M&A Deal Summary

Providence Equity Partners and Five Arrows Acquire A2Mac1

On November 8, 2022, private equity firms Providence Equity Partners and Five Arrows acquired business services company A2Mac1 from Five Arrows

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Providence Equity Partners’ 6th and Five Arrows’ 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Providence Equity Partners’ 4th and Five Arrows’ 19th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-11-08
Target A2Mac1
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Providence Equity Partners
Five Arrows
Sellers(s) Five Arrows
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Alvarez & Marsal (Financial)
Paul Hastings
PwC Law (Legal)

Target

A2Mac1

Boulogne Billancourt, France
A2Mac1 is an automotive competitive benchmarking data and intelligence that provides a proven track record of delivering high quality and mission-critical data to unlock key insights to more than 500.000 professionals across the entire automotive value chain from OEM, OES, Tier 1, and Tier 2 supplier to Universities, Consulting firms and Raw Materials provider. A2Mac1 was founded in 1997 and is based in Boulogne Billancourt, France.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Providence Equity Partners

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 36.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Providence Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in media, entertainment, communications, and information companies. Specifically, Providence seeks investments in wireless and wireline telephony, cable television content and distribution, music, film, publishing, radio and television broadcasting, and other media and communications sectors. Providence Equity looks to commit $150 million to $800 million of equity capital in transactions ranging from growth financings and recapitalizations, to buyouts and take-privates. Providence Equity Partners was formed in 1989 and has offices in Providence, Rhode Island; New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; London, United Kingdom; Hong Kong, China; and New Delhi, India.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 129 of 137
Sector: Business Services M&A 6 of 8
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 34 of 40
Country: France M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2022 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-01 Wasserman

Los Angeles, California, United States

Wasserman is a culture-centric agency, serving the best talent, brands, and properties in the world. It is an agency not just of advisors, but creators, developers, influencers, and innovators who work across music, art, entertainment, social, tech, content, and beyond. Wasserman was formed in 2002 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-04 n2y

Huron, Ohio, United States

n2y is a developer of education curricula and teaching materials for K-12 students with special needs. n2y offers its products to teachers and school administrators through a cloud-based subscription platform. n2y’s core products include Unique Learning System, a standards-based curriculum program designed specifically for students with special needs; news-2-you, a weekly current events newspaper; and SymbolStix, a symbol-based language used in learning materials. n2y was founded in 1997 and is based in Huron, Ohio.

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Buyer

Five Arrows

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
PE ASSETS 24.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Five Arrows Principal Investments is a mid-cap investor in Western European companies. Five Arrows can invest across the capital structure (equity, equity-linked, mezzanine, convertible debt) and generally focused on primary or secondary buyouts, growth financings, and balance sheet restructurings. The Group does not have any sector preferences, but typically looks for businesses with high barriers to entry and predictable earnings. Five Arrows can commit €30 to €400 million per investment. Five Arrows is a unit of Rothschild Bank. The Group has offices in Paris, Luxembourg, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 51 of 58
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 30 of 36
Country: France M&A 19 of 20
Year: 2022 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-31 Binding Site

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Binding Site is a specialist protein company committed to the research, development, manufacture and distribution of innovative immunodiagnostic assays for the global laboratory market. Binding Site was founded in 1983 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Sell £2.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-04 n2y

Huron, Ohio, United States

n2y is a developer of education curricula and teaching materials for K-12 students with special needs. n2y offers its products to teachers and school administrators through a cloud-based subscription platform. n2y’s core products include Unique Learning System, a standards-based curriculum program designed specifically for students with special needs; news-2-you, a weekly current events newspaper; and SymbolStix, a symbol-based language used in learning materials. n2y was founded in 1997 and is based in Huron, Ohio.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Five Arrows

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
PE ASSETS 24.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Five Arrows Principal Investments is a mid-cap investor in Western European companies. Five Arrows can invest across the capital structure (equity, equity-linked, mezzanine, convertible debt) and generally focused on primary or secondary buyouts, growth financings, and balance sheet restructurings. The Group does not have any sector preferences, but typically looks for businesses with high barriers to entry and predictable earnings. Five Arrows can commit €30 to €400 million per investment. Five Arrows is a unit of Rothschild Bank. The Group has offices in Paris, Luxembourg, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 27
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 15 of 17
Country: France M&A 11 of 13
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-31 Binding Site

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Binding Site is a specialist protein company committed to the research, development, manufacture and distribution of innovative immunodiagnostic assays for the global laboratory market. Binding Site was founded in 1983 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Sell £2.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-04 n2y

Huron, Ohio, United States

n2y is a developer of education curricula and teaching materials for K-12 students with special needs. n2y offers its products to teachers and school administrators through a cloud-based subscription platform. n2y’s core products include Unique Learning System, a standards-based curriculum program designed specifically for students with special needs; news-2-you, a weekly current events newspaper; and SymbolStix, a symbol-based language used in learning materials. n2y was founded in 1997 and is based in Huron, Ohio.

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