M&A Deal Summary

One Equity Partners Acquires MediaKind

On January 31, 2018, private equity firm One Equity Partners acquired media company MediaKind from Ericsson

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 44th transaction in the United States.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 5th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-01-31
Target MediaKind
Sector Media
Buyer(s) One Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Ericsson
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

MediaKind

Frisco, Texas, United States
MediaKind is a provider of media processing, delivery and TV service platforms to customer in cable, satellite, and telecom service providers, as well as major broadcasters. MediaKind is based in Frisco, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

One Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

One Equity Partners (OEP) is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth capital investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. OEP prefers to be the lead investor and typically commits $30 to $150 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include industrial products/services, consumer, retail, chemicals, media, communications, and healthcare. One Equity Partners was formed in 2001 and spun out of JP Morgan Chase in 2015. One Equity Partners is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 73 of 138
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 11 of 31
State: Texas M&A 5 of 9
Country: United States M&A 44 of 82
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-24 Rizing

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Rizing is a global SAP consulting firm with the objective to empower businesses to unlock the intelligent enterprise with SAP cloud technologies, geospatial solutions, and proprietary, cutting-edge products to optimize and extend SAP such as Blueline, Lyra, Codex, Mercury, and Hydrogen. With real-life experience in business areas like enterprise asset management, human capital management, and consumer industries. Rizing is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-08 Engineering Ingegneria Informatica

Roma, Italy

Engineering Ingegneria Informatica is an IT services provider focused on digital transformation with more than 11,000 professionals in 65 locations across the world. The Group designs develops and manages innovative IT solutions for business areas where digitalization is having the biggest impact. Engineering Ingegneria Informatica was founded in 1980 and is based in Roma, Italy.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ericsson

Stockholm, Sweden

Category Company
Founded 1876
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees92,866
Revenue 247.9B SEK (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.

Ericsson provides telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators worldwide. It operates through four segments: networks, global services, support solutions, and modems. Ericsson was formed in 1876 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 10
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 7 of 10
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-09 Ericsson Canada

Mississauga, Quebec, Canada

Ericsson Canada is a provider of ICT Data Center, that was founded in 1953 and is based in Mississauga, Quebec.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-04 CENX

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

CENX, Inc. is an assurance technology company. Cenx provides carrier Ethernet interconnect solutions for service and cloud exchange providers. CENX, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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