M&A Deal Summary

Macquarie Capital Acquires INEA S.A

On December 5, 2017, private equity firm Macquarie Capital acquired communications company INEA S.A from Warburg Pincus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Macquarie Capital’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Macquarie Capital’s 1st transaction in Poland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-05
Target INEA S.A
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Macquarie Capital
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

INEA S.A

Poznan, Poland
INEA Joint Stock Company is the largest telecommunications operator in Western Poland – the Wielkopolska region, which provides advanced telecommunication services based on NGN (New Generation Network), including fiber-to-the-home networks (FTTH) and broadband network in WiMAX technology in the standard IEEE 802.16e.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Macquarie Capital is the principal investing arm of financial services company Macquarie Group. Macquarie Capital has global capability in advisory, capital raising services, and provides clients with specialist expertise, advice and flexible capital solutions across a range of sectors and products including investing alongside partners and clients. Macquarie Capital is based in Sydney, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 29
Sector (Communications) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 8
Country (Poland) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-01 Lal Lal Wind Farms

Lal Lal, Australia

Lal Lal Wind Farms is a 228-megawatt development with 60 turbine, built across 2,100 hectares of land in the Moorabool Shire, occupying sites at Yendon and Elaine near Ballarat. Lal Lal Wind Farms was founded in 2016 and is based in Lal Lal, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-01 Penn Foster

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Penn Foster is a leading provider of high school diploma, workforce education, and training solutions. The business focuses on adult learners who seek forms of higher education to improve their career skills and employment status. Penn Foster was founded in 1890 and is based in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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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 155 of 251
Sector (Communications) 6 of 11
Type (Secondary Buyout) 22 of 42
Country (Poland) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 17 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-29 Sunsea Parking

Beijing, China

Sunsea Parking is a car park management company focused on providing a full range of professional services for urban parking advisory, parking lot planning, and design, operation and management, parking investment and construction, business platform development and other business. Sunsea Parking is based in Beijing, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-15 ATX Energy Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

ATX Energy Partners is an exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of acreage positions in unconventional domestic oil and liquids resource plays. ATX Energy Partners was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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