M&A Deal Summary

Octopus Investments Acquires Hydrobolt Group

On April 11, 2008, asset manager Octopus Investments acquired engineering company Hydrobolt Group for 16M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Octopus Investments’ 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is Octopus Investments’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Octopus Investments’ 15th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Hydrobolt Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 2014.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-11
Target Hydrobolt Group
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) Octopus Investments
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 16M GBP

Target

Hydrobolt Group

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Hydrobolt manufactures quality and safety critical products for use in hostile environments, where extremes of temperature and pressure are encountered. The Group has a reputation for quality and deliverability and supplies a large and diversified customer base both nationally, and internationally, through sales offices in the US, Canada and Singapore.

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Buyer

Octopus Investments

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 8.3B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Octopus Investments Limited is a private equity group that invests in lower middle-market UK based companies. Octopus looks to invest in buyouts, buy-ins, industry consolidations, and situations requiring development capital. Octopus' target investment size is £250k to £5 million in sectors such as business services, food/beverage, education and training, environmental services, media, marketing, healthcare, consumer, retail, leisure, and manufacturing. The Firm seeks businesses with a sustainable competitive advantage, whether through a unique product, IP, brand names or trade marks. Octopus Private Equity was formed in 2004 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 70
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 9 of 18
Country (United Kingdom) 15 of 63
Year (2008) 4 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-21 BDA International

London, United Kingdom

BDA International (BDA) is a creative agency that provides a range of promotion and design services to broadcasters and corporate clients worldwide. It offers a full service solution for their clients, producing high quality creative work in the field of TV channel branding, broadcast design, commercials, sponsorship promotions and corporate communications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-08 21Net

Boortmeerbeek, Belgium

21Net Ltd. is a provider of on-board Internet and passenger infotainment for the railway industry. Its on-board connectivity solution is based on multiple technologies such as satellite, cellular and high-speed wireless from trackside antennas. 21Net Ltd. was established in 2001 and is based in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium.

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