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 2 of 13 |
Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 1 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 2 of 13 |
Country (United Kingdom) | 2 of 2 |
Year (2006) | 2 of 2 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-02-01 |
Time Warner Book Group
United Kingdom Time Warner Book Group is a U.S. book publisher. |
Buy | $538M |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2008-05-16 |
World Sport Group Holdings
Singapore, Singapore World Sport Group Holdings Ltd. provides sports marketing, media and event management company in Asia. |
Buy | - |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1994 |
PE ASSETS | 242.0B EUR |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 23 of 186 |
Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 1 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 12 of 72 |
Country (United Kingdom) | 2 of 6 |
Year (2006) | 5 of 7 |
Size (of disclosed) | 17 of 42 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-11-02 |
Bodilsen AS
Nyk?bing Mors, Denmark Bodilsen is a leading manufacturer of flat-pack furniture primarily serving major Europe-based furniture retailers |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-12-04 |
Plantasjen
Kongsvinger, Norway Plantasjen is a garden superstore chain in the Nordic region, providing a wide assortment covering the customers entire need for garden and terrace products as well as decorative flowers and in-house plants. Plantasjen was established in 1986 and is based in Kongsvinger, Norway. |
Sell | - |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1984 |
PE ASSETS | 76.0B USD |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 80 of 222 |
Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 3 |
Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 35 of 82 |
Country (United Kingdom) | 9 of 28 |
Year (2006) | 15 of 15 |
Size (of disclosed) | 17 of 52 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-11-01 |
Vestolit KG
Marl, Germany Operator of the largest fully integrated PVC production plants in Europe. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2006-11-23 |
H.C. Starck
Goslar, Germany H.C. Starck is a developer and producer of high-quality powders from the refractory metal tungsten and its compounds for customers. H.C. Starck's product portfolio ranges from tungstates to tungsten carbides in ultrafine to coarse grain sizes. H.C. Starck was founded in 1920 and is based in Goslar, Germany. |
Buy | €1.2B |