M&A Deal Summary

Oakley Capital Acquires Daisy

On July 21, 2009, private equity firm Oakley Capital acquired communications company Daisy for 42M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-07-21
Target Daisy
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Oakley Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 42M GBP

Target

Daisy

Nelson, United Kingdom
Daisy is an independent provider of B2B communications, IT and cloud services. Formed in 2001, Daisy has grown into one of the UK’s leading telecommunications providers, with 360,000 indirect and direct customers, c2,100 partners, c4,000 employees, and 30+ locations nationwide.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Oakley Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 8.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in opportunities across Europe. Oakley targets a variety of investment situations, including traditional buyouts, take privates, growth capital financings, secondary buyouts, and turnarounds. Oakley prefers controlling situations and seeks businesses valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Oakley Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 41
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 18
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 13
Year (2009) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-01 Monument Securities

London, United Kingdom

Monument Securities Limited is an independent institutional and corporate provider.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-07 Verivox

Heidelberg, Germany

Verivox Holdings Limited is Germany’s largest energy price comparison website.

Buy -
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