Add-on Acquisition • Digital Media

Publicis Groupe Acquires Kindred Group s.r.o.

On October 4, 2018, Publicis Groupe acquired digital media company Kindred Group s.r.o.

Acquisition Context
  • This is Publicis Groupe’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Publicis Groupe’s 1st transaction in Czech Republic.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 4, 2018
Target Kindred Group s.r.o.
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Publicis Groupe
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Kindred Group s.r.o.

Praha, Czech Republic
Kindred Group s.r.o. is a specialized agency that includes digital agencies Nydrle and Inspiro; and media agencies Red Media and Go.Direct. In the last five years, it has become Czech Republic’s largest independent digital communications company by revenue(1). Kindred Group works with a wide range of international and local clients including Moneta Money Bank, Unilever, Karlovarske mineralni vody, Vodafone, Zoot, Remy Cointreau, Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, Huawei and Makro Cash and Carry.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Publicis Groupe

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1926
Sector Marketing
Employees111,850
Revenue 16.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Publicis Groupe is an advertising and communications firm. Publicis operates in approximately 200 cities located in 104 countries, on five continents. Its primary markets are the U.S., Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Publicis Groupe was founded in 1926 and is based in Paris, France.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 21 of 38
Sector: Digital Media 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 16 of 32
Country: Czech Republic 1 of 1
Year: 2018 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-01 One Digital

Sao Paulo, Brazil

One Digital is a data-driven agency focused on business performance and creativity. One Digital was founded in 2003 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-22 Xebia France

Paris, France

Xebia France is a renowned agile IT consultancy firm that specialises in Data, Web, Cloud technologies, reactive software programming and Mobility. Xebia France is the creator of XebiCon, a key event in the field of technology which has been running every year for the last five years, bringing together over 1,000 participating developers, data experts, tech leads, CTOs, etc.

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