M&A Deal Summary

RCS Acquires Gruppo Finelco

On July 1, 2007, RCS acquired communications company Gruppo Finelco from Value Italy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RCS’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is RCS’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-07-01
Target Gruppo Finelco
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) RCS
Sellers(s) Value Italy
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Gruppo Finelco

Milan, Italy
Radio transmission management. Among the national leader with Radiomontecarlo, Virgin Radio, and Radio 105, with over six million daily listeners.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RCS

Milan, Italy

Category Company
Sector Communications
Employees2,825
Revenue 819M EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

RCS listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV. RCS is based in Milan, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Value Italy

Florence, Italy

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Value Italy is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in small to mid-sized Italian companies. The Firm does not have any sector and generally looks to leverage its network and expertise when pursuing strategies for growth. Value Italy was formerly known as MPVenture. Value Italy was formed in 2001 and is based in Florence.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 11
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 10
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Bolognese, Italy

Ferrario is a historic company that produces items for artwork (acrylic and oil paints) and products for hobbies (decoupage, bases for colouring, etc.). Ferrario is based in Bolognese, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Ronco Scrivia, Italy

OMP Racing has been creating technical clothing and accessories destined for use in motor-racing competitions. The company has a presence in both racing (safety components for cars and drivers) and tuning (special components for production cars).

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