M&A Deal Summary

LeYa Acquires Oficina do Livro

On July 17, 2008, LeYa acquired publishing company Oficina do Livro from Explorer Investments

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LeYa’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is LeYa’s 1st transaction in Portugal.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-07-17
Target Oficina do Livro
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) LeYa
Sellers(s) Explorer Investments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Oficina do Livro

Lisbon, Portugal
Publishing and distribution of non-educational books.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

LeYa

Lisbon, Portugal

Category Company
Founded 2008
Sector Publishing
Revenue 96M EUR (2019)
DESCRIPTION

LeYa is an editorial group that includes some of the most prestigious Portuguese-language publishers in Portugal, Angola, and Mozambique. It is also present in Brazil where it operates in the distance learning/e-learning sector. LeYa was formed in 2008 and is based in Lisbon, Portugal.


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Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Portugal M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Explorer Investments

Lisbon, Portugal

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 1.8B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Explorer Investments is a private investment firm that looks to fund buyouts, as well as provide expansion and replacement capital to middle-market Portuguese companies. Explorer looks to invest a minimum of €10 million in transactions valued up to €150 million. Explorer does not have any sector preferences and typically holds investments for three to six years. Explorer Investments was formed in 2003 and is based in Lisbon, Portugal.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 27
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 8
Country: Portugal M&A 1 of 23
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-24 CFO

Pedroso, Portugal

CFO specialises in transformation and preparation of ferrous scrap- metal for recycling. CFO was founded in 1965 and is based in Pedroso, Portugal.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-31 Probos Plasticos SA

Mindelo, Portugal

Probos Plasticos SA is a global manufacturer of thermoplastic edgeband solutions, primarily PVC and ABS plastic edgebandings. Probos Plasticos was formed in 1977 and is based in Mindelo, Portugal.

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