Divestiture • Distribution

Permira Acquires Memec Group Holdings

On October 1, 2000, private equity firm Permira acquired distribution company Memec Group Holdings

Acquisition Context
  • This is Permira’s 2nd transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Permira’s 11th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Memec Group Holdings was sold to a strategic buyer in 2005 for 676M USD.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 1, 2000
Target Memec Group Holdings
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Permira
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

Memec Group Holdings

Stevenage, United Kingdom
Memec is a global semiconductor distributor specializing in demand creation and servicing the electronics industry. The company provides original equipment manufacturers with engineering expertise and a portfolio of semiconductor devices, and helps design customized, differentiated products. Memec is based in Stevenage, England.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Permira

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 80.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 27 of 171
Sector: Distribution 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture 4 of 18
Country: United Kingdom 11 of 34
Year: 2000 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-06-01 Hogg Robinson

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Hogg Robinson Ltd. is a global B2B services company specializing in travel, payments and expense management. The company helps companies, governments, and financial institutions manage and control their expenditure. The company combines high-quality service delivered by experienced staff with the very latest digital solutions based on our own technology. Hogg Robinson was formed in 1845 and is based in Farnborough, United Kingdom.

Buy €641M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 MHS International Services

Germany

MSH is an independent systems integrator and service provider with operations throughout Western Europe. The company designs client specific solutions offering customers a whole range of services including hardware procurement, installation training and integration services.

Sell -