M&A Deal Summary

Les Echos Acquires Boursier.com SA

On February 4, 2019, Les Echos acquired digital media company Boursier.com SA from Lagardere

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Les Echos’ 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Les Echos’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-02-04
Target Boursier.com SA
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Les Echos
Sellers(s) Lagardere
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Boursier.com SA

Levallois-Perret, France
Formed in 1998, Boursier.com SA is a provider of stock market news based in Levallois-Perret, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Les Echos

Paris, France

Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Les Echos is positioned as a diverse group with various in activities including the press, radio, digital, business solutions, advertising, events, brand content, and studies; and various in the business including data, marketing, journalism, and audiovisual; and especially diverse in the profiles of its employees.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lagardere

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1826
Sector Media
Employees33,000
Revenue 9.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

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 #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 11
Country: France M&A 4 of 7
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-17 BilletReduc.com SAS

Paris, France

BilletReduc.com SAS is an online platform to sell discounted event tickets. BilletReduc.com SAS was founded in 1997 and is based in Paris, France.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-11 Jacaranda FM Pty

Midrand, South Africa

Jacaranda FM Pty Ltd. is an independent radio station broadcasting in English and Afrikaans and playing music. The station reaches approximately 2M people across GP, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo province.

Sell R233M