M&A Deal Summary

NTT Communications Acquires Arkadin S.A.

On August 5, 2013, NTT Communications acquired communications company Arkadin S.A. from Ardian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NTT Communications’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is NTT Communications’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-08-05
Target Arkadin S.A.
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) NTT Communications
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Arkadin S.A.

Paris, France
Founded in France in 2001, Arkadin provides a complete range of remote collaboration solutions (audio, web and video conferencing services).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NTT Communications

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1952
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION
NTT Communications office in downtown Tokyo, Japan.
NTT Communications office in downtown Tokyo, Japan.

NTT Communications is a provider of information and communication technology services, with expertise in private networks, cloud, hosting, and IP networking services. Its extensive global IT infrastructure includes highly reliable low-latency private networks, expansive MPLS IP-VPN coverage, Ethernet VPN, Tier1 global IP backbone networks with one of the highest available transpacific capabilities, and secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Communications was formed in 1952 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector (Communications) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 11
Country (France) 1 of 2
Year (2013) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-25 Netmagic Solutions Pvt.

Mumbai, India

Netmagic Solutions carrier-neutral managed hosting services provider.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-10 Virtela Technology Services Incorporated

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

Virtela Technology Services Incorporated is a provider of an enterprise networking and virtualized information technology services in the United States and internationally.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 125.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €150 million per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 74 of 222
Sector (Communications) 4 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 52
Country (France) 39 of 106
Year (2013) 14 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-02 London Luton Airport

Luton, United Kingdom

London Luton Airport is a seventh largest airport in the UK and one of the fastest growing, serving over 5 million passengers per annum. London Luton Airport was founded in 1987 and is based in Luton, United Kingdom.

Buy £394M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-07 Bellrock Property & Facilities Management

Leicester, United Kingdom

Bellrock Property & Facilities Management supplies a range of managed facilities and property services under long-term contracts to a blue-chip client-base spanning the healthcare, education, corporate and retail sectors. Bellrock Property & Facilities Management was founded in 1995 and is based in Leicester, United Kingdom.

Buy £32M